News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Research into a new appetite suppressant may have reached a new stage. Scientists in the United States claim this week that a compound, called C75, successfully alters the natural balance of brain messengers that normally send signals of hunger during...
Consumers should package labelling on foods, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said on Friday.
The Ajinomoto Association Prize for Research in Nutrition has been awarded to Professor Claude Ricour, Chief Physician of Hepatic Gastroenterology and Paediatric Nutrition at Hôpital Necker in Paris.
Fortification of food with folic acid to prevent neural-tube defects in babies also lowers plasma total homocysteine, a risk factor for vascular disease, claim researchers from Ireland this week.
Danish food ingredients company Danisco recently announced the launch of Elevations 200, a new stabiliser/emulsifier system for dairy manufacturers.
The herbal extract, butterbur, is as effective asantihistamines for treating hay fever, and does nothave the sedative effects often associated with thesedrugs, finds a study published in this week's British Medical Journal.
The European Commission is to propose a specific registration procedure for herbal medicinal products with a long-standing traditional use.