Archives for March 30, 2003

← 2003

Roche to distribute Lonza niacin

Roche Vitamins is to distribute Lonza's niacin for use in fortified foods within the United States, under a new agreement between the Swiss companies.

Canada issues advice on nutrition labeling

Canada's department of health has introduced a nutrition labeling 'toolkit' to help dietitians and health professionals educate consumers on the new nutrition labeling practice, to become mandatory for large companies in three years.

Burcon sets up partnership with ADM

Canadian firm Burcon NutraScience announced the preliminary stages of an agreement with ADM which would see the oilseed processor manufacturing Puratein and Supertein canola protein isolates using Burcon's extraction technology.

Fishing for health

Moves to further investigate the impact of fish consumption on heart health have been undertaken in a new study by Edinburgh university in Scotland.

Our amazing internal world

New insights about the foundations of our health could soon be revealed thanks to the recent completion of the genome sequence of one of the most prevalent bacteria that live in the human intestine - Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron.