Archives for November 2, 2005

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Melatonin helps travelers prepare for long-haul

By  Staff Reporter

A new study has shown that taking melatonin and using a light box for several days before crossing time zones can help travelers avoid jet lag by resetting their Circadian rhythms, and may also be of use to sufferers of delayed sleep phase syndrome.

B&D to market super-broccoli extract

By  Jess Halliday

B&D Nutritional Ingredients has signed an exclusive agreement with CS Agra to market sgs-100, a broccoli seed extract from a plant strain that is unusually high in sulforaphane glucisinolate (SGS), in the United States.

Chromax finds new use in fiber products

By  Jess Halliday

Nutrition 21's chromium picolinate ingredient, Chromax, is to be used in a fiber product for the first time thanks to a new supply and licensing agreement the company has carved out with CNS.

Raisio 3Q shows need for higher margin products

By  Dominique Patton

Raisio's Benecol business continues to be its main driver of growth as the company battles to increase sales and earnings from its core activities in margarine and feed ingredients.

Gee Lawson poised to grow European joint health market

By  Dominique Patton

Rising consumer demand for non-prescription jointcare remedies, backed up by new research out this year, will create a positive climate for growth of newer entrants to the joint health sector, believes UK company Gee Lawson.