Omega-3 fatty acids in the diet – contained in oily fish and as supplements – are proven to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but they also help to maintain people’s health in other ways, reported a leading academic, who carries out research...
Speciality seafood firm Elsinore Foods has announced its acquisition by fine food distributor Golden Acre Dairy Foods Holdings in a move that expands the latter’s product offering for major supermarkets.
Seafish, the UK’s authority on seafood, is hoping to net the next generation of fish eaters early, with a new schools’ education programme aimed at three-to-five-year-olds.
Top food brands are revisiting omega-3 after battling regulatory hurdles, consumer understanding and issues raised by the taste it gave products, according to Ulrick & Short (U&S) md Andrew Ulrick.
A range of omega-3 sauces for children have been launched by healthyandessential.com, an online retailer specialising in healthy foods and supplements for the whole family, and select health food shops.
Industry representatives have dismissed media reports that fish oil imports from China threaten the health of US consumers while acknowledging the need for some Chinese producers to improve quality.
While consumer demand for omega-3 continues to rise, the industry that processes it faces an increasingly complex set of technological, environmental and regulatory changes. Anne Bruce reports
Scientists exploring how to improve the fatty acid profile of beef by manipulating the diets of cattle are confident they can deliver meat containing enough healthy fat to make ‘source of omega-3’ nutrition claims on pack.
UK trading standards officers have been advised to adopt a “pragmatic approach” to the use of nutrition claims on food and drink packaging that are not currently in the official annex of approved claims but are under consideration by regulators.
What does the recession mean for the nutraceuticals trade? Find out at Vitafoods, the place to be if you are buying or selling healthy ingredients, says Elaine Watson
Fungi could serve as a more cost-effective source of omega-3 fatty acids than fish or microalgae, according to researchers at CABI: a not-for-profit...
DHA, the most sought after long chain omega-3 fatty acid, could become far more widely used in the food industry following the launch of a low-cost,...
The big launch at this year's show is DSM Food Specialties' Tensguard, a new non-fat hydrolysate containing bioactive peptides targeting the growing...
With more than 450 companies plugging their wares to 6,000 visitors, Vitafoods is the place to be if you are interested in buying or selling ingredients for the burgeoning health and wellness, nutraceuticals and cosmeceuticals markets. This year's...
Salba, a grey-coloured seed believed to be one of the most nutrient dense foods on the planet, could finally be approved for use as a food ingredient...
A new facility has opened in the Western Isles of Scotland boasting a unique two-stage process for making fatty acid concentrates of up to 99% purity...
Irish researchers have resurrected camelina sativa - a medieval oil seed crop, also known as false flax - as a potential source of omega-3 in yellow...
It may be a few thousand years since Cleopatra bathed in ass's milk, but the dairy industry is still leading the way when it comes to new product development in beauty foods. Lynda Searby reports
BASF Plant Science is less than a decade away from producing commercial quantities of omega-3 DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) from rapeseed.BASF has been...
Now that the EU regulation on nutrition and health claims has been adopted, the industry is busily marshalling evidence to back up bids for inclusion...
Ingredients giant DSM has confirmed that it will not be rebuilding its omega-3 and omega-6 oils factory in Heanor, Derbyshire, which was gutted by a...
Omega-3s have really fired up the imagination of the food industry over the past year, with new product introductions ranging from milk and yoghurts...
It's the one functional ingredient even your granny has heard of, but with competition hotting up, the race is now on to provide omega-3 in its most effective form. Elaine Watson reports
