Functional & Fortification
Americas: Researchers warn chronic stress could prompt habit-forming sugar overconsumption
Drinking sugar-sweetened beverages can suppress the hormone cortisol and stress responses in the brain, but diet beverages sweetened with aspartame do not have the...
Asia Pacific: Demand for functional proteins to grow, report
The functional proteins market is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 6.6% from 2017, to reach US$5.73 billion by 2022,...
Europe: Raw garlic found to kill Bcc bacteria, researchers say
A chemical found in garlic can kill bacteria that cause life-threatening lung infections in people with cystic fibrosis, research suggests.
The study is the first...
Americas: Optimal maternal folate levels may reduce child obesity risk
Proper maternal folate levels during pregnancy may protect children from a future risk of obesity, especially those born to obese mothers, according to a...
Asia Pacific: Most Japanese make purchase decisions based on on-pack health claims, DuPont tells...
Food products containing Bifidobacterium lactis HN019 from the DuPont Danisco range have been recorded with the Consumer Affairs Agency, Government of Japan, for Food...
Americas: Corbion Caravan offers egg replacers
Corbion Caravan is providing two egg replacement solutions for bakery goods that are affordable and deliver a clean flavor and egg characteristics.
They include:
• Bro-Eg...
Asia Pacific: DuPont presents supplements at CPhI India
DuPont Nutrition & Health DuPont will showcase HOWARU premium probiotics and OsmoAid Lactitol at CPhI India 2015, 1-3 December, Mumbai, India.
The company will showcase...
Europe: GNT Group to present natural colors for food applications in Italian exhibition
The GNT Group will exhibit for the first time at the international trade show for food and beverage ingredients, FOOD ING International, from September...
Americas: RTD coffee drinkers want functionality in beverages, report
US ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee consumers want options that include antioxidants (47%), promote brain health (40%), are anti-inflammatory (35%) or have added probiotics (30%), according...
Asia Pacific: Nestlé joins international researchers on studying infant growth
Nestlé is to intensify its research in the field of epigenetics, the science of how eating behaviors and other environmental factors can affect one's...