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January 28, 2010
Tokyo-based company Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. plans to build its first U.S. production facility by 2012 and extend sales of its signature probiotic drink, Yakult, into other areas of the country.
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January 27, 2010
A new clinical trial investigating the health benefits of açaí, the antioxidant and vitamin-rich berry, is adding to the emerging scientific evidence of the fruit’s ability to potentially reduce some metabolic risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes and stroke.
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Rebecca Wright
January 27, 2010
It’s been a little more than a year since the zero-calorie, all-natural sweetener, Reb A attained GRAS status in the U.S. for use in food and beverages.
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January 26, 2010
The economic slump took its toll on U.S. food and drink manufacturers in 2009, according to a recent review of Mintel’s Global New Product Database (GNPD).
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January 25, 2010
Results from a large observational study of more than 520,000 participants indicated a strong inverse relationship between vitamin D concentration and risk of colon cancer.
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Rebecca Wright
January 22, 2010
Twenty percent of young people aged 12-19 years in the U.S. have at least one abnormal lipid level, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Abnormal lipid levels are major risk factors for heart disease, the leading cause of death among adults in the U.S.
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January 22, 2010
According to an article on Canada.com, Health Canada, Canada’s main regulatory agency, is making a move to allow food companies to add vitamins and minerals to more products.
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Rebecca Wright
January 21, 2010
Martek Biosciences Corporation, Columbia, MD, has entered into an agreement to purchase Amerifit Brands Inc., a consumer health and wellness company, from Charterhouse Group, Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at $200 million.
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Rebecca Wright
January 20, 2010
In the largest national survey of its kind, researchers from UCLA and UC San Diego measured medical students' attitudes and beliefs about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and found that three-quarters of them felt conventional Western medicine would benefit by integrating more CAM therapies and ideas.
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Rebecca Wright
January 20, 2010
Tests by ConsumerLab.com, White Plains, NY, of supplements containing CLA (conjugated linoleic acid), which may cause slimming, showed that all but one of the selected products contained the listed amounts of this ingredient.
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Becky Wright
January 20, 2010
In a recent study, researchers investigated the ability of omega 3 fatty acids to prolong the survival of coronary heart disease patients.
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Sean Moloughney
January 19, 2010
NutraCea, Phoenix, AZ, has reduced its U.S. workforce by 17% as part of management's continuing efforts to improve the company's cost structure.
The reduction, which is anticipated to save NutraCea approximately $1 million annually, does not…
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Sean Moloughney
January 19, 2010
Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. Waltham, MA, has sold its vitamin and nutritional supplements business, which operates under the names Inverness Medical Nutritionals and IVC Industries.
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Sean Moloughney
January 19, 2010
Leafy green vegetables, folate and multivitamins may help to protect smokers from lung cancer, according to a study published recently in the journal Cancer Research. The study was supported by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Inst…
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Sean Moloughney
January 18, 2010
MuscleMaster.com, Inc. is conducting a voluntary nationwide recall of all lots and expiration dates of 17 dietary supplements sold between June 1 and November 17, 2009.
FDA informed MuscleMaster.com that it believes the recalled products contain in…
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