Immunity has emerged as a prime interest among consumers. At a recent show, one supplier presented tasty beverages, berry-flavored chews and menthol-flavored lozenges to demonstrate the utility and functionality of its immune health ingredient.
As marketers of conventional foods, functional foods and dietary supplements pore over data looking for new product opportunities that answer consumer needs, foods and beverages that address health issues, often specific health conditions, come to the forefront.
Research findings, "Prebiotic Effects: Metabolic and Health Benefits," are discussed in a new report. According to recent research published in the The British Journal of Nutrition, "The different compartments of the gastrointestinal tract are inhabited by populations of micro-organisms.
A new study has revealed that extra-virgin olive oil can protect the liver from oxidative stress. As part of the study, scientists exposed rats to a moderately toxic herbicide known to deplete antioxidants and cause oxidative stress, finding that those rats fed on a diet containing the olive oil were partially protected from the resulting liver damage.
Some suppliers have long delivered safe, high-quality nutraceutical ingredients for the pharmaceutical and dietary supplement industries, but interest is growing among food companies. Some attendees witnessed this at one supplierís booth at the 2010 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Food Expo in Chicago.
Satiety-enhancing foods include some that are able to fill the gut but be markedly reduced (e.g., fiber, polydextrose), while others will affect the release of gut hormones, influencing satiety and appetite.
Main Street Ingredients is recognized as a leading formulator and manufacturer of private-label nutritional systems, Keystone[tm] stabilizer systems, Cornerstone[tm] proteins and functional dairy ingredients, all of which serve the nutritional and food processing industries.
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