Puleva Biotech gets funding boost for new probiotics
Puleva Biotech, the biotech arm of Spanish food group Ebro Puleva, has been awarded funding worth €428,290 from a regional development fund to help it start up a new probiotics line.
Archives for July 5, 2004
Sensus confirms prebiotic effect of low-dose inulin
Dutch ingredients firm Sensus has carried out new research to prove the prebiotic effect of native inulin at only 5 grams, allowing food manufacturers to make prebiotic claims on a relatively low dose.
Renaissance Herbs markets Indian echinacea
Renaissance Herbs has started marketing Indian echinacea for use in cold and flu formulas.
Herb/drug interactions difficult to manage for supplement makers
Another study has demonstrated that the best-selling herbal ginseng interferes with the blood-thinning drug warfarin, one of the most widely used anticoagulant medicines.
Pine extract and CoQ10 combined for cardiovascular health
In a bid to give Americans natural alternatives to synthetic products wherever possible, Natural Health Science (NHS) has teamed up with General Nutrition Centers (GNC) to bring PycnoQ10, a cardiovascular health supplement to the market.
ADM expands trans fat options
US agri-giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has stepped up production of its trans-fat alternatives driven by increasing market demand - and before new labelling rules come into force.