Probar LLC, Salt Lake City, Utah, refreshed its companywide packaging and embraced Probar Base as a new name for one of its product lines.

Italy’s PhenoFarm has developed several new ingredients based on olives, a major component of Mediterranean diet.

A number of food and drinks come under the umbrella term of cardiovascular health, and not only with the traditional focus on fat and cholesterol reduction.

Prepared Foods and its NutraSolutions brand present this annual “Ingredients for Health” reference.

Details of a unique, infrared drying method by Vivid Harvest that preserves the vitamin and antioxidant content and capacity of fruits and vegetables was presented by Rodger Jonas, director of national sales, PL Thomas Inc., in his Prepared Foods’ R&D Application Seminar titled “Effects of Drying Methods on Vitamin C Content.”

In late 2010, the Life Sciences Research Organization (LSRO), Bethesda, Md., conducted a review of the scientific evidence on more than 35 food ingredients, dietary supplements and dietary factors to determine whether claims could be linked to the ingredients’ effects on mental energy.

Research has long established the anti-inflammatory benefits of tart cherries, often linked to the fruit’s powerful red compounds called anthocyanins.

The heart never rests. At 65-75 beats per minute, the average ticker pumps about 300 liters of blood every hour.

Nutraceuticals International Group has begun distributing SelectSIEVE Olive, an extract containing highly concentrated flavonoids from the olive.

According to the CDC, obesity has more than doubled in children, and tripled in adolescents, during the past 30 years.