FOR anyone who's had to watch their cholesterol, and mind what they eat, a rather queasy-sounding product from sausage skin maker Devro and biotech company Alltracel could prove to be a godsend.

The pair yesterday announced that they are working on a way of cutting cholesterol in food, taking advantage of Devro's thin film technology - more commonly found making sausage skins - and Alltracel's micro dispersed oxidised cellulose, or M-doc for short.

The product is still at the embryonic stages of development and it will take at least 12-18 months before anything concrete emerges. However, Devro analysts welcomed news of the collaboration as another way for the company ...