Paris, France—Taking fish oil supplements may change the physical structure of the brain, according to research presented at the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease, located here. A group from the Rhode Island Hospital Alzheimer’s Disease and Memory Disorders Center followed 819 older individuals experiencing normal cognition, mild cognitive decline...
Venice, CA—Federal agents and local law enforcement, at the behest of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), conducted an armed raid on raw organic food distributor Rawesome for the second time recently, according to numerous reports. The authorities seized food valued at $70,000 from shelves at the co-op’s...
Laval, Canada—SmartBalance, Inc., marketer of the natural foods brand EarthBalance, has purchased Glutino Food Group (Glutino) from Claridge Natural Foods for $66.3 million. Claridge, a Montreal-based investment firm, transfered 100% equity interest in Importations DE-RO-MA, which owns Glutino, over to SmartBalance. Glutino is an established presence in the gluten-free market, with...
East Rutherford, NJ—A paper published in the Journal of Medicinal Foods provides evidence that Maitake D-Fraction, a proprietary extract of the Maitake mushroom developed by Mushroom Wisdom, Inc., induces apoptosis in human breast cancer cells. Researchers from Portugal and Argentina examined the protein-bound polysaccharide extract’s direct anti-tumor potential, having...
Rockville, MD—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken news steps to create a standard definition for the term “gluten-free,” according to a new consumer update. FDA feels such a definition is needed to “eliminate uncertainty about how food producers may label their products” and to make sure...
Santa Ana, CA-based Robinson Pharma announced that its glucosamine formulations received approval letters from the U.S. Pharmacopeia. Premium Ingredients International changed its name to Prinova. The firm, based in Carol Stream, IL, will not change ownership. Lonza, headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, announced its International Patent Application WO 2011/038898 was...
Freising, Germany—A team of scientists from Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) in Germany have published data supporting an energy- and cost-efficient manufacturing process that maintains probiotic stability. Many manufacturers freeze-dry probiotics for stability and then use heat to create remove excess water, which can kill some bacteria and take a lot...
Morristown, NJ—A sports nutrition ingredient (GliSODin) distributed by P.L. Thomas, based here, was the subject of recent sports nutrition research published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism. Nineteen rowers were given 500 mg of the branded melon extract or a placebo daily for six weeks. It...
On July 1, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made good on its promise to issue a draft guidance on new dietary ingredients (NDIs), as mandated by the Food Safety Modernization Act. FDA stated this is an “important preventive control to ensure that consumers are not exposed to unnecessary...
