Galam offers bespoke stevia blends
Sweetener firm the Galam Group has combined different stevia extracts to offer what it claims are “optimal taste-profiles to suit all applications needs”.
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Dispatches from FIE
Consumer pressure over biodiversity in food chain growing, says UEBT
Companies that have been championing biodiversity in their supply chain were recognised at the BioDiversity Awards at the FIE trade show in Paris this week, with an ethical biotrade organisation claiming that only 39% of consumers it polled are confident...
Consuming non-dairy calcium alone does not fill nutrient gaps, US study
Consumers can meet intake requirements for nutrients such as calcium via non-dairy sources, but these are not a ‘nutritionally significant equivalent’ for dairy foods, according to a new US study.
Cancer link leads researchers to request reassessment of zinc oxide
Researchers have called for a reassessment of the health impact of nano-sized particles of zinc oxide in consumer products, after research suggested the ingredient could potentially lead to the development of cancer.
EFSA reconfirms safety of bisphenol A as it rejects ‘limited’ French fears
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has repeated its view that bisphenol A (BPA) poses no human health risk through dietary exposure as it dismissed concerns raised by scientists in France.