Denver, CO—Impressive data were published in Carcinogenesis showing grape seed extract killed cancer cells in mice and left healthy ones alone. Researchers believe the extract creates the perfect conditions that discourage cancer cell growth. These include damage to cancer cells’ DNA and decreased the levels of molecules that enable its...
Geneva, Switzerland—Some feel beauty starts from within, especially when antioxidants come into play. New data suggest a powerful antioxidant ingredient may lead to significant benefits in skin health, according to a group from Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine in Germany and Horphag Research (based here). Twenty postmenopausal women were...
Oakland, CA—Fair trade products certifier Fair Trade USA has made some significant changes to its policies. These changes, part of the Fair Trade USA’s Multiple Ingredients Product Policy, were made after a two-month evaluation with several stakeholders. States Jenna Larson of Fair Trade USA, “What we have done with revision...
Stores can now get staff training via the Web courtesy of Nature’s Formulary of Clifton Park, NY. In-person training with educators is still available, but now stores can bolster their knowledge with 15-minute training videos presented by Amber Vitse, director of Ayurveda education and P. K. Davé, president. Retailers...
Durban, South Africa—This monthly section devoted to environmental news wrapped up last year’s coverage with a preview of the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which was held here from November 28th to December 9th. Now, those talks recede into...
BASF Corporation of Florham Park, NJ now has two new distributors for its North American human nutrition customers: Brenntag Specialties, Inc. and Horn Company. JIAHERB, Inc. of Parsippany, NJ launched a new U.S. Web site (www.JIAHERBinc.com) and expanded its overseas manufacturing facilities. NHK Laboratories, Inc. of Santa Fe Springs,...
Edwardsville, IL—A hearing has brewed over the accusations of a man who found a mouse in a can of mainstream citrus-flavored-soda in 2009 and sent it to the company who has since offered a bizarre defense. According to Legal Newsline, the accuser, Ronald Ball, said he found a mouse in...
Rockville, MD—The U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) has announced some additions to the latest version of its Food Chemicals Codex (FCC). The FCC is a compilation of purity and identity standards that apply to food ingredients. About 1,100 monographs comprise the compendium. Starting with its latest edition, the standards may also include...
Lysaker, Norway—Researchers from Maastricht University in the Netherlands have released some preliminary results from a recent trial on a branded natural vitamin K2 ingredient (MenaQ7 from NattoPharma, based here). The team collected data from 244 postmenopausal women from 2008 through 2011. During the three-year trial, the women took a...
Portland, OR-based Portland Roasting Coffee Company has officially launched a brand licensing program, with the two Portland Roasting Café locations in the Oregon Convention Center. The company was also named “Roaster of the Year” by coffee industry trade journal Roast Magazine. Organic rice and rice products producer Lundberg Family...
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