Functional & Fortification
Asia Pacific: Vitafoods Asia exhibitors on SEA market, health & wellness sectors
The seventh edition of Vitafoods Asia will be held in Singapore from September 5 to 6, 2017.
With lifestyle trends and changing consumer demand, what...
Europe: Novel form of iron for fortifying food discovered
Two Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich or ETH professors Raffaele Mezzenga and Michael B. Zimmermann from the Department of Health Sciences and Technology have discovered...
Asia Pacific: Ingredion launches dietary fibers
Ingredion launches a line of low cost-in-use dietary fibers for manufactures wanting to easily add fiber to foods.
The Novelose dietary fiber series are designed...
Asia Pacific: BASF exhibits prototypes for health in China
BASF unveiled the prototype of a plant sterol enriched soy milk beverage used for an intervention study funded by the Newtrition Asia Research Grant...
Americas: Consumers prefer diet over pills to sleep better, finds survey
Rather than popping pills to sleep, a survey reveals more US consumers would prefer to eat well in order to sleep better.
This survey was...
Americas: Probiotic supplement for pregnancy, infants
DuPont Nutrition & Health and Happy Family Brands have developed Happy Mama Prenatal Probiotic Supplement for the infant nutritional supplements category.
The supplement is formulated...
Americas: Ona launches protein bars with probiotics
Ona launches its Functional Fuel Plant Protein Bars with Probiotics at Natural Products Expo West this month in California, US.
The line will feature...
Asia Pacific: Fermented foods offer opportunities, says analyst
When PepsiCo bought small fermented drinks maker KeVita in late 2016, it signaled that fermented foods have reached a tipping point.
“Social media is buzzing...
Europe: Verifying health claims, Tüv Süd
Pineapple stimulates circulation in the legs.
Green tea helps the body to burn fat.
Vitamins added to pumpkin-seed oil encourage hair growth.
Before the Health...
Europe: DuPont Nutrition & Health spends US$60M on European sites
DuPont Nutrition & Health will invest US$60 million expanding three European cultures production sites to produce frozen and freeze-dried starter cultures for the global...