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EFSA CLA rejection stalls business development
22-Nov-2010 - Lipid Nutrition global group manager in marketing, John Kurstjens, is “a little bit disappointed” about the recent EFSA health claim opinion on CLA which included a range of claim dismissals but remained strangely silent about the claim that matters most to CLA players – body fat reduction.
CLA leads the weight loss pack for fat modification: Study
16-Nov-2010 - Ingredients touted for their fat modifying properties like conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and pyruvate show ‘some potential benefit’, but the overall data is ‘limited’ says a new review.
Lipid Nutrition commits to ‘body fat’ CLA 13.5 dossier
26-Oct-2010 - CLA specialist Lipid Nutrition will submit a tightly focused ‘body fat reduction’ health claim submission to the EU process after the European Food Safety Authority last week canned a host of generic, article 13.1 claims for the fatty acid.
Cognis launches clean label low-sat fat ingredients
31-Aug-2010 - Cognis has launched three new vegetable fat ingredients, which allow manufacturers of products such as creams, soups and sauces to reduce levels of saturated fats without affecting taste or texture.
Nutrition worst performer in positive Cognis H1 results
26-Aug-2010 - German supplier Cognis improved EBITDA performance by 67.5 per cent in the first half of 2010- but its nutrition and health division lagged behind the performance of its household chemicals and personal care divisions.
Making claims on eye health
16-Jul-2010 - In the fourth and final part of this eye health series, NutraIngredients peers into an increasingly complex legislative scene.
The science of eye health ingredients
13-Jul-2010 - In the second part of our special series on eye health, NutraIngredients takes a closer look at the science behind lutein, omega-3 and the other ingredients eyeing a place on the podium for eye health.
Move into human nutrition feeds BASF’s €3.1bn Cognis buyout
23-Jun-2010 - BASF’s €3.1bn buy-out of Cognis is driven by interest in all of the German company’s three divisions – personal care, household chemical and human nutrition – but although human nutrition is the smallest part of the acquired operation, it was vital to the deal’s success.
Canadian and Chinese approvals boost cholesterol-lowering market
17-Jun-2010 - Major plant sterol suppliers say recent food-use approvals in Canada and China will “clear the way” for expansion of the cholesterol-lowering category.
Cognis details best ever quarter as buy-out speculation continues
26-May-2010 - German chemicals and nutrients giant Cognis has turned in its best ever Q1 operating profit as sales across its three core divisions exceeded 2008 pre-financial crisis volumes in 2008 for the first time - fueling ongoing buy-out speculation.
CLA is safe for use in foods, says EFSA
24-May-2010 - Fat reduction ingredient conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is one step closer to novel food approval in Europe, after the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) gave its stamp of approval for the ingredient’s safety.
Cognis wins Novel Foods approval for plant sterols in Canada
20-May-2010 - Health Canada has granted Novel Foods Approval for Cognis’ plant sterols, preparing the way for the near launch of foods with the company’s cholesterol lowering phytosterols.