Nature's Products (NPI), consumer healthcare products contract manufacturer, has announced that it will begin to manufacture gummy supplements locally at its state-of-the-art facility in Sunrise, Florida. Up until now, the company has ...
Yoplait, the yogurt brand owned by US food company General Mills, has introduced spring seasonal flavors, Yoplait Light margarita and Yoplait Original sweet tea-flavored yogurt. Available for a limited time, Yoplait spring seasonal ...
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Research by Smithers Pira has determined that the authenticity and trust of brand owners and their products is growing in importance in the eyes of consumers. Given increased scrutiny in the wake of high profile food recalls over the last ...
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The Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association (AIPIA) is a treasure chest of knowledge. Here are two gems: Has the milk gone off in the carton? Are the veges in the can still ok? Soon, there will be a way to know without ...
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It’s one of the most popular crops in the home garden. It’s 95 percent water, low in calories and an excellent source of vitamin K. It’s been grown in space and a mile underground. “The National Garden Bureau every ...
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Mom was right when she said to eat spinach to be healthier and now researchers in Sweden find an extract from the green plants may make people thinner. Professor Charlotte Erlanson-Albertsson at Lund University in Sweden said thylakoid, ...
FDA proposed format nutrition labels The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed to update the Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods to reflect the latest scientific information, including the link between diet and chronic ...
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The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) today unveiled its national consumer education campaign to bolster awareness and understanding of Facts Up Front. The nutrient-based labeling system will ...
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The success of coconut water, which surged from zero in 2006 to an almost US$1 billion business in North America and Europe by 2013, is just the first step in a massive trend, according to global nutrition business analysts New Nutrition ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed certain changes to Nutrition Fact labels on food packages, to highlight key parts of the label such as calories and serving sizes. The agency stated that the revisions reflect the ...
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A study of volunteers who ate about a pound of strawberries a day had lowered levels of bad cholesterol and triglycerides, Italian and Spanish researchers say. Researchers at the Universita Politecnica delle Marche colleagues at the ...
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February 24, 2014 Sophie Langley Some yoghurts and cheeses may reduce risk of diabetes by one-third Higher consumption of yoghurt, compared with no consumption, may reduce the risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes by 28 per cent, according ...
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The phrase, 'Eat your vitamins,' applies to marine animals just like humans. Many vitamins, including B-12, are elusive in the ocean environment. University of Washington researchers used new tools to measure and track B-12 vitamins in ...
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Launches of new bread products have generally continued to rise globally and, within that, products using health claims of some kind made up over 42 per cent of the total in 2013, according to findings from market research organisation ...
Royal DSM, the Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company reported final, audited, results for 2013. These results confirm the preliminary, unaudited results DSM published on 21 January 2014. DSM also issues its Integrated Annual Report, ...
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