From mom’s ringing endorsement to the FDA’s first food-specific health claim, oats are well established as an important component to a healthful diet. In fact, beta-glucan, the active ingredient in oat soluble fiber, has been shown to provide significant heart-health benefits, such as lower cholesterol levels and reduced hypertension.
A health claim petition requesting the FDA allow use of eight dietary supplement health claims associating chromium picolinate supplementation with reduced risk of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and related disease conditions has been submitted.
An omega-3 powder has received USA FDA GRAS affirmation. Ocean Nutrition Canada’s omega-3 powder fish oil ingredient has a very high nutritional density of omega-3.
O.C. Lugo, an international source for high-quality nutritional and functional ingredient for foods, beverages and supplements, is best known for its extensive line of gelatin products, including kosher fish gelatin.
A healthy, flaxseed-based, low-net-carb pizza crust technology was introduced to convention goers at Natural Products Expo West (March 4-6, Anaheim, Calif.).
A new Finnish study with more than 14,600 people, published in the March 10, 2004 issue of JAMA, shows that women who drank three to four cups of coffee daily had a 29% reduced risk of adult onset diabetes.
The exclusive 2004 Prepared Foods Functional Foods Trends Survey delves into what food and nutritional companies see as their major challenges and opportunities in the functional foods arena.
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