Archives for May 11, 2011

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Brain food ripe for growth, but who will lead the charge?

By Elaine Watson

Cognitive function is the functional foods category where the gap between interest and buying behavior is the widest, suggesting there are big bucks to be made, but only if firms can come up with products consumers can trust.

Corn starch may offer inexpensive vitamin carriers: Study

By Stephen Daniells

Corn starch may be able to protect vitamins on their passage through the stomach, and provide a new and inexpensive opportunity for food supplement manufacturers, suggests new research from Penn State.