Private equity sells Obipektin and Overseal to Spanish biotech firm
UK private equity firm 3i will shed food ingredients business Braes Group to Spanish biotech firm Natraceutical in a €80 million deal announced last week, reports Lindsey Partos.
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Food labs push out Para Red tests
Reacting rapidly to the discovery of the banned colour Para Red in processed foods, UK food laboratory RSSL has a new method to help food makers detect this potential carcinogen, reports Lindsey Partos.
Fat in diet boosts metabolism
Fat consumption in the diet can lead to healthy blood levels of sugar and cholesterol, say researchers.
High salt diet reduces bone density in girls
White adolescent and African-American girls assimilate salt and calcium differently, say researchers, claiming this may explain why races have different rates of high blood pressure and osteoporosis.