European hurdles begin to clear for cholesterol-lowering foods
Marketing of cholesterol-lowering foods looks set to become easier with European bodies publishing favourable opinions on two plant sterol manufacturers last week.
Archives for December 15, 2003
IOM support for DRIs threatens supplement industry
Government authorities in the United States and Canada should use the current Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) to label nutrients in food and dietary supplements, argues a new report from the US National Academies' Institute of Medicine, causing...
Zila reports loss as ascorbic acid prices knock results
A surge in sales of its Ester-C brand in the nutraceuticals division helped pharma and biotech company Zila offset an overall loss for the first quarter, knocked by higher ascorbic acid costs.