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GMA calls for 'natural' definition

GMA calls for 'natural' definition

17 May 2016

In comments submitted to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has called on the agency to more clearly define the use of the term “natural” in food labelling.

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Asiros, Breko to partner

Asiros, Breko to partner

4 May 2016

Danish Biotech Company Asiros and German-based distributor Breko have agreed to work together for the sales and marketing of MitoActive and BerryShield products.

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Naturex launches Xtrablend OA colour stabiliser

Naturex launches Xtrablend OA colour stabiliser

4 May 2016

Naturex is launching Xtrablend OA, a 100% natural solution to increase colour stability by preventing colour degradation in chilled products. It combines acerola standardized in ascorbic acid and onion standardized in polyphenols.

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Algatechnologies welcomes sustainability findings

Algatechnologies welcomes sustainability findings

28 Apr 2016

Algatechnologies notes that he market for ‘green’ dietary supplements is growing more than twice as quickly as that for sustainably produced food and drink, new figures from Mintel show.

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Raw rises

Raw rises

28 Apr 2016

As raw food diets are hitting the mainstream, a growing number of “raw”-labelled food and drink products are launching in Europe, and it seems Germany is particularly active when it comes to “raw” food and drink innovation reports Mintel.

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Eevia gets Euroleaf certification

Eevia gets Euroleaf certification

27 Apr 2016

Eevia, a new Finnish-Norwegian producer of organic-certified plant extracts, has announced that it recently received the Euroleaf organic certification. The company’s entire product portfolio of wild Arctic plant ingredients is now organic.

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Nestlé reformulates US ice cream

Nestlé reformulates US ice cream

26 Apr 2016

Nestlé Dreyer’s Ice Cream has announced key ingredient improvements to six US brands including Dreyer’s, Häagen-Dazs, Outshine, Skinny Cow, Nestlé Ice Cream and Nestlé Drumstick.

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Hormel to go clean-label

Hormel to go clean-label

21 Apr 2016

Hormel Foods has announced a company-wide clean label initiative to simplify the ingredient statements of many of its retail products through the removal or replacement of ingredients, while still delivering great-tasting items that consumers expect.

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Prinova to distribute for Lycored

Prinova to distribute for Lycored

21 Apr 2016

Prinova is to become the exclusive distributor of Lycored’s lycopene- and beta carotene-based natural colours in the U.S.A. and Canada.

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Sensus welcomes EFSA opinion

Sensus welcomes EFSA opinion

20 Apr 2016

Sensus has announced that the new health claim authorised by the European Commission confirms that chicory root fibre contributes to better blood glucose management, as it supports a lower rise in blood glucose response.

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Strawberries top Dirty Dozen

Strawberries top Dirty Dozen

19 Apr 2016

Conventional strawberries top the Dirty Dozen list of the US Environmental Working Group’s 2016 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce, displacing apples, which headed the list the last five years running.

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Cornelius, Milne join forces

Cornelius, Milne join forces

18 Apr 2016

Cornelius Group and Milne Fruits have joined forces to supply the European food and drink industry with what they say is an innovative new concept in dried fruit products.

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