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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.

Bone and joint health claims featured on less than 1% of global food and drinks launches in 2012, with bone health by far the more popular, used on 80% of the total, compared with 25% for joint health.

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

What is surprising is the tenacity with which processors and ingredient makers are pooling their expertise to help people get a handle on their love handles.

International Dehydrated Foods, Inc. (IDF), a global leader in IDF poultry ingredients, is continuing to bring chicken to the forefront of the industry through innovative health and wellness applications that the company will feature at SupplySide West.

Older adults commonly develop a reduced ability to digest lactose, the primary sugar found in dairy.

Observers could say one of the world’s largest dairy ingredient groups is “getting fit” -- all to help global food and beverage processors create the next generation of performance and lifestyle nutrition foods.

As people age, many experience a gradual increase in blood pressure, even though otherwise in good shape.

Women have complex nutritional needs that change over time. Perhaps for similar reasons, women tend to read food labels more than men do.

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.”