Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition

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Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Sep 02,2010

Ajinomoto Submits Novel Food Application for Capsinoid Product

Dihydrocapsiate is a capsinoid and occurs naturally in edible pungent (hot) and non-pungent chilli peppers. The applicant states that capsinoids are able to enhance energy expenditure and fat oxidation.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Jul 28,2010

Naturex Reports Sharp Increase in Growth

Added impetus came from the smooth and ongoing integration of the Ingredients Division of Natraceutical, once again confirming the group's ability to seamlessly merge new operations.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Jul 26,2010

CSPI Lawsuit Over “Deceptive Vitaminwater Claims” to Proceed

The company claims that vitaminwater variously reduces the risk of chronic disease, reduces the risk of eye disease, promotes healthy joints, and supports optimal immune function, and uses health buzz words such as “defense,” “rescue,” “energy,” and “endurance” on labels.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Jun 17,2010

Health Canada Clears the Way for the Use of Plant Sterols

Canadian consumers may soon enjoy the benefits of plant sterols.Today, nearly 40 percent of Canadian adults have high blood cholesterol levels, according to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition May 21,2010

LycoRed Launches Novel Omega-3 Taste Masking Technology

LycoRed’s microencapsulation technology enables fortification of bakery products which are traditionally cannot be fortified with Omega-3.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition May 20,2010

ERNA Warns EFSA Against Medicalisation of Food

The analysis, developed with fellow associations European Health Products Manufacturers (EHPM) and the European Botanical Forum (EBF), has been published in time for the Claims meeting EFSA has organised on 1 of June.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition May 17,2010

Krill Oil Product Gains Novel Food Approval in Europe

Recently Enzymotec announced the expansion of its product line into a greater variety of Krill-based combination products, including Krill-based variety of grades, Krill/PS combos and more.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition May 10,2010

EFSA Publishes Updated Database of Health Claims

As of May 2010, EFSA has published 125 opinions providing scientific advice for more than 900 “general function” health claims on a list of 4,637 claims submitted to EFSA by the European Commission between July 2008 and March 2010.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Apr 20,2010

Nestlé Provides Affordable Nutrition to Emerging Consumers

The company stated that it is expecting PPPs to generate worldwide sales of around USD 20 billion over the coming years, with Indonesia being one of the fastest growing markets in South-East Asia.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Apr 20,2010

Probiotics Show Positive Impact on Metabolic Syndrome (MetS)

In a series of experiments with mice on a high-fat diet, the researchers showed that administration of the probiotic strain B420 to diabetic mice improved the fasting glycaemia and restored the glucose turnover rate to the level of the control mice fed with normal chow.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Apr 16,2010

Nestlé Rolls Out Jenny Craig’s Weight Management Programme in the UK

Weight management is a core business for Nestlé Nutrition and Jenny Craig is fully in line with Nestlé’s overall vision as the world’s leading nutrition, health and wellness company.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Apr 15,2010

European Industry in Mass Appeal to Commission President Over Health Claims Regulation

The letter, which has been signed by large, medium and small companies from across Europe in the food and nutrition industry, calls for José Manuel Barroso’s personal intervention to stop the adoption of the list of “positive” functional health claims in batches.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Apr 13,2010

BASF and Lubrizol Reportedly Lining Up Rival Bids to Acquire Cognis

Analysts said the world's biggest chemicals company by sales has the financing to do such a deal and that Cognis, which produces additives for cosmetics and diet supplements to mining chemicals, would be a good fit.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Mar 26,2010

EFSA Sets European Dietary Reference Values for Nutrient Intakes

The European Commission asked EFSA to update previous European advice in this area, taking into account new scientific evidence and recent recommendations issued at national and international level.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Mar 23,2010

Nutrigenomics Reveals Positive Health Effects of Food Additives

TNO has now been able to show, through the use of nutrigenomics technology, that the level of inflammation can be reduced in overweight healthy men.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Mar 08,2010

Institut Rosell-Lallemand Enriches its Probiotic Portfolio with the Acquisition of LAFTI Business from DSM Food Specialties

DSM Food Specialties retains the dairy portion of LAFTI business through a licence agreement, reflecting the company’s strategy to concentrate on food and beverage probiotic applications.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Feb 25,2010

Vast Majority of Second ‘General Function’ Health Claims Negatively Assessed by EFSA

Of the 416 health claims, just 9 were positively assessed, 14 were said to provide insufficient evidence, 125 were not characterised and 291 received a negative opinion.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Feb 18,2010

Yogurt with CLA for Weight Management Launched in US

Safflower Power Yogurt is the first CLA enhanced dairy product launched in the USA which can make unique weight management claims, specific only to CLA. The product is targeted to females and males who want to live life in shape and being fit.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Feb 18,2010

Naturex Foundation Expands Support in India

In India, the Foundation supports the project “Poverty alleviation through the promotion of agricultural micro-enterprises”. This project has just started and is expected to generate around 20 new farms in 2010.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Feb 10,2010

ZMC Proactive for Sustainability and Supply

China, as a government, has taken great strides to enforce pollution controls in an effort to achieve global ecologic responsibility. ZMC has been recognized as being proactive and an example of corporate responsibility up to and including its’ commitment to the environment.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Feb 09,2010

DSM Expands North American R&D Investment

The center will further facilitate DSM’s interdisciplinary approach to advancing differentiation through applications, as well as optimizing the valuable support services for its global customers.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Dec 17,2009

WellGen, Inc. and RFI Ingredients to Collaborate on Therapeutic Nutrition Opportunities

Partnership will develop proprietary medical food, functional food, and dietary supplement products with strong scientific roots and clinical support for burgeoning markets.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Dec 17,2009

Neptune’s European Krill Composition Patent Revoked by the European Patent Office

The oppositions were partly based on claims of insufficiency of disclosure in the granted European patent, meaning that the patent did not teach someone skilled in the art to repeat the invention with the claimed outcome.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Dec 03,2009

Taiyo Launches Water-Soluble Q-10 Ingredient

Recognising this potential to deliver a natural solution to modern-day health conditions, Taiyo has worked in close collaboration with recognised leading supplier of Q-10, Kaneka, to deliver Sunactive Q-10.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Nov 25,2009

Most Food Ads on Nickelodeon Still for Junk Food, Says CSPI

Between the 2005 and 2009 studies, the food industry instituted a self-regulatory program through the Council of Better Business Bureaus, the Children’s Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative (CFBAI).

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