Ingredients Info http://www.foodingredientsinfo.com Ingredients Info en Ingredients Info http://www.foodingredientsinfo.com/images/rss.gif http://www.foodingredientsinfo.com Nutrition claims review http://www.foodingredientsinfo.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/446/Nutrition_claims_review.html The annex of nutrition claims permitted under the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation will be reviewed in the third quarter of this year, raising hopes that some glaring omissions in the list could be addressed. Syral talks gut health http://www.foodingredientsinfo.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/445/Syral_talks_gut_health.html Consumers in different parts of Europe like to talk about gut health in very different ways, according to a new survey commissioned by ingredients giant Syral. Lucozade stays alert http://www.foodingredientsinfo.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/444/Lucozade_stays_alert.html GlaxoSmithKline is confident that it will not fall foul of the nutrient profiling clause in the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation with its new Lucozade Alert drink. Nestlé to open new R&D centre in Beijing http://www.foodingredientsinfo.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/442/Nestl%E9_to_open_new_R_D_centre_in_Beijing.html Nestlé will open a new research and development (R&D) centre in Beijing in July, housing more than 80 scientists. Happy ending to fish oil hygiene row? http://www.foodingredientsinfo.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/441/Happy_ending_to_fish_oil_hygiene_row_.html Omega-3 fish oil suppliers are hopeful that a compromise will be struck this month that will end a legal dispute threatening fish oil supplies into the EU. GSK launches new open innovation drive http://www.foodingredientsinfo.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/440/GSK_launches_new_open_innovation_drive.html GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is actively seeking partnerships with entrepreneurs, academics, suppliers or other third parties to develop brands like Ribena, Horlicks and Lucozade as it builds an open innovation platform. Profiles: the good, the bad and the ugly http://www.foodingredientsinfo.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/439/Profiles:_the_good,_the_bad_and_the_ugly.html The big guns in confectionery will start lobbying in earnest this summer in a bid to prevent the nutrient profiling system in the EU Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation from killing off the European functional chocolate market. DHA study: second time lucky http://www.foodingredientsinfo.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/438/DHA_study:_second_time_lucky.html Martek Biosciences will conduct a new clinical study into the effects of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) on cognitive function in children, bosses have confirmed. Novel food http://www.foodingredientsinfo.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/437/Novel_food.html The company behind the Novel Food application for pulp from the baobab tree is preparing a second application to gain approval to market oil from the marula tree in food in the EU. Innovation in probiotics http://www.foodingredientsinfo.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/436/Innovation_in_probiotics.html Probiotics will continue their journey from dairy into a wider range of products - from salad dressings and ice cream to cereals with chocolate - in the next 12 months, according to Lal'Food, the functional food business unit of French ingredients giant Lallemand. Look in our library, says Intermed http://www.foodingredientsinfo.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/435/Look_in_our_library,_says_Intermed.html A German firm with one of the world's largest databases of natural products is looking to partner with ingredients firms or food manufacturers seeking biologically-active ingredients from fungi, plants or bacteria. First generation biofuel targets must be scrapped, says expert http://www.foodingredientsinfo.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/434/First_generation_biofuel_targets_must_be_scrapped,_says_expert.html More than a quarter (26%) of the planet's arable land will have to be devoted to fuel production by 2020 in order to meet current biofuel targets, sending food prices into the stratosphere, alternative energy experts have warned. Time to bring the science back to food marketing, says Wall http://www.foodingredientsinfo.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/433/Time_to_bring_the_science_back_to_food_marketing,_says_Wall.html Retailers will be forced to think twice before they use emotive, unscientific and inflammatory rhetoric about E-numbers if the UK's second largest grocer loses a landmark case over the sweetener aspartame, according to a leading food safety expert. Too much value engineering can spoil the broth, warn food technologists http://www.foodingredientsinfo.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/432/Too_much_value_engineering_can_spoil_the_broth,_warn_food_technologists.html Manufacturers have been warned against slashing the quality of ingredients in their products in attempts to offset soaring costs. Marketing by life stage http://www.foodingredientsinfo.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/385/Marketing_by_life_stage.html Marketing functional and health-giving foods by targeting consumers at certain life stages could bring some structure to a fragmented market, according to a leading market researcher.