Cadbury India taps into health trend with glucose bar
Tapping into the health and wellness trend, Cadbury is targeting the youth market in India with an energy glucose containing chocolate wafer bar.
Archives for November 25, 2009
New ingredient boosts vitamin C bioavailability: Study
A new a patent-pending vitamin C ingredient delivers a significantly faster rise in blood vitamin C in the first 90 minutes than a than a leading premium vitamin C yet is retained in the body equally well, according to a new study presented to the 2009...
National Starch acquires Australian starch business
AkzoNobel’s National Starch business has acquired Penford’s Australian specialty starch business in order to shorten its supply chain for specialty corn starches in the region - despite National Starch being up for sale.
Herbal mint 'tea' could be effective pain reliever
An herbal mint tea is as effective at relieving pain as an aspirin-style drug, claims new research.
Pontiakos: FDA is doing a fine job
George Pontiakos, the president and chief executive officer of California-based, BI Nutraceuticals, tells Shane Starling why he thinks the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should get more credit than it does.
Supplement weakness dampens Cognis nutrition sales
Cognis has reported a 6.8 per cent decline in nutritional and health product revenue for the first 9 months of 2009 as the European market weakens and supplement sales slump.