DSM seeks approval for new stevia pathway
In the Netherlands, DSM has asked Europe’s food safety regulators to approve the use of stevia produced using fermentation. The popular sweetener has already...
Nestlé invests $145 million in Aimmune to develop multiple food allergy therapies
In Switzerland, Nestlé Health Science invested $145 million in Aimmune Therapeutics to accelerate the development of innovative oral immunotherapy biologics designed to desensitize people...
DuPont Nutrition & Health and Inbiose partner to develop novel infant nutrition ingredients
In Missouri, DuPont Nutrition & Health and Inbiose partnered to jointly develop selected fucosylated human milk oligosaccharides for infant nutrition. HMOs are a group...
Zipongo receives $18 million to expand nutriomics science and leverage food as medicine
In California, Zipongo received $18 million to further develop nutriomics and behavioral science to enable health providers and disease management systems to leverage food...
Corbion highlights marshmallow innovation
In the Netherlands, Corbion’s non-fat, coated malic acid powder is enabling marshmallows with new flavor profiles. Peter van Paridon, Corbion’s Global Industry Director of...
Soylent blames algae flour for consumers feeling green
In California, popular meal replacement brand Soylent believes it has pinpointed the culprit in a recent spate of customer dissatisfaction: algal flour supplied by...
Milk chocolate gets antioxidant help from peanut waste
In North Carolina, a new source of antioxidants to fortify milk chocolate with the health benefits of dark chocolate has been found in peanuts. ...
Campbell Soup invests in Habit, a personalized nutrition start-up
In California, Campbell Soup Company invested in Habit, a personalized nutrition start-up that will provide people with a nutrition blueprint based on their own...
Eggs in fresh vegetable salads increase Vitamin E absorption up to 7 times higher
In Indiana, Purdue University researchers found that adding three whole eggs to a fresh vegetable salad increased Vitamin E absorption by 4 to 7...
Unibio opens first commercial plant to make single cell protein from natural gas
In Denmark, Unibio has opened a commercial fermentation plant to convert natural gas into a highly concentrated, single-cell protein and produce up to 80...