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DSM initiative publishes history of the global battle against micronutrient deficiencies
Sight and Life, the humanitarian initiative of DSM and a nutrition think tank has launched a book that documents the history of the global battle against micronutrient deficiencies in its Switzerland headquarters.
vitamin | 29 February 2012
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Sight and Life extends distribution partnership with Vitamin Angels
Sight and Life will in this year give Vitamin Angels the responsibility for both the management of direct distribution of vitamin A and its initiatives intended to catalyze locally sustainable vitamin A supply and distribution systems.
vitamin | 09 February 2012
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Webinar held on vitamin E tocotrienol
Carotech, a good manufacturing practice-certified palm tocotrienol complex producer, held a webinar on vitamin E tocotrienol recently.
vitamin | 09 December 2011
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ERNA publishes facts on healthful food components
The European Responsible Nutrition Alliance (ERNA) has published a book on the scientific facts relating to the safety and health benefits of vitamins, minerals and other food components.
vitamin | 13 October 2011
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EFSA confirms DSM health claim
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued a positive opinion on DSM Nutritional Products application on the use of Vitamin D to reduce the risk of falling and fractures.
vitamin | 04 October 2011
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SternVitamin unveils factory with optimum hygiene standards
SternVitamin says it produces all nutrient premixes on plant designed to pharmaceutical standards. The equipment used is made of stainless steel throughout; housed in an independent and separate part of the factory and meets the most sophisticate…
vitamin | 09 June 2011
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Davos Life Science Receives Frost & Sullivan award
Davos Life Science has been awarded the 2010 Asia Pacific Frost & Sullivan Excellence in Research Award in the Natural Vitamin E Market. "Equipped with robust research expertise, fruitful research collaborations, unique product formulations, whic…
vitamin | 23 March 2011
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Danisco introduces vitamin K2 with new brand
ActivK, Danisco's new brand in its Health & Nutrition portfolio, features long chained menaquinone vitamin K2. The company says the vitamin is an emerging active ingredient, gaining recognition for its benefits in relation to bone and cardiovascular…
vitamin | 01 November 2010
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Tocotrienols shown to be effective in lowering fat levels in blood
Scientists from Singapore found that tocotrienols, which are members of the vitamin E family, are effective in lowering the levels of triglyceride, a form of fat in the blood. High levels of triglyceride are closely linked to an increased risk of ca…
vitamin | 01 November 2010
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Scientists examine B vitamins and the aging brain
B vitamins - B6, B12 and folate - nourish the brain. But much remains to be discovered about the relation between these essential nutrients and our brainpower. USDA nutritionist Lindsay H. Allen has worked on ongoing research that has taken a closer…
vitamin | 01 September 2010
