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US consumers acting on cholesterol concerns - survey

By Neil Merrett

Consumers in the US are increasingly aware of the need to check their cholesterol levels, highlighting growing concerns of the potential health risks of hypercholesterolaemia, suggests a new survey.

Can the food industry effectively self-regulate?

By staff reporter

The issue of whether businesses are solely driven by profits and will not respond to voluntary guidance to improve the health effects of their products is a matter of hot debate in the British Medical Journal this week.

Plant-based omega-3 can carve functional niche

By Neil Merrett

Growing consumer interest in the potential functional benefits of omega-3 will also drive strong demand for flax-based varieties of the polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), says a new report.