The US is to consider banning the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in infant formula packaging after accepting the plea from a prominent campaigning lawmaker on the chemical.
The question of whether to go ahead with folic acid fortification of bread in New Zealand continues to be a contentious one, with another report moving against it.
Increased intakes of omega-3s and higher blood levels of the fatty acids are associated with a 15% decrease in the risk of heart failure, says a new meta-analysis.
Nestlé South Africa has shrugged-off threats of a purchasing boycott relating to infant formula among the country’s Hindu community, stating that the encouragement by a religious leader lacks “merit.”
Mission Foods is expanding its chip offerings with Mission Organics Tortilla Chips. The chips are available in three varieties — blue corn, white corn and multigrain.
New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has called for submissions on its latest consultation paper set to decide between mandatory implementation of folic acid fortification or a continued voluntary policy.
The brain development of infants raised on milk-based infant formula does “not differ significantly” from those fed breast milk and soy protein-based formula, a US study has claimed.
SunOpta, a Canada-based company focused on organic, specialty and natural health products, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its natural health products distribution business.
Swedish firm Biovelop claims that its new oat-based protein rich ingredient Proatein is already being used in place of whey protein, as a cheaper source of the macronutrient.
Vitiva has introduced the rosemary-based formulation Substar. The oil-soluble oxidation management system may replace tocopherols in protecting shelf life for foods, pet foods, animal feed products and cosmetics.
Herbal product registrations are slowing across the EU a European Medicines Agency (EMA) report has revealed, with a leading health food group noting registrations had, “dropped through the floor.”
Traditional unprocessed breads could be about to get a health kick from Spanish researchers, who are investigating ways to produce bakery products with high levels of omega-3 and fibre.
Researchers from the University of Almeria, Spain, have developed a new method which helps in finding the presence of most minute residues of drugs, which are actually given to livestock, in some infant foods.
Banyan Capital Partners has agreed to acquire the Canadian natural health products distribution business, known as Purity Life Natural Health Products, of SunOpta, Inc.
A healthy designer fat for infant formula milk has been developed as the culmination of a global research project involving research bodies in Turkey, Istanbul and Georgia in the US.
Cognitive performance products for Asia’s ageing population are an under-exploited segment, laced with growth opportunities, according to a Leatherhead analyst.
Folic acid fortification of foods may reduce the incidence of the most common type of kidney cancer and a type of brain tumors in children, according to new research from Washington University and the University of Minnesota.
