From mom’s ringing endorsement to the FDA’s first food-specific health claim, oats are well established as an important component to a healthful diet. In fact, beta-glucan, the active ingredient in oat soluble fiber, has been shown to provide significant heart-health benefits, such as lower cholesterol levels and reduced hypertension.
Green tea is well known for its health properties--such as weight control, reducing body fat and improving heart health-- and has been used for detoxifying the body and its overall good health.
O.C. Lugo, an international source for high-quality nutritional and functional ingredient for foods, beverages and supplements, is best known for its extensive line of gelatin products, including kosher fish gelatin.
Erie Foods International Inc. and Murray Goulburn Nutritionals have added lactoferrin and GMP to their current line of fresh curd caseinates, caseins, whey protein isolates and milk protein concentrates.
Prolibra[tm] Whey Mineral Protein is an ingredient that induces positive changes in body composition by promoting fat loss, while maintaining lean body mass.
At the SupplySide East International Trade Show and Conference, Cargill showcased a variety of food product concepts, including OptaFlex[tm] chondroitin sports gel dietary supplement, as well as a chai tea
Researchers from Firat University in Turkey, the University of Maryland and the Karmanos Cancer Institute at Wayne State University in Detroit have found that lycopene may be able to reduce the size and incidence of fibroid tumors.
A healthy, flaxseed-based, low-net-carb pizza crust technology was introduced to convention goers at Natural Products Expo West (March 4-6, Anaheim, Calif.).
The food industry and the government are both under fire for the fattening of America. Some groups are laying the obesity epidemic and the potential for chronic health issues at the feet of the food processing and fast food industries.
RSS