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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should require food manufacturers to limit the amount of the potential carcinogen acrylamide in their products, said the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a nonprofit US organisation, this week...
Creative Enterprises International has anounced a marketing agreement with Affinity Products to market MilkCal calcium, a calcium supplement said to be derived from pure milk.
Danish ingredients company Danisco will expand its flavour creation centres in The Netherlands and Belgium as part of the restructuring of the flavour research and development facilities to improve capabilities and efficiency.
Raspberry extracts could soon become the basis of anti-aging creams, suggest researchers who have identified powerful chemicals in the fruit and other berries that can improve the body's resistance to skin aging and sun exposure.
Seaweed species have been found to defend themselves from specific pathogens with naturally occurring antibiotics, which could present oppportunities for future nutraceuticals, report US researchers.
CoQ10 supplements, currently manufactured by fermentation only in Japan, may eventually be synthesized in the United States thanks to research at the University of California, Santa Barbara, reports the university this week.
J. Leonard Neutraceuticals has developed a new delivery method for children's vitamins - the Yikes! Multi-Vitamin Freeze Pops, said to contain the full RDA of all essential vitamins.