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The FDA has confirmed the health benefits of omega-3 rich walnuts. The agency will allow California's walnut growers to use a health claim stating that 'supportive but not conclusive' research shows the nuts may help reduce risk of heart disease.
Wisdom Herbs is to bring the Argentinian yerba maté brand La Merced to US and Canadian markets. Along with its Wisdom of the Ancients yerba maté, the new brand gives the company a market-leading position in the herbal extract.
Balchem has enlisted the help of National Starch for the sales and marketing of its Vitashure range in Asia.
Fortitech is to buy ingredient distributor Ashland Distribution Company's nutritional premix blending business, adding a second manufacturing facility, on the west coast, to its US operations. Financial terms were not disclosed.
A new study on mice suggests that the herb black cohosh, used by women as an alternative to HRT to treat menopause symptoms, may speed up the spread of tumors in women with breast cancer.
The amino acid and powerful antioxidant cysteine may be able to reduce the risk of breast cancer, according to a study, which found a link between lower risk of the disease and those women with higher levels of the antioxidant.