Vitamin E tocotrienols show bone health benefits: Rat data
Vitamin E tocotrienols from annatto may improve bone shape in males, according to a study using testosterone-deficient male rats.
Archives for November 19, 2014
‘Elegant’: Dutch group seeks traditional health claims regulation
A Dutch healthy foods and supplements association has proposed a traditional claims regulation or amendment to EU health claim laws it says would ‘elegantly’ solve the ongoing and stalled imbroglio about how traditional food use data can back claims.
Healthy planet, healthy people: Balancing carbon footprint and optimal nutrition
Plant-derived foods have been suggested as preferable to those of animal origin from an environmental perspective as well as for health – but nutrient density must be taken into account, suggests a new study.
“This is a good move for Raisio. They are the correct parent of this niche brand.”
Raisio brings cholesterol-lowering Benecol home for €90m
“J&J should have sold it 10 years ago,” is one analyst’s appraisal of Finnish agro-food giant Raisio’s buy-back of the licensing rights to its cholesterol lowering, plant stanol-based Benecol brand today, referring to US market difficulties for the...