Recently added articles from Nutraceuticals World:
CRN responds to ODS' strategic plan objectives.(Top Of The News)
May 01, 2009 ... Just in time for the deadline for comments, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), Washington, D.C., responded in late March to the Office of Dietary Supplements' (ODS) 2010-2014 strategic plan. Overall, the trade association's comments both acknowledged ODS for its research ...
Mercury rising.(From The Editor)
May 01, 2009; ... Fish is the nutrition world's double-edged sword--good one day and bad the next, according to experts. Sans mercury, I think most would agree that it is the perfect health food. Unfortunately, many types of fish (e.g., swordfish, shark, marlin and frozen or fresh tuna) contain high levels ...
President Obama makes FDA appointments.(Industry News)
May 01, 2009 ... With food safety in mind, in mid-March President Obama officially named Margaret Hamburg, MD, as FDA's new commissioner. He also selected Joshua Sharfstein, MD, to be Dr. Hamburg's principal deputy. Dr. Sharfstein is a pediatrician who previously served as Baltimore's health commissioner ....
Washington gets lesson in integrative medicine.(Industry News)
May 01, 2009 ... Taxed by soaring healthcare costs, Americans and their government could gain some much needed relief from integrative medicine, according to leading proponents of preventive care, who recently testified before the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee at the ...
ADA endorses functional foods.(Industry News)
May 01, 2009 ... The American Dietetic Association (ADA), Chicago, IL, released an updated position on functional foods in early April, stating that fortified, enriched or enhanced foods. can benefit a person's health when consumed as part of a varied diet. The statement, published in the April ...
Heart disease studies reveal important role of nutrients.(Industry News)
May 01, 2009 ... Loma Linda University research published in the April edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition compares the effects of walnuts and fatty fish in the fight against heart disease, demonstrating that in healthy individuals, walnuts tower cholesterol more than fish, while fatty ...
Cognis licenses weight management and heart health ingredients.(Industry News)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Through an ongoing collaboration, Cognis, Dusseldorf, Germany, has licensed two additional product candidates from InterMed Discovery (IMD), Dortmund, Germany. One functional ingredient shows promise in the area of weight management and the other has potential heart health benefits. Cognis ...
NAD reviews Benefiber claims & refers FucoPure to FTC.(Industry News)
May 01, 2009 ... The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has determined that Novartis Consumer Health, Parsippany, NJ, provided adequate substantiation for advertising claims made for its Benefiber dietary supplement. NAD examined claims for Benefiber on a product ...
Cranberry industry to quantify PAC content.(Industry News)
May 01, 2009 ... The U.S. cranberry industry is devising a standardized methodology to quantify proanthocyanidins (PACs) in cranberry products consumed worldwide. PACs are the family of flavonoids present in cranberries believed to impart one of the berry's major health benefits--helping maintain urinary ...
Multivitamins fail to meet label claims.(Industry News)
May 01, 2009 ... More than 30% of multivitamins tested recently by ConsumerLab.com, White Plains, NY, contained significantly varied amounts of ingredients compared to product claims, or were contaminated with lead. Among ...
Acai scams proliferate online.(Industry News)
May 01, 2009 ... The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), Washington, D.C., is warning consumers not to enroll online in "free trials" of diet products containing the trendy Brazilian superfruit acai. While traditionally a popular food in its native land, there's no evidence to suggest that ...
FDA scrutinizes weight loss products.(Industry News)
May 01, 2009 ... For the second time in three months, FDA expanded its nationwide alert to consumers about tainted weight loss products containing undeclared, active pharmaceutical ingredients. The agency identified ...
GTC gets into omega 3 business.(Industry News)(Clover Corporation Ltd.)(GTC Nutrition Co.)(Nu-Mega Ingredients Pty. Ltd.)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Golden, CO-based GTC Nutrition has been named the exclusive distributor of Nu-Mega Ingredients'line of DHA-rich refined tuna oil and microencapsulated high omega 3 containing powders. GTC Nutrition will distribute the Nu-Mega product line, ...
McNeil Nutritionals rolls out stevia product.(Industry News)
May 01, 2009 ... The maker of Splenda, McNeil Nutritionals, LLC, Fort Washington, PA, has launched Sun Crystals All-Natural Sweetener, which combines stevia with pure cane sugar. According to the company, the product contains five calories per ...
March of Dimes to promote DHA awareness.(Industry News)(Martek Biosciences Corp.)(March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... Martek Biosciences, Columbia, MD, has partnered with March of Dimes, a non-profit organization for pregnancy and baby health, to promote the importance of DHA during pregnancy and breastfeeding. The partnership between the two organizations ...
Global supplement regulations gain spotlight.(Industry News)
May 01, 2009 ... Global regulatory and scientific experts recently convened at a Food Supplement Training Forum in Bulgaria to discuss international regulatory developments and trends on food supplements. Topics included safety and quality surrounding food supplements; the safety assessment of bioactive ...
Recent certifications & approvals.(Industry News)(DSM Nutritional Products)(Cactus Botanics)(The Austral Group)
May 01, 2009 ... Cyvex Nutrition, Irvine, CA, has affirmed: its European black currant extract (25-30% anthocyanins) is GRAS (Generally; Recognized as Safe), based on the Guidance for Industry "Frequently Asked Questions about GRAS" published by FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Office of ...
Marketers take closer look at LOHAS consumers.(Industry News)
May 01, 2009 ... In an effort to gauge consumer attitudes, the Natural Marketing Institute (NMI), Harleysville, PA, and The Nielsen Company, New York, NY, have formed an agreement linking NMI's Lifestyles Of Health And Sustainability (LOHAS) consumer segmentation model with the Nielsen BASES consumer ...
Synergy expands to meet demand.(Industry News)(Synergy Production Laboratories)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... As demand grows for its certified organic Synergized ingredients, Synergy Production Laboratories, Moab, UT, has embarked on a major expansion project. The company recently completed construction of an ...
Hawai'i Coffee Cherry to reach larger market.(Industry News)
May 01, 2009 ... In an effort to expand its market presence, Hawai'i Coffee Cherry, Kalaheo, HI, has partnered with B&D Nutritional Ingredients, Vista, CA, which will be the company's exclusive ...