A dietary ingredient extracted from sugar beets may become the focus of a cost-effective first step therapy for liver disease, and a potential risk reducer for cardiovascular disease.
Although discovered in 1979, the micronutrient pyrroloquinoline quinone (PPQ) has only recently been identified as the first new vitamin isolated in 55 years.
While the benefits of green tea have been well researched and are well accepted, the newest ingredient from the tea family—white tea—is less well known, but has the potential to become a blockbuster ingredient.
Yo-Fast 20, a range of yogurt cultures from Chr. Hansen, provides yogurt with very mild flavor and minimal post-acidification. Its high-texturing properties make it possible to reduce or even replace stabilizers or gelling agents.
Health issues affecting women include those directly linked to the female reproductive system as well as others like osteoporosis. This review of bioactives will cover ingredients for classic female concerns.
An August 2002 U.S. patent issued to Innovative Foods Inc. provides a method of infusing nutrients such as vitamins, phytochemicals, herbal extracts and medicinals into fruits, vegetables and other underutilized food products.
A new protein isolation process developed by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with funding from America's dairy farmers and sponsored by DMI, can make a difference for children with PKU (phenylketonuria), an inherited metabolic disorder that strikes one baby in every 10,000.
With numerous health benefits supported by strong scientific evidence, flax lignans have much to offer manufacturers targeting specific categories of wellness seekers, including consumers in the fast-growing men's health category.