Archives for August 22, 2004

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ZonePerfect bar to face new competition from Hershey launch

Nutrition bar war in the US steps up a gear as a Massachusetts court judge denied a 'preliminary injunction' from the owner of successful ZonePerfect nutrition bars to stop candy giant Hershey from rolling out a new nutrition bar onto the market.

Lipid Nutrition launches 95 per cent CLA

Netherlands-based Lipid Nutrition has introduced a 95 per cent concentration of its Clarinol brand conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), said to be the highest form of CLA available to the nutraceutical market.

Health drives Cargill 'ramp up' for soybean oil

As demand for soybean oil in food formulations keeps on rising US agri giant Cargill has opened opens its sixth processing plant in Brazil. But at the same time, the €1.04bn private firm said poor returns on its High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)...