Soft drinks strike back in national obesity debate
The American Beverage Association has responded to accusations of culpability in the current childhood obesity crisis by unveiling a voluntary ban in schools.
Archives for August 16, 2005
Cognis keeps up the growth spurt in nutrition
Cognis' focus on nutrition and health, and the on-going boom in sterols and sterol esters, helps the business unit to retain its position as one of the group's strongest for the first half of 2005.
US seed lab program opens for business
The first seed lab to earn approval in the new USA Accredited Seed Lab (ASL) program is open for business.
LycoMato approved as color additive in food
The FDA's imminent amendment of its color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of LycoMato tomato lycopene extract is good news for the company behind the product.
Lifeway sales betray probiotics surge
If anyone doubted that the US probiotics market's star is rising, kefir-maker Lifeway Foods' latest results, positive in spite of milk price vagarities, should be enough to convince them.
Diet prevents healthy developing heart disease
Encouraging everyone to follow a healthy, cholesterol-lowering diet and quit smoking would do more to cut the number of deaths from heart disease than targeting people who already suffer from it, say researchers.