Health & Wellness
Europe: Taking high doses of vitamin D may decrease bone density, say researchers
A three-year study by researchers at the Cumming School of Medicine's McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health published in the Journal of the...
Asia Pacific: Personalised nutrition in demand, say experts
Everyone wants to be as healthy as they can be.
However, while wearable technology has made it possible for people to track their physical...
Asia Pacific: Ingredion extends online lab to region
Ingredion has extended its virtual lab, Inside Idea Labs, in Asia Pacific's dairy market.
The virtual dairy lab showcases technical resources including sample formulations, white...
Americas: More sell-offs of organic food companies, says Ecovia Intelligence
The global organic food industry is undergoing consolidation.
In April 2019. three major deals have involved established organic food companies in Europe and North...
Asia Pacific: Fonterra’s NZMP names top five consumer trends in 2019
Fonterra's global ingredients brand NZMP has picked the top five consumer trends in 2019, based on industry observers and reports.
They are digestive wellness, snacking...
Europe: Investing in the baby food market, DMK walks the talk
DMK Group has converted the former DMK dairy plant in Strückhausen
in Wesermarsch, Germany, into a baby food production facility.
When the plant is fully commissioned,...
Europe: Researchers to extract protein from grass for human consumption
In a project headed by DTU Food, researchers and companies are working together to find a profitable way to extract protein from grass and...
Asia Pacific: More Chinese are shunning salt, report
With families in China coming together to feast during the Lunar New Year (5th February) celebrations, a Mintel report reveals that Chinese consumers are...
Asia Pacific: Malaysian companies to create low GI flatbread
Holista CollTech and Bursa Malaysia-listed Kawan Food Berhad (Kawan Food) will produce healthy Asian flatbreads, including roti canai, roti and chappati, for local and...
Americas: Researchers make more stevia using yeast
A report in American Chemical Society's Synthetic Biology describes a way to prepare large quantities of stevia using yeast, which would cut out the...