Ganeden wins probiotics gong
Ohio-based probiotics specialist, Ganeden Biotech, has won a Frost & Sullivan award probiotic innovation for its GanedenBC30 probiotic strain.
Archives for December 18, 2008
Stevia sweetener gets US FDA go-ahead
The FDA has given the long-awaited green light for Reb A, the sweetener made from the stevia leaf, to be used in food and beverages - opening the flood gates for new product launches.
Sharing broccoli’s goodness with other plants
Everyone knows that broccoli is good for you, and advances in transgenic plant engineering by Danish researchers may soon see that goodness replicated in other plants.
Obama nominates next US secretary of agriculture
President-Elect Barack Obama has nominated the former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack to be the 30th Secretary of Agriculture.
2008 round-up: This year’s most read articles about probiotics
NutraIngredients is reviewing the year and recapping on which articles generated the most interest amongst you, the readers. Today we look the most read articles about probiotics.
Omega-3 EPA triumphs over in DHA for anti-asthma potential: Study
The omega-3 fatty acid EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) is a more potent inflammation inhibitor than DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), says a new Anglo-American study.