Published: May 03, 2013

When it comes to providing healthier food to its millions of customers, Wal-Mart is making “significant progress,” the Bentonville-based company noted in its 2013 Global Responsibility Report issued April 22.

Published: May 02, 2013

New Zealand-based Synlait Milk and A2 Corporation will form a partnership to accelerate the infant formula exports to China - one of the fastest growing consumer markets in the world.

Published: May 02, 2013 By: Jimmy Downs

Garlic is good for both the heart and the brain, according to a report recently published in the Journal of Nutrition.

Published: May 02, 2013

A new resolution soon to be voted on by the shareholders of Abbott Laboratories, maker of Similac baby formula, would eliminate GMOs from all the company's products if passed - and you have the opportunity to help make this effort a reality.

Published: May 02, 2013

Penford Food Ingredients, a leader in innovative carbohydrate systems and technologies, offers a broad portfolio of starches and systems for the health and wellness segment including PenGel 8 designed for protein applications.

Published: May 01, 2013

Cargill is launching an initiative to help food and beverage manufacturers and food service operators improve the nutritional profile of their products for children.

Published: Apr 30, 2013

Naturex is to launch what it claims is Europe’s first clinically proven – and proanthocyanidin (PAC) standardised – organic cranberry powder targeting urinary tract health.

Published: Apr 30, 2013

Nutrition 21 has announced an exclusive distribution and co-promotion agreement with Glanbia Nutritionals.

Published: Apr 28, 2013

The first essay of Natural Products Scandinavia bagged an award for best international launch at the annual Exhibition News Awards ceremony.

Published: Apr 28, 2013 By: Jimmy Downs

Curcumin, an ingredient found in turmeric has been used to prevent many chronic diseases including obesity, type 2 diabetes and liver disease.

Published: Apr 28, 2013 By: Jimmy Downs

A new study in Annals of Epidemiology has found that eating whole grains reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes.

Published: Apr 27, 2013

Coffee may actually help to prevent breast cancer from relapsing in women taking the drug Tamoxifen.

Published: Apr 27, 2013 By: Olivia Oran and Greg Roumeliotis

Sprouts Farmers Market, an organic grocer owned by private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC , has selected underwriters for an initial public offering later this year, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Published: Apr 27, 2013 By: Terry Lee

Wisconsin’s congressional delegation is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to buy cranberries for school lunches and other nutrition programs.

Published: Apr 26, 2013 By: News Editor

Research just presented at the Experimental Biology conference held in Boston this week reveals that grapes contain powerful health promoting properties.

Published: Apr 25, 2013

A study in Journal of Medicinal Food suggests that taking a dietary supplement call spirulina can help type 2 diabetes manage serum blood sugar.

Published: Apr 25, 2013

New research suggest consuming polyphenol-rich mangoes can help reduce blood sugar levels and inflammation in obese individuals.

Published: Apr 25, 2013

Studies presented at Experimental Biology (EB) 2013 looked specifically at the role of whole egg consumption in high-risk groups, including those with metabolic syndrome and heart disease

Published: Apr 25, 2013

Carmit Candy Industries has unveiled what it describes as an advanced, weight-management chocolate wafer bar that utilises innovative satiety-inducing ingredients - glucomannan and a potato-derived proteinase inhibitor, Slendesta.

Published: Apr 25, 2013

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) is to sell soft drink brands Lucozade and Ribena in a move analysts believe will raise over 1 billion pounds ($1.5 billion) and focus its consumer health business on global products.