Applications, Strategies and Science for Health and Nutrition
By Richard Clarke
Soy protein suppliers have reacted with disappointment to a decision by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to reject a health claim application for soy and cholesterol reduction.
Taking a supplement of vitamin D - the so-called 'sunshine vitamin' - could help fight off colds and flu, according to a new study from Finland.
Scientists in Scotland are to investigate whether an appetite-reducing protein supplement could be the answer to the country's growing obesity problem.
By Joysa Winter
The Naturex Foundation has launched two new projects, one in Mongolia and the other in Cambodia.
The future of nutrient profiles has been plunged into fresh uncertainty after it emerged some MEPs accidentally voted against deleting them from the EU's Nutrition & Health Claims Regulation, according to a leading expert on European regulation.
British Sugar and stevia supplier PureCircle are to form a new joint venture company to market sweetener solutions across the UK, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, China and Africa.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has released more details of a series of eagerly-awaited scientific meetings designed to help companies applying for health claims approval under the EU's Nutrition & Health Claims Regulation.
Article 13.1 health claims rejected by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have been given a stay of execution after the European Commission's Standing Committee on Food Chain and Animal Health decided against voting to make them illegal.
Pregnant mothers should be given vitamin D to help safeguard their babies' health, doctors in the UK have warned.
A new center for technical research into Omega 3s is planned in Norway, one of the world's leading producers of functional ingredients containing the essential fatty acid.
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