Archives for September 7, 2006

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Rich Nature launches wolfberry Bevesol

By  Clarisse Douaud

Rich Nature Nutraceutical Laboratories has launched proprietary Bevesol, a low-heat, spray-dried powder from wolfberry juice concentrate, for use in functional foods. Suitable for reconstituting wolfberry juice, the powder could save formulators...

Heart healthy chocolate tempts consumers to go dark

By  Catherine Boal

Europeans are more clued up than their American counterparts when it comes to the benefits of dark chocolate, according to a US company educating the market through their range of functional health-boosting cocoa products.

Danisco eyes 1m tonne sugar harvest

By  Anthony Fletcher

Danisco has maintained its expectations for this years sugar output, and claims a one million-tonne oharvest is possible.

Appetite mechanics may boosts obesity understanding

By  staff reporter

With obesity continuing to grab the headlines, a joint US-Portuguese study of what affects the motivation to feed is said to contribute to a better understanding of how the brain responds to food stimuli.

SunOpta to quadruple antioxidant-rich açai supply

By  Lorraine Heller

Natural food group SunOpta is to quadruple its sales of the açai berry in North America, revealing that the Brazilian berry is the most popular fruit ingredient with its customers.