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Nutraceuticals firm Technical Sourcing said today that it has acquired exclusive rights to an extensive portfolio of patents for delivery of Adenosine 5'-Triphosphate (ATP). The deal could see ATP's launch on the market as a new performance-enhancing...
Scientists have identified significant antibacterial and antioxidant activity in two plant extracts, used traditionally in Ghana to heal wounds, they reported at a conference last week.
Price competition in texturants put pressure on Danisco ingredients results for the first quarter of 2003/2004 but flavours and a long, hot summer went some way to boosting the underlying performance.
The board of directors of Martek Biosciences Corporation has announced the election of Steve Dubin as president of the microalgae-derived products company.
Natural and organic products business Ideasphere is to launch New Zealand-based A2 Corporation's 'heart healthy' A2 milk on the US market.
Only months after buying Unilever's Indian fats business Hindustan Lever, US agri-giant Bunge carves deeper into the Indian oils market acquiring the India-based assets of private edible oils company Prestige Foods this week.
Farmers in southern Brazil are urging the government to pass an emergency to allow use of GMO soybeans in the coming 2003-04 season (October-September), reports the American Soybean Association this week.
A bumper cocoa harvest for Ghana has pushed the country into the number two global producer slot, behind the Ivory Coast and ahead of Brazil. Fresh figures from the West African country show farmers pulled in more than 500,000 tons of the commodity.
Netherlands-based DSM and the world's second vitamin maker Roche have received permission from the Federal Trade Commission to go ahead with the Roche Vitamins deal. Final transfer of the business to DSM is expected at the end of the month.