Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition

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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).

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Nov 23,2009

Fenchem Introduces In-Oligo Organic FOS

Fenchem’s In-Oligo is produced using advanced Nanofiltration Membrane Technology and aseptic-filling equipment to ensure the product of high stability and safety. It is available in liquid and the price is much competitive.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Nov 17,2009

Beneo-Group to Introduce New Research Institute

The creation of the Institute, which will operate from within various BENEO facilities, comes in a period when various health claims have failed to pass the regulatory hurdles set up by EFSA.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Nov 11,2009

Lipid Nutrition Introduces High Concentrated Stable Omega-3 Emulsion

Marinol Omega-3 Emulsion contains high concentration of the two of the most important long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs): eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Nov 05,2009

B&D Nutritional Ingredients Signs Distributor Agreement with Solazyme, Inc

Solazyme's remarkable innovations and manufacturing technologies will now allow us to provide our customers novel omega- and vegetarian protein-rich formulations, all based on a sustainably grown microalgae source.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Nov 03,2009

DSM Reports Robust Nutrition Performance, But Uncertain on Outlook

DSM's Nutrition cluster continued to show resilience and steady growth, capitalizing on its strong market position in areas which were hardly affected by the downturn. The Pharma results remained low as expected, due to weak sales.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Oct 28,2009

Triple Action Purslane Extract Launched for Healthy Blood Glucose Levels

Portusana positively affects blood glucose metabolism through a triple mode of action: It reduces the transport of glucose from the intestine into the bloodstream; it increases the uptake of glucose from the blood into cells.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Oct 27,2009

Solae and Monsanto Reach Regulatory Milestone on Omega-3 Soybean Oil

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) notice confirming that the SDA omega-3 soybean oil could be used under the intended conditions of use.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Oct 22,2009

Benecol Products Expand into Colombia

Elsewhere the cholesterol lowering plants stanols Benecol are now being offered in the smoothie category.Swiss dairy company Emmi presented their concept for a smoothie with Benecol at the Anuga trade show in Cologne.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Oct 22,2009

Lonza Acquires Stake in Cilian AG

Cilian AG is a small innovative biotechnology company which uses the abilities of ciliates, eukaryotic single-cell micro-organisms (specifically the strain Tetrahymena thermophila), for the production of therapeutic proteins and nutritional ingredients.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Oct 21,2009

Frost & Sullivan European Digestive Health Ingredients Promising Ingredient of the Year Award Presented to Solvay for SOLACTIS

"The company has successfully yielded verified reports on a range of health benefits offered by SOLACTIS and continues to conduct extensive research on expanding its beneficial health applications."

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Oct 13,2009

Kalsec Oxidation System Extends Shelf-Life of Omega 3 Oils

Studies show that Dietary Menhaden fish oils fortified with Duralox Oxidation Management Systems resulted in 4-8 times greater stability over the control, depending on the dosage levels used.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Oct 12,2009

EFSA Management Board Appoints New Stakeholder Platform

The Stakeholder Platform, composed of EU-wide organisations working in areas related to the food chain, meets three times a year to assist Europe’s scientific watchdog for food safety in the development of its overall relations and policy with stakeholders.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Oct 06,2009

Iron Regulates the TLR4 Inflammatory Signaling Pathway

Exactly how changes in iron levels affect susceptibility to infectious disease has not been clearly determined, although it has been observed that mice lacking Hfe mount an impaired inflammatory response following oral infection with the bacterium that causes salmonella.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Oct 01,2009

Naturex and Natraceutical Group Sign their Merger in Ingredients

This merger, triggered by two of the leading publicly traded companies in the ingredients industry, will create the number one independent company of natural specialty ingredients in the world.

Functional & Fortified Foods, Nutrition Sep 09,2009

Martek Wins Patent Infringement Case with Lonza

The appeals involve Lonza's U.S. sale and use of DHA in functional foods and dietary supplements and do not involve Martek's core infant formula patents. Lonza has the right to request a re-hearing.