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Fresh Promise Foods, Inc., Atlanta, says its wholly owned subsidiary, Harvest Soul, Inc., hosted product demonstrations with the debut of its Chewable Juice line at Whole Foods Markets.

Global new product activity featuring a specific weight management positioning has been relatively static in recent years

Fifty-seven million Americans suffer from low bone density or osteoporosis, a disease which causes bones to become so weak and brittle that even a minor fall or other stresses may cause fractures.

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.