Reliv adds Mexico to joint supplement markets
Nutritional supplements maker Reliv International said this week it has launched its patented nutritional supplement for healthy joint function in Mexico.
Archives for December 4, 2002
Vegetarian diet may offer statin-free alternative
A diet combining a number of cholesterol-lowering plant components can cut bad cholesterol as much as first generation statin drugs, finds new research, suggesting that there may be a drug-free method of combating high cholesterol levels.
Thanks to frozen food research
Research into frozen foods that took place more than 40 years ago will be recognised this week in a special ceremony to take place at the US Department of Agriculture's Western Regional Research Center. The research - known as time-temperature...
Hain buys non-dairy drinks maker
Natural and organic food company the Hain Celestial Group this week announced it has bought Imagine Foods, a private non-dairy beverage company specializing in rice and soy milks and organic products. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
New owners for The Vitamin Shoppe
Leading discount supplements retailer The Vitamin Shoppe has been bought by the private equity unit of Bear Stearns merchant bank for around $300 million, according to press reports this week.
ADM rolls out healthy cooking oil
Weight control is in the news again today with US agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland announcing the roll out in the US of a cooking oil to help combat obesity. Manufactured from soybean and canola oil the product has already been received with...