Nutraceuticals International articles from April 2009

Nutraceuticals International archives from April 2009

Boiron's 2008 sales rise 7.5% to $606.4M.(Boiron Laboratories)(Financial report)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Laboratoires Boiron says that its sales in full-year 2008 totaled 466.7 million euros ($606.4 million), a 7.5% rise on the year before, as net income soared 44.3% to 39.1 million euros. The Lyon, France-based manufacturer of homeopathic...

Omega Pharma's 2008 net profit jumps 19%.
April 1, 2009... Belgian company Omega Pharma says its 2008 net profit grew 19% year-on-year to 50.8 million euros ($66.0 million), rising to 66.4 million euros after addition of 24% of the net income of its health care supplies affiliate Arseus. The firm,...

CM&D acquires Biohealth Italia to bolster marketing capabilities in kidney health.
April 1, 2009... CM&D Pharma, a UK-based specialty pharmaceutical company, has acquired Biohealth Italia, an Italian drugmaker experienced in marketing treatments for kidney stones and other renal conditions. The deal, financial terms of which were not...

China Yingxia CEO talks to investors.(Yingxia International)
April 1, 2009... China Yingxia International, based in Harbin, and a Chinese provider in the nutraceutical industry engaged in the development, manufacture and distribution of nutritional food products, dietary supplements and personal care products in the...

Epax AS compliant with EU regulations.
April 1, 2009... Norway's Austral Group, a sister subsidiary in the Austevoll fisheries group and supplier of omega-3 crude fish oil to EPAX AS, has received approval from the Instituto Tecnologico Pesquero del Peru (Institute of Fisheries Technology of Peru)...

Desire for performance and natural producs boosts botanicals in personal care products.
April 1, 2009... According to Kline & Co's study Specialty Actives and Active Delivery Systems for Personal Care 2008: USA and Europe, botanicals consumption is growing at 8.0%, outstripping growth of other specialty actives with average growth of 5.4%. The...

Heart Health Month Milestone.
April 1, 2009... This year's Heart Health Month marks a significant milestone in North America, with the reduction of nearly a half billion pounds of trans and saturated fats over the past three years. Since the market introduction in 2006, Omega-9 Canola and...

Europe's eye-health ingredients market boosted by aging pop, medicines unavailable.
April 1, 2009... Rising numbers of baby boomers with eye-ailments and soaring medical costs are causing European consumers to demand innovative diet supplements to protect their eyes and curb any potential eye care-related expenses. The ability of dietary...

Minimal harmonization of food supps in EU not necessarily detrimental, says EAS.
April 1, 2009... In the near future we can expect European Union-wide harmonization of vitamin and mineral maximum levels in food and food supplements and health claims made on food products, says the EAS consultancy. Food supplements containing substances...

EC nutrient profiling scheme sees more delays.(European Union. European Commission)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... The European Commission's proposal for a nutrient profiling scheme looks set to be delayed until after the new parliamentary elections, food and nutrition policy consultancy EAS adviser Miguel da Silva says. This is contrary to previous...

Histame available in USA via Naturally Vits.
April 1, 2009... Naturally Vitamins has launched Histame, a breakthrough formula offering hope to the millions of Americans who suffer from food intolerance. Europeans have used this formula for years with rave reviews, it says. Now acknowledged by the US Food...

DSM's Redivivo OKed for marketing in EU.
April 1, 2009... Netherlands-based DSM Nutritional Products has confirmed that Redivivo Lycopene has been cleared for marketing in the European Union following approval by the European Commission Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCFCAH)....

Inverness Med debuts resVida in USA.
April 1, 2009... USA-based Inverness Medical now offers two new dietary supplement forms of its highly successful grape seed product, which contains today's purest form of Resveratrol - resVida from Dutch firm DSM Nutritional Products. TruNature Grape Seed plus...

Oral health probiotic from Sunstar in USA.
April 1, 2009... Sunstar Americas, the US manufacturer of GUM and Butler brand products, has introduced GUM PerioBalance, one of the first probiotic supplements specifically created for oral health. GUM PerioBalance is available on-line through...

Zymes debuts omega-3 enhanced water.
April 1, 2009... New Jersey, USA-based Zymes Omega Solutions, has announced the successful bottling and launch of the world's first omega-3 enhanced water, OmegaChill (http: www.omegachill.com/). This innovative new water uses Zymes' PTS technology to...

