Spreading the benefits of red wine
The antioxidant qualities of the polyphenols found in red wine can now be given to white wine - and indeed a number of other drinks - thanks to a new grape seed extract from Omega Biotech.
Archives for May 13, 2003
US launch for Omega-3 products
Loders Croklaan Lipid Nutrition has added two new marine based Omega-3 fatty acid products to its successful Marinol line in the US, offering the products with higher concentrations of DHA than its existing Marinol range there.
Stripping can be good for you
An edible film strip which could be used as a novel method of delivering functional ingredients or vitamins has been attracting considerable interest from visitors to the Vitafoods show in Geneva this week.
High cal diet - a doubled-edged sword?
Patients suffering from bowel cancer have a better chance of surviving longer if they eat a high calorie diet, new research suggests. But the high caloric intake could well be the cause of the cancer in the first place.
Pharmachem acquires botanical extraction business
Pharmachem Laboratories has bought the Avoca unit of tobacco group R.J. Reynolds, giving it control of the largest botanical extraction facility in North America and allowing it to expand production of its own botanical ingredients.
US biotech WTO move knocked by EU
So, they went ahead and did it anyway. Despite imminent changes to the European legislation on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), re-iterated by EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy just this week, the US has gone ahead and filed a World Trade...
Pepping up ingredient delivery
US premix company Watson Foods has designed a new concept to showcase its edible film strips, a novel delivery system which could be applied to functional ingredients and vitamins. Visitors at Vitafoods have been testing the PEPPYmint strips.