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Dated: 1 November 2008
Results from a new study show that wild blueberries outperformed commonly consumed fruits such as apples, bananas, red grapes and strawberries in an expanded test using the cellular antioxidant activity (CAA) assay. The research published in the current issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry shows that wild blueberries have the highest CAA of the 25 fruits tested, as well as the highest total phenolic content and oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC). According to the Wild Blueberry Association of North America, lead scientist Rui Hai Liu, PhD, used the new CAA assay developed by the Cornell University Department of Food Science to determine antioxidant activity of antioxidants, foods, and dietary supplements. Liu says the CAA assay was developed to investigate how antioxidant compounds found in foods react inside cells, using human liver cancer cells as the testing model. The CAA assay enables antioxidant measurements to move beyond test tube assays to bioactivity inside cells. It accounts for the uptake, metabolism, distribution and activity of antioxidant compounds within cells rather than solely looking at antioxidant value.
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(1 November 2008)
New research published in the October issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry has revealed significant health benefits in milled yellow corn products. The study, a...
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(24 October 2008)
At Ingredientes Adelgazantes España 2008, the conference's only award, “Most Innovative Slimming Ingredient,'' was presented to Isabel Farinha, Kemin Health Global Marketing Manage...
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(20 October 2008)
In its latest report, Euromonitor International examines key opportunities for weight management ingredients in foods and beverages. Ingredients such as fiber, green tea extract an...
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(17 October 2008)
A newly published randomised, double-blind and placebo controlled study of 132 patients shows treatment with AstaREAL to dyspeptic patients alleviated heartburn. The study, conduct...
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(22 September 2008)
Barry Callebaut will showcase a wide array of innovative cocoa and chocolate products on display at Health Ingredients Europe. The company has recently introduced the first industr...
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(1 September 2008)
There is currently no official harmonized definition or harmonization of the technical requirements and guidelines for functional food products in Asia. Academics and food compani...
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(18 August 2008)
Purveyor of antibiotic and hormone free meats and cheeses Applegate Farms has launched the Applegate Farms Yogurt Cheese with probiotics in the US. The new pre-sliced cheese is a m...
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(10 July 2008)
China-Biotics, Inc. says Shuguang Fang, Chief Technology Officer of the probiotics company, will be a guest speaker at China's 3rd Annual Food Safety Technology Forum 2008. Organiz...
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Russia's X5 Retail Group has agreed to buy 100 per cent of OOO Agrotorg-Rostov - a franchisee of the group's Pyaterochka chain in the Rostov region - for RUB 400 mln (EUR 10 mln). The sum includes refinancing of debt owed to B.I.N.BANK and trade accounts payable to suppliers and employees.
Rewe is further establishing itself in Russia with the opening of its first Selgros Cash & Carry market in Kotelniki, in the greater Moscow area. It will offer an extensive assortment of food and non-food products at wholesale prices 24 hours per day on more than 10,000 square meters of selling space.
Lidl is stepping up its expansion plans in the UK. In an interview with The Times, Martin Bailie the company's regional director for the Midlands, said that the group expects to open a further 50 stores in 2009. This comes on top of the 49 opened in 2008, which brought the total to 505.
Saigon Co.op, a leading grocery retailer in Vietnam, is set to open a chain of small-scale food outlets in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). The Co.op Food outlets will be located in densely populated zones and will sell fresh food and vegetables, according to a report in Vietnam Business Finance.
Russia's largest grocery group, X5 Retail, has signed a deal with A5 pharmacy chain, one of Russia’s leading pharmacy retailers. The partnership agreement grants A5 preemptive rights to rent space adjacent to X5’s food retail stores at commercial market rates, at properties owned or leased by X5.
Wal-Mart has announced it will launch a tender to acquire all the issued and outstanding shares and American Depositary Shares of the Chilean company, Distribución y Servicio D&S S.A.(DYS), giving it a major foothold in the South American country.
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