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Starbucks Brews Up Energy Beverage Line
Published March 22, 2012
Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle, WA, has announced plans for global entry into the energy category with Starbucks Refreshers beverages—making Starbucks the first to bring green coffee extract innovation to customers on a global scale, the company said. Read More »
Omega 3 Trial to Evaluate Effects on Intelligence, Behavior
Published March 21, 2012
University of Kansas researchers John Colombo and Susan Carlson have been awarded $2.5 million for the next five years for a 10-year, double-blind, randomized controlled trial to determine whether prenatal nutritional supplementation with the omega 3… Read More »
Omega 3 Users Looking for Fish Oil Alternative
Published March 20, 2012
A recent survey conducted by Discovery Research Group, in partnership with Aker BioMarine Antarctic, US, revealed that nearly four out of 10 consumers who want to take an omega 3 supplement are looking for an alternative to fish oil. Read More »
Probiotic Ice Cream for Hospitals
Probiotic Ice Cream for Hospitals
By Joanna Cosgrove, Online Editor
Published March 19, 2012
HHice Cream supports immune function and nutrition during hospital recovery periods. Read More »
Hyabest Hyaluronic Acid May Improve Knee Osteoarthritis
Published March 19, 2012
Hyabest, a hyaluronic acid product designed for knee and joint health from Kewpie Corporation, alleviates symptoms of knee osteoarthritis, according to new research. Subjects were randomly assigned to the hyaluronic acid (HA) or placebo… Read More »
Primex Obtains Article 13 Health Claim for Chitosan
Published March 19, 2012
Iceland-based Primex has obtained approval from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for an Article 13 health claim relating to its chitosan ingredient and maintenance of normal blood LDL-cholesterol. Based on submitted data, a scientific panel… Read More »
Industry Reacts to Dateline NBC Segment on ‘Dry Labbing’
Published March 19, 2012
A recent Dateline NBC segment concerning dietary supplements focused on the practice of fraudulent analytical testing practices known as "dry labbing," in which lab results pertaining to the potency and identity of ingredients as labeled are suspected of having been deliberately manipulated or fabricated. Read More »
Egcel 5 Joint Health
Published March 19, 2012
Egcel, Baltimore, MD, has launched Egcel 5 Joint Health, an all-natural dietary supplement that contains Natural Eggshell Membrane (NEM). The product is designed to improve joint and connective tissue health. Egcel 5 Joint Health with NEM combines NE… Read More »
InterHealth’s Zychrome Wins Award
Published March 19, 2012
InterHealth, Benicia, CA, received the NutrAward for best new ingredient at Nutracon 2012 for Zychrome, a form of chromium. Industry experts, scientists, nutritionists and Nutracon attendees voted among four NutrAward best new ingredient finalists ba… Read More »
Associations Call for Scientific Criteria Reassessment for Health Claims
Published March 19, 2012
In joint comments submitted at the end of January on the final three batch opinions from the European Food safety Authority (EFSA) and the risk management decisions taken on the basis of those opinions, the EHPM, EBF and ERNA all believe that a disti… Read More »
Probiotic Ice Cream for Hospitals
Published March 19, 2012
Los Angeles, CA-based NEWtritious has launched HHice Cream Probiotic Defense (HHice Cream for short), a “Healthy Hospital” soft serve frozen yogurt mix. It delivers viable and potent probiotics along with a beneficial serving of vitamins… Read More »
New Good Belly Drinks
Published March 19, 2012
NextFoods, Boulder, CO, maker of GoodBelly brand probiotic drinks, has added two new flavors to its line of family-sized quarts, Tropical Orange and Pink Grapefruit, and launched a new on-the-go beverage, GoodBelly 10 oz. Probiotic Coconut Water. The… Read More »
An Interview with John Tobin
An Interview with John Tobin
By Sheldon Baker
Published March 16, 2012
John G. Tobin is the president/CEO and founder of NutraFood Science Delivery System, Inc. (NSDS, Inc.) and co-owner of NutraFood Nutrients, Inc. (NNI). NSDS is the creator of a product line of Strip Melts fast-melting oral strips that are able to stabilize the highest load of active ingredients ever to be assembled in an oral strip product in the world to date. Read More »
The Middle East: A Growing Market for Fortified Products
The Middle East: A Growing Market for Fortified Products
By Patrick Morris, Fortitech
Published March 15, 2012
It’s interesting to see what types of products, along with specific nutrients, resonate with consumers when you have the opportunity to travel to different parts of the world. I just attended GulFood/Ingredients Middle East in Dubai and, in add… Read More »
Nutraceutical Potential
Nutraceutical Potential
By Claire Moulin, , Departmental Research Analyst, Euromonitor International
Published March 15, 2012
Nutraceuticals are food/beverages or supplements that claim to have a physiological benefit to health beyond basic nutritional functions. Their positioning—between food, medicine and sometimes cosmetics—has proved to be a major issue for… Read More »
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