Herbals & Plant Extracts

Total Records Found:38

03 March 2013

EFSA Panel Determines That Patent Blue V Color is Not a Safety Concern

EFSA’s Scientific Panels have both concluded that the colour Patent Blue V (E 131) is not a safety concern for people or animals when used as a food or feed additive at current levels of use. Under EU legislation in the food and feed areas, EFSA is required to operate under different regulatory frameworks with separate data requirements.

18 February 2013

Campbell Reports 10 Percent Increase in Sales

Campbell Soup Company has reported its results for the second quarter of fiscal 2013. Net earnings for the quarter ended Jan. 27, 2013, were $190 million, or $0.60 per share, compared with $205 million, or $0.64 per share, in the prior year.

24 August 2012

Ethical Naturals Successfully Completes Clinical Trial on Whole Grape Extract

The outcome of this study demonstrated that Ethical Naturals’ unique Whole Grape Extract has a positive effect on increasing HDL-C, and decreasing total Cholesterol/HDL-C ratios in subjects after supplementation for 6 weeks.

18 July 2012

American Ingredients Adds Pomegranate Extract to Line

Pomanox, a natural organic certified pomegranate extract, is manufactured utilizing a patented ultrapure water-based extraction process. It is Kosher and Halal-certified; and produced without the use of any organic solvents.

11 July 2012

Henry W. Todd, JR. Joins Virginia Dare

Henry brings 20 years of food ingredient experience to Virginia Dare, most recently as Managing Director of Europe, Middle East and Africa for A.M. Todd where he has worked since 2005. Prior to that, Henry was with Zink & Triest for 13 years serving as President from 2002 to 2005.

05 July 2012

Kemin Acquires Exclusive License for Naturally-Sourced Zeaxanthin from Marigolds

Under the agreement, Ball and Chrysantis, recognized experts in plant-breeding, will also continue to develop new and improved patent-protected marigold hybrids that offer high levels of dietary zeaxanthin from this optimal plant-based source.

01 June 2012

POM Wonderful to Sell 100% POM Concentrate as Ingredient

Through its proprietary technology, POM Wonderful is able to extract more of the polyphenol-rich juice from its pomegranates, and those beneficial polyphenols and other nutritious attributes are retained in the POM Concentrate.

15 May 2012

CSM, Royal DSM and Delft University of Technology Invest in Bioprocess Pilot Facility for Bio-Research

In this facility process development research can be facilitated in the entire field of biomass pre-processing, biomass pre-treatment, fermentation and downstream processing. The set up of this facility starts with equipment already existing on the site of DSM, which will be brought in into the Joint Venture.

23 April 2012

Guzen Launches Vegan-Friendly, Whole-Food Vitamin D

Derived from white button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus), the mushroom vitamin D ingredient is 100% powder and not an extract. It can be processed into tablets, capsules, powders, and even packaged foods, including soups, sauces and mushroom chips.

22 March 2012

Naturex Acquires Indian Producer of Natural Powders and Colors Valentine

This third acquisition, since the capital increase in October 2011, once again fits with Naturex's strategy of acceleration of its development by targeting dynamic markets with high potential for growth and that provide synergies for the Group.

04 November 2011

PLANTEX Invests Strongly in R&D

This will allow PLANTEX to absorb the customers’ requests, which are sometimes urgent, with an even better flexibility and reliability, while maintaining the same quality and traceability.

28 October 2011

WILD Unveils Nutraceutical Vegetable Line

Vegeceuticals are nutraceuticals from vegetables that are clean tasting and soluble for a variety of food and beverage applications.

25 October 2011

GMA Response to the IOM Committee on Examination of Front-of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems

The Institute of Medicine’s Committee on Examination of Front-of-Package Nutrition Rating Systems and Symbols report adds a perspective to the national dialogue about front-of-pack nutrition labeling.

03 October 2011

Unibar Introduces Proprietary UniGold Free Lutein Extract

UniGold, which is self-affirmed GRAS, is protected by a U.S. process patent and manufactured in the U.S. It is also stable for 24 months, as verified by third-party laboratory testing.

15 September 2011

EFSA Validates CREAGRI Claims About Olive Polyphenol Efficacy in Protecting LDL Particles from Oxidative Damage

The olive constituents subject to the health claims include the olive fruit, olive mill waste waters, olive oil and olive leafs, and is supported for polyphenol such as hydroxytyrosol and oleuropein.

06 July 2011

Sustainability Summit: Radical Changes in Agricultural Production Methods Required?

The summit covered a diverse range of sustainability issues, including climate change, evolution of eco-labels, ethical trading, sustainability metrics, commodity sourcing, marketing innovations and sustainable ingredients.

23 June 2011

Kalsec Clarifies When Natural Rosemary Extracts Can Be Considered Natural Flavouring

Consequently, the new legislation has no effect on these decisions and is designed to allow defined deodorised Rosemary extracts to be labelled and used in foods as additives: antioxidants.

14 April 2011

Graminex L.L.C. Announces QAI Organic Certification For Its Manufacturing Facility

Organic process certification requires that all aspects of production and handling comply with the provisions of the National Organic Program Regulation, which is based on the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA).

13 April 2011

Symrise Consolidates Botanical Extracts Portfolio Under Actiplants Brand

Symrise applies all its scientific expertise to offer its customers natural functional ingredients that are based on solid scientific research.

28 March 2011

Avery Dennison Opens Design and Innovation Center in Germany

“This center gives Avery Dennison a strong platform to partner with customers and help them elevate their brands at retail and accelerate performance at all points along the complex global supply chain,’’ said Shawn Neville, group vice president of RBIS.

25 February 2011

Applied Food Sciences Obtains GRAS Status for GCA Green Coffee Bean Extract

GCA has supporting science and product efficacy for applications in health and wellness which include weight management, glucose management, blood pressure maintenance and can provide for an effective delivery of highly bioavailable antioxidants.

18 February 2011

Chesapeake Forms Exclusive Cooperation Agreement with Billerud

The cooperation with Chesapeake moves Billerud one step closer to the larger global brand owners, speeding up the process of putting more unique FibreForm packaging on the market.

13 January 2011

Cargill Profits Boosted By Commodity Prices, Makes German Cocoa Investment

Cargill announced that it is expanding its cocoa and chocolate business in Europe through the acquisition of the business of Schwartauer Werke GmbH & Co. KG Kakao Verarbeitung Berlin, (KVB), an integrated chocolate company based in Germany.

03 January 2011

Seven Key Drivers Will Shape Agri Commodities Markets in 2011 - Rabobank

In this new report Rabobank agri commodities experts look at the lessons learned from the 2007/2008 food crisis, and list seven key thematic drivers of agricultural commodity markets in 2011.

03 December 2010

Premium Ingredients International & Beijing Gingko Group form Strategic Partnership

Joseph Chiang, VP of Business Development at BGG said, “We are delighted to be able to work with PII who have such a strong reputation in the supply of ingredients into the food and beverage market.