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A common, but increasingly expensive and popular, food ingredient is the focus of a new global initiative to protect production. Ingredients firm Aarhus United has linked up with other stakeholders in the food industry to push a plan for the...
Dutch infant nutrition group Royal Numico is to sell its unprofitable South African baby food business as it looks to concentrate on regions where it can gain a leading position.
Daily calcium supplements may protect against colon polyps, particularly the advanced type that go on to become cancer, according to research published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Pressure from B2B customers has encouraged Kemin Foods to attain the ISO 9001:2000 certification for the design and manufacture of its purified lutein as a food and dietary supplement.
A new probiotics alliance, between leading Danish firm Chr Hansen and a Canadian biotech company, is launching its first product for the growing women's health market.
Hydrolysed whey proteins significantly reduce blood pressure in a small clinical trial, likely by altering multiple cardiovascular disease risk facters, reported researchers at a recent diabetes conference, writes Dominique Patton.
Kraft Foods has struck a deal to use the South Beach Diet's trademark, in an effort to cash in on the low-carbohydrate dieting trend.
Calcium supplements, previously shown to cut the risk of colorectal polyps, appears to have the greatest effect on advanced colorectal adenomas, considered to be most strongly associated to invasive colorectal cancer, according to a multi-centre study.
Australian food ingredients firm Burns Philp could be close to announcing the sale of its North American spice business, Tones Brothers, for up to $500 million, say Australian media reports.
Food makers will have increasingly accurate data about their consumers as researchers in the US design a new method to help survey respondents remember 'forgotten foods'.