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Number one cultures supplier Chr. Hansen is up for sale as its major stakeholder decides to pull away from the ingredients slice of the company to focus on the pharmaceutical unit. The move will make the company's still growing cultures division in...
Research by DSM Nutritional Products provides further evidence of the mechanism behind lycopene's protective role against prostate cancer, giving extra support for its use in functional foods and supplements.
Government campaigns to reduce salt consumption in consumer diets are in place but scientists in Switzerland are calling for new research into the possible beneficial effects of salt increase in pregnant women with high blood pressure.
Approximately one third of consumers are now aware of the glycaemic index but most do not understand the concept sufficiently to be able to interpret on-pack labelling, finds a new survey.
Swiss-based Cosmetochem International has signed a new distributor for its botanical extracts and actives in the US and Latin America.
Number one cultures supplier Chr. Hansen is up for sale as its major stakeholder decides to pull away from the ingredients slice of the company to focus on the pharmaceutical unit, reports Lindsey Partos.
As you sit down to your Thanksgiving spread tomorrow, have a think about your meal's ingredients, writes Philippa Nuttall.
Manufacturers of oat-based products in the UK can now position them alongside cholesterol-lowering foods, following the approval of a health claim by the country's voluntary claims body.
The Food and Drug Administration said yesterday it was intensifying its efforts to ensure that any manufacturers still selling dietary supplements containing the banned substance ephedra would be stopped.
Dutch chemicals and ingredients company DSM is to purchase a stake in North China Pharmaceutical Group in a move that boosts its presence in the country, writes Phil Taylor.