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FDA commissioner speaks out against the growing tide of obesity and calls on health professionals and the food industry to tackle the key question - how to communicate the right information to the consumer?
Functional foods need to become the 'pharmacy' for disease prevention, argued an expert recently, urging the Canadian government to increase use of functional foods to reduce healthcare costs.
Maker of plant-based dairy alternatives Galaxy Nutritional Foods has reported a significant turnaround in performance, reducing last year's losses of $11.4 million to an operating income of $4 million.
Grape polyphenols could have a cholesterol-lowering effect in menopausal women, suggests a study in July's Journal of Nutrition.
Europe's bureaucrats have cleared strict new rules on GM foods in Europe, paving the way for an end to the European-wide ban on GM foods.
Meat processor Tyson Foods is to supply glucosamine and chondroitin ingredients made from processed cartilage to supplement makers, it said today.