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European Regs

SCF Declares Upper Limits For Vitamin B1 Are Unnecessary

By Functional Ingredients Staff

The EU Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) has concluded that a "tolerable upper intake level" (UL) for vitamin B1 cannot be numerically defined.

EU Considers Tougher Claims Rules For Functional Foods

By Functional Ingredients Staff

A recent EU discussion paper raised the possibility of stricter regulations for health and nutritional claims on foods in the context of European community-wide harmonisation of food labelling laws.

Beta-carotene Supplements Under Threat In Germany

By Functional Ingredients Staff

The free availability of beta-carotene products in German health food stores continues to be threatened by government concerns about the supposed risks of the vitamin.

Sterols approved by Antipodean authorities

By Functional Ingredients Staff

Vegetable oil-derived plant sterol esters have been approved for use in margarines by the Food Standards Ministerial Council of Australia and New Zealand, following an eight-month safety study.

European Union member states block adoption of supplements directive

By Cameron Paterson

Disagreements about the role of food supplementation continue to hamper the progress of the European Supplements Directive, a mammoth attempt to harmonise supplement legislation across the European Union which was formally adopted as a proposal in May 2000.

Dutch Government Will Not Legislate On Functional Food Claims

By Functional Ingredients Staff

Dr Els Borst-Eilers, the Dutch Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, has rejected suggestions from the Consumentedbond (Consumer's Association) that the government should force manufacturers of functional foods to substantiate any health claims made.

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Condition-Specific Guide

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One of the top trends of the year is the move to market condition-specific nutritional products. The whole story — and exclusive Fi directory listing — provides manufacturers with a road map for the terrain ahead.

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Natural vs. Organic: A consumer and retail perspectiveEditors' Roundtable: Natural vs. Organic—A consumer and retail perspective

 

Did you know that consumers prefer "natural" more than "organic?" To find out what retailers, manufacturers and farmers can do to counter this misconception, watch this lively discussion with Todd Runestad, Editor-in-chief of Functional Ingredients magazine & the New Hope Supply Network, Nancy Coulter-Parker, Director of Content at New Hope Natural Media and Anna Soref, Editor-in-chief of Natural Foods Merchandiser magazine.

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Pre-clinical and clinical studies of curcumin and its derivatives curcuminoids - a yellow pigment commonly known as curry spice, from dried rhizomes of turmeric (Curcuma longa).


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Lutein & Zeaxanthin:
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Archived Webinar - available until May 13, 2011

Elizabeth J. Johnson, Ph.D., a leading researcher in the area of nutrition and eye disease prevention at Tufts University, discusses the role of lutein and zeaxanthin, separately and in combination, in promoting healthy vision.

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2009 US Nutrition Industry Overview issue

Dietary-supplement sales grew from 5.8 per cent 6.3 per cent in 2008, shattering the prediction by some that consumers' falling disposable income would drown dietary-supplement sales. Overall, there were $102 billion in nutrition-industry consumer sales last year, the magazine reports. Growth slowed in categories other than dietary supplements, but remained positive nonetheless.
NBJ covers these and other 2008 sales and growth estimates in its 2009 US Nutrition Industry Overview issue.

 

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