EFSA HEALTH CLAIM OPINIONS

EFSA rejects health claims for fruit juice, water

23-Feb-2011 - The European Food Safety Authority health claims panel has turned in two negative opinions for separate claims that sought to link calcium-fortified fruit juice and tooth demineralisation; and water consumption and dehydration.

Lipid Nutrition withdraws Oz/NZ CLA Novel Foods application

21-Feb-2011 - Dutch-based Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) player, Lipid Nutrition, has withdrawn its CLA Novel Foods application in Australia and New Zealand due to the two countries’ policy to reduce all trans fatty acids (TFAs) in the diet.

CLA gains EU hearing as Novel Foods status beckons

08-Feb-2011 - Nine months after the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) handed in a positive safety assessment for conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), the weight management ingredient will be assessed by the European Commission as it continues its protracted journey to attain EU Novel Foods status.

Ocean Spray adopts dairy model for cranberry auctions

02-Feb-2011 - Ocean Spray will change its auction policies to add certainty to opening prices the cranberry leader said after closing its latest cranberry concentrate auction that saw prices rise 17 percent over three selling periods.

Denmark commits €2.47m to longest ever resveratrol research

01-Feb-2011 - A Danish government agency has committed €2.47m to a resveratrol study that will investigate multiple metabolic syndrome endpoints for the antioxidant including obesity, type-2 diabetes and osteoporosis.

UK watchdog raps Coke Vitaminwater ads

19-Jan-2011 - UK advertising watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), has ruled against Coca-Cola Vitaminwater adverts for the second time in 18 months.

POM Wonderful urges court ruling on FTC claims dispute

18-Jan-2011 - Californian-based pomegranate juice leader POM Wonderful has filed a motion in a Washington DC District Court urging a ruling on its September action against Federal Trade Commission (FTC) claims policing policies.

Soluble dextrin fibre in beverages may improve satiety: Tate & Lyle study

18-Jan-2011 - Supplementing drinks with soluble fibre dextrin may affect short term energy intake, and could have implications for weight control, according to new research.

Probiotic drinks are still a category to watch

11-Jan-2011 - European launches of probiotic drinks may have declined in recent years but analysts remain confident that the category still has strong global potential.

EuraCran reacts to French note on cranberry PAC methods

06-Jan-2011 - EuraCran plans to seek a modification or cancellation of the French DGCCRF notification on the appropriate method for assessing PAC in cranberry products that bear a health claim, as it claims there are “factual or scientific mistakes” in the evaluation.

FTC claims special

The courting of POM Wonderful and the FTC – a love story

23-Dec-2010 - Global pomegranate