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Leading supplement and vitamins manufacturer Twinlab reported significant losses and low sales in the third quarter and nine-month period of 2002, attributing the results to its recently announced restructuring measures. The company is also to...
Minneapolis-based Cargill Health and Food Technologies (H&FT) has launched a new chondritin sulfate ingredient for use in dietary supplements and health products. The company claims OptaFlex is the first solvent-free chondroitin sulfate derived from...
Dietary zeaxanthin plays an essential role in protecting the retina from light damage, report researchers at the Schepens Eye Research Institute and Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School in the US this month.
The American arm of Danish ingredients company Danisco announced this week that in order to capitalise on the most influential segment of US shoppers in America - women - the company has launched a new juice bar novelty idea, Elevations 1000.
From the main course to dessert, the traditional Thanksgiving meal is stuffed with healthy food choices, particularly those rich in disease-fighting antioxidants, according to a new report from by the American Chemical Society, which looks at recent...
Earlier this week we reported on the weak cranberry market as Northland Cranberries reported third quarter results. The company is now filing a multi-count federal antitrust lawsuit against competitor Ocean Spray for anti-competitive behavior.
People who drink coffee regularly are half as likely to develop diabetes as adults, finds new research published in the latest issue of British journal The Lancet. The controversial study shows that caffeine, which actually reduces the body's...
A new method for frying snacks is keen to tap into the current trend towards healthy eating. US company Harvest Bay has come up with a cooking method whereby by vegetable sticks and chips are vacuum fried leaving the product with half the fat of...