News, Analysis & Insights on Nutrition, Supplements, and Health
Scientists will soon huddle together to unravel the third plant genome to be sequenced to date. Their work - boosted recently by a $10.8 million (€9.2m) slice of funding - should shed light on the health-promoting properties buried in the legume.
Stating the obvious perhaps, keeping food safe for consumers is undeniably a key priority for the food industry and governments alike. European funds are being injected into understanding the bacteria that find a home in our food supply with a new...
Fortitech has finalised its acquisition of Ashland Distribution's premix blending business, allowing it to better serve the West Coast marketplace and meet rising market demand for premixes.
A Los Angeles court has dismissed claims by Muscle Marketing USA that all forms of creatine powder, including the product made by Degussa Food Ingredients, are ineffective. The firm had countersued, following a case first brought by Degussa.
Soy isoflavones could help women with low bone mineral content prevent hip fractures in postmenopause years, suggest Chinese researchers in this month's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Cyvex Nutrition has added a high-ORAC berry blend, for use in nutritional supplements and functional foods, to its range of plant-based ingredients. The market is seeing a growing number of antioxidant products derived from berries.
Raw materials supplier DNP International yesterday announced the introduction of three important new raw materials, idebenone, sodium hyaluronate and theobromine, primarily for use in supplements for cognitive function, anti-aging and energy and...