The Flax Council of Canada and Glanbia Nutritionals offer an extensive updated Flax Research Database for human health and nutrition.

Biothera announced the European Union will invest 6 million Euros in an international research project to evaluate the immune health effects of Biothera’s Wellmune WGP and several other functional food ingredients.

Spray Ingredient Technology will attend the Vitafoods conference in Europe and discuss a new Finnish research study that shows cranberry juice may reduce recurrences of urinary tract infections in children.

National Starch Food Innovation announced promising results of two recently published studies that support Hi-maize resistant starch’s benefits for glycemic health.

Gelita’s PEPTIPLUS provides the healthy, purine-free nutrients required for the many processes that take place in muscles and cells.

The greatest platform for growth within foods and beverages is fresh, real and less processed -- in short, “clean food” -- as reported in a 2010 IFIC consumer survey.

Eating pistachios may help alter levels of potentially beneficial bacteria in the gut.

A natural supplement and food ingredient shows calming effects.

Can potatoes be the next functional food? Or a source of novel bioactive ingredients? New research and product development suggests that there is more to the common spud than French fries!

MGP Ingredients Inc. has published a new, comprehensive booklet detailing recent clinical studies on the physiological benefits, as well as functional qualities, of Fibersym® RW, the company’s unique, resistant wheat starch, in bakery and other flour-based food formulations.