Functional & Fortification
Americas: Ganeden Biotech’s probiotic ingredient gains Mexico’s approval for use by food manufacturers
Ganeden Biotech’s GanedenBC30 (Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086) is now approved by the COFEPRIS (Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios: Federal Commission for...
Europe: Blendhub opens center, NIR library for food powder blends sector
Blendhub Corp. has opened its sixth Quality Excellence Center with near infra-red (NIR) libraries for food additives.
It has more than 10,000 samples of over...
Europe: BASF launches new claim, online discussion platform to celebrate 150 years in 2015
BASF is introducing “We create chemistry” in its logo, which underlines how the company collaborates and innovates with customers and partners to contribute to...
Americas: Glanbia Nutritionals to distribute Nattopharma’s nature-identical synthetic vitamin K2 in the US
Nattopharma ASA and Glanbia Nutritionals have formed an exclusive distribution agreement where the latter company will distribute NattoPharma's new ingredient, MenaQ7 PURE, in the...
Asia Pacific: Tate & Lyle acquires Chinese polydextrose dietary fibre manufacturing facility
Tate & Lyle has opened its new polydextrose dietary fiber manufacturing facility in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China.
On 13 March 2014, Tate & Lyle announced...
Europe: Researchers find satiety ingredient containing fiber, resistant starch to keep participants fuller
Scientists from the University of Liverpool have demonstrated the effectiveness of a fiber-based dietary ingredient that makes people feel less hungry and consume less...
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...
Asia Pacific: Biofortified lentils would provide adequate dietary selenium, find researchers
A PhD student has made a significant breakthrough in preventing a global deficiency of the essential mineral and micronutrient in humans called selenium, which...
Asia Pacific: Vitafoods Asia Conference to highlight trends for the nutraceutical market, finds FNI
For the first time this year, the two-day Vitafoods Asia Conference will run alongside nutraceutical exhibition Vitafoods Asia from September 3 to 4, 2014...
Europe: Study finds differences in how body metabolizes folic acid supplements, natural forms of...
A new study has shown that synthetic folic acid, the form taken in folic acid supplements we can buy over the counter, is not...