Natural Alternative out-licenses Carnosyn.
April 1, 2009... Natural Alternatives International, a California, USA-based formulator and manufacturer of customized nutritional supplements, and Compound Solutions, a science and marketing-based distributor of raw materials to the sports nutrition, dietary...

Cognis licenses further active ingredients for weight control, heart health from IMD.
April 1, 2009... Cognis, a Germany-based global supplier of innovative specialty chemicals and nutritional ingredients has exclusively licensed two further product candidates from InterMed Discovery, an emerging world-class natural product lead-discovery...

Intermed/Axxam link on functional ingredients.
April 1, 2009... Germany's InterMed Discovery, an emerging world-class natural product lead-discovery company, and Axxam SpA, an Italian gene-to-lead biotechnology company, say that their joint research efforts have proved to be successful in providing a...

Senomyx extends discovery and development collaboration with Ajinomoto.(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Senomyx, a US company focused on using proprietary technologies to discover and develop novel flavor ingredients for the food, beverage and ingredient supply industries, has extened one of its discovery and development programs with Japan's...

Mastix buys Koko unit to expand nutra supps.
April 1, 2009... Mastix Medica has acquired the private label division of fellow USA-based Koko's Confectionery & Novelty. The business, operating from a 28,000 sq ft facility in Baltimore County, Maryland, currently manufactures tableted chewing gum and mints...

AHPA shares know-how on NDIs.(American Herbal Products Association)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... American Herbal Products Association president Michael McGuffin was asked to present on "The Law and Chemistry of Dietary Supplements" panel during the 237th American Chemical Society National Meeting, held March 22-26 in Salt Lake City, Utah....

US fast-food firms urged to Value [the] Meal.
April 1, 2009... Corporate Accountability International, an organization that has compelled corporations from Nestle to General Electric to halt abusive practices, is now taking on the fast-food industry. In the wake of recent studies linking unhealthy...

AHPA expands use of metals requirements.
April 1, 2009... The Board of Trustees of the American Herbal Products Association have voted to expand the association's trade requirement related to the use of traditional metal-processed herbs in products based on Ayurveda. The revised trade requirement...

Polish dietary supplements market to exceed $596 million by 2010.
April 1, 2009... In 2008 the dietary supplements market in Poland was worth over 1.7 billion zloty ($506.6 million) , which means that it expanded by 24% relative to 2007, according to local market consultant PMR. Between 2009 and 2011, because of the financial...

Dried/roasted Noni leaves cleared in EU.(European Union)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Following evaluation, dried and roasted leaves of the Noni plant (Morinda citrifolia) have recently received authorization for use in the European Community as a novel food ingredient. However, this approval only extends to the use of the...

Vegetarians less likely to develop cancer.
April 1, 2009... A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that vegetarians may have a significantly-lower risk of developing cancer overall, though they are more likely to suffer from colorectal cancer. The study of...

Probiotics show benefit for immune system.
April 1, 2009... The journal Postgraduate Medicine has published data that show a strain of probiotic bacteria, GanedenBC30 (Bacillus coagulans), marketed as Sustenex, increases the body's immune response to viruses that cause common viral respiratory tract...

Teens with low vit D more likely to be obese.
April 1, 2009... Teenagers who showed lower levels of vitamin D were more likely to be obese, according to new data from the Medical College of Georgia, USA. The study of more than 650 teens aged 14-19 found that those who reported higher vitamin D intakes...

Red wine benefit better than sum of parts.
April 1, 2009... Researchers in Sweden claim that the full array of molecules provided in red wine by far exceed the biological effects of plain resveratrol. Only at higher concentrations did resveratrol cause unhealthy cells to die off (21%), compared to...

Bifantis "only probiotic backed by evidence".
April 1, 2009... A review by US researchers of the utility of probiotics in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome found that Bifidobacterium infantis 35624 was the only probiotic out of 13 different individual strains or preparations assessed to...

Japanese herbs alleviate GI diseases.
April 1, 2009... Herbal medicines could benefit patients suffering from gastrointestinal motility disorders that cannot be treated using conventional drug therapy, according to a study recently published in Neurogastroenterology and Motility. Researchers...

Vit D supps "reduce fracture risk up to 20%".
April 1, 2009... Oral vitamin D supplements at a dose of at least 400 international units per day are associated with a reduced risk of bone fractures in older adults, according to results of a meta-analysis published in the March 23 issue of Archives of...

Licorice extract blocks CRC growth in mice.
April 1, 2009... A team of researchers based at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, USA, found that inhibiting an enzyme known as 11-beta-HSD2 with a licorice extract blocks COX-2 activity in human and mouse colorectal tumor cells,...

Schwabe's RelaxHerb cleared in UK.
April 1, 2009... The decision by the UK regulatory body Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on RelaxHerb in early March 2009 was double cause for celebration, in Marlow, England, and Oldenburg, Germany: firstly by registration holder...

Herbalife Protein Shake "proven effective".
April 1, 2009... Over the past several decades, the USA has seen dramatic increases in the incidence of obesity. But the epidemic is not confined to this country; similar increases are being seen worldwide as other countries adopt western high-calorie foods and...

Lifeway Foods moves LaFruta into California.(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Lifeway Foods, maker of a nutritious, probiotic dairy beverage called kefir, has expanded distribution of its La Fruta Drinkable Yogurt to about 150 "supercenter" stores in California, USA. These stores, such as Super A, generate about $750,000...

US FDA food/drug split "not likely" in short term, focus on stronger food safety.
April 1, 2009... Media speculation about a possible splitting of the US Food and Drug Administration into separate regulatory functions, with medicines and medical devices on one side and food on the other, have been down played by by the Council for...

US grocery association applauds Dr Hamburg as Obama's FDA Commissioner pick.
April 1, 2009... US President Barack Obama has nominated Margaret Hamburg, the Health Commissioner for New York City, to be the next permanent Food and Drug Administration Commissioner, replacing Frank Torti, who has held the position on an acting basis since...

EFSA board approves renewal of scientific committee; adopts budget.(European Union. European Food Safety Authority)
April 1, 2009... The European Food Safety Authority's Management Board has approved the nomination of 174 independent scientific experts to re-establish the Authority's Scientific Committee and eight of its Panels for a fresh three-year term, and will now...

France's Synadiet talks to physicians.
April 1, 2009... Alain Maggiar, the president of France's union of natural, specialist nutrition products and food supplements - the Synadiet, has given a presentation to the MEDEC, a medicine conference that was held in March in Paris, to physicians,...

Sambazon defends acai's true properties.
April 1, 2009... Sambazon, the pioneer and global market leader in acai, with certified organic food and beverage products sold in 10,000 retailers across the USA from Whole Foods to Publix, Kroger and Safeway, has announced what it says is "factual acai...

Martek in multi-year deal with Ragasa.
April 1, 2009... Docosahexaenoic acid omega-3 innovator and maker of the life'sDHA brand, Martek Biosciences and Ragasa, one of Mexico's largest providers of raw and refined oil products and maker of that country's leading consumer cooking oil brand, Nutrioli,...

Kibow Biotech debuts breakthrough kidney health probiotic supplement.
April 1, 2009... After more than a decade of research and development, Pennsylvania, USA-based Kibow Biotech has launched Kibow Biotics, its new patented and proprietary probiotic formulation targeting kidney health. This product will be sold exclusively...

UK FSA advises govt on nutrient profiling.
April 1, 2009... The UK Food Standards Agency Board has agreed its advice to Ministers on its nutrient profiling model. The Board acepted that the model was working effectively. In particular it concluded that the protein cap, which prevents foods containing...

UK public views on emerging food techs.(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... People remain cautious about the emergence of new food technologies, according to a review of existing research, published by the UK's Food Standards Agency. The report, which looks at research since 1999, brings together knowledge from...

New EU study on food allergy.
April 1, 2009... A new project entitled Food Allergy Specific ImmunoTherapy, aimed at developing treatments for allergy sufferers is commencing work. The European Union-wide project, which has funding for seven years, differs from previous projects on the...

European court rules on red rice product.(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... The European Court of Justice has recently given its opinion on the classification of a red rice product marketed as a food supplement which contains the active substance monacolin K, which is identical to the cholesterol-lowering agent...

Codex OKs additives for use in food supps.
April 1, 2009... The Codex Committee on Food Additives recently agreed to adopt nine colors for use in food supplements at levels consistent with recommendations by the International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA; NIs passim). At...

CHFA firms upbeat in tough economic times.
April 1, 2009... Canada's manufacturers and distributors to the natural and organics industry are confident that, despite these tough economic times, Canadians will continue to seek access and choice in the products and services that promote health and...

China's new regs for tonic food market.
April 1, 2009... China's National People's Congress has heard details of changes to food safety legislation introduced in the wake of the contaminated milk scandal in that country (NIs passim). The new Law on Food Safety was endorsed by the NPC's Standing...

Vit D may exacerbate autoimmune disease.(vitamin)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... Deficiency in vitamin D has been widely regarded as contributing to autoimmune disease, but an article in Autoimmunity Reviews explains that low levels of vitamin D may be a result, rather than a cause of disease and supplementing with vitamin...

Probiotics could be used instead of antibiotics.
April 1, 2009... Using probiotics successfully against a number of animal diseases has helped scientists from University College Cork, Ireland, to understand some of the ways in which they work, which could lead to them using probiotics to treat human diseases....

Omega-3 can kill cancer cells, says study.
April 1, 2009... Docosahexanoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid, has been shown to reduce the size of tumors and enhance the positive effects of the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, while limiting its harmful side effects, according to the open-access journal...

Pea extract shows supplement promise.
April 1, 2009... Proteins found in a common garden pea show promise as a new dietary supplement for fighting high blood pressure and chronic kidney disease, according to a group of Canadian scientists. The researchers fed small-daily doses of purified...

Forthcoming meetings/events.(International Life Sciences Institute)(Brief article)(Conference notes)
April 1, 2009... The International Life Sciences Institute, over the coming months, is hosting the following meetings: Obesity, Satiety and Metabolism, a pre-congress event at the 17th European Congress on Obesity 2009, being held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands,...

People on the move.(briefs)(appointments of Kemin Food Ingredients)(Brief article)
April 1, 2009... - France-based Groupe Danone says that Flemming Morgan, now general manager medical nutrition, has been named to the firm's executive committee. Mr Morgan re-joined Danone with the acquisition in 2007 of Royal Numico. . -Kemin Food...

US FDA uncovers additional tainted weight-loss products, alerts consumers.
April 1, 2009... The US Food and Drug Administration is expanding, for the second time, its nationwide alert to consumers about tainted weight loss products containing undeclared, active pharmaceutical ingredients. It has identified additional weight loss...

US FTC stops bogus cancer cure sellers.
April 1, 2009... The US Federal Trade Commission has brought to a halt two peddlers of bogus cancer cures that were targeted during Operation False Cures, a law enforcement sweep announced last fall. The FTC charged the companies with making unsupported claims...

US Certification for Nat Prod Expo Asia.
April 1, 2009... The Natural Products Expo Asia trade show, produced by New Hope Natural Media, a division of Penton Media, has been granted permission by the US Department of Commerce a Trade Fair Certification, allowing American natural, organic and nutrition...

International experts discuss soy criteria.(Round Table on Responsible Soy Association)(Brief article)(Conference notes)
April 1, 2009... The Development Group of the international organization Round Table on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS) met in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in order to design the final document on "Responsible Soy Principles and Criteria." Such...

FSANZ consults on modified soy bean.
April 1, 2009... Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has invited individuals and organizations with an interest in the regulation of food to provide information and comment on an application to amend the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code. ...

Walnuts and fish protect against heart disease in different ways; Loma Linda Univ.
April 1, 2009... Loma Linda University, USA, research, just published in 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 lower...

Soy bean component cuts menopause effect.
April 1, 2009... Soy aglycons of isoflavone (SAI), a group of soy bean constituents, have been shown to promote health in a rat model of the menopause. The research, described in BioMed Central's open access journal Nutrition & Metabolism, shows how dietary...

USP Chineses raw materials testing prog featured in US import safety report.
April 1, 2009... Chondroitin from Shandong Zhongyuan Greentech Co, a China-based dietary ingredient supplier, has recently been tested for purity by the US Natural Products Association's raw ingredient testing program in China. The results of those tests are...

EFSA opinion on Mead Johnson's Lipil.
April 1, 2009... Following an application from Mead Johnson Nutritionals submitted pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 via the Competent Authority of France, the Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies was asked to deliver an...

EFSA opinion on Mead Johnson's Enfamil.
April 1, 2009... Following an application from Mead Johnson & Co submitted pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 via the Competent Authority of France, the European Food Safety Authority's Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies was...