Olam Spices & Vegetable Ingredients has opened the doors to its new Olam Global Tomato Innovation Center in Lemoore, Cal. The first of its kind, according to the company, the center serves as a resource to the company and its customers to incubate ideas, generate solutions to product opportunities and develop new concepts and processes.
According to a U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawyer, POM Wonderful LLC does not have the scientific backing to make advertising claims indicating its pomegranate juice and supplements prevent or treat prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction and heart disease.
A new study by The Ohio State University suggests strawberries may help prevent human esophageal cancer, a disease expected to affect more than 16,000 people this year alone in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society.
World Tea Expo will be held in late June (24-26, in Las Vegas), and organizers have evaluated the new products from the tea marketplace that will be on display and have announced the event’s 2011 Best New Product Awards,
Statistics from Shape Up America! indicate more than 12 million children in the U.S. can be classified as obese, with 23 million considered overweight.