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The US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Ajinomoto have announced a joint research project examining whether monosodium glutamate (MSG) consumption could aid weight management.
Commercially available formulations of red yeast rice are extremely variable in the concentration of active ingredients they contain, according to a report published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
The ability of oat beta-glucan to lower LDL cholesterol is related to its molecular weight and viscosity in the gut, a new study has found – and manufacture using an extrusion process makes the beta-glucan more soluble and produces higher viscosity.
Sterling Technology and Wild Flavors have formed a partnership making Wild the exclusive provider of Sterling’s bioactive milk protein ingredients Immunel and Tegricel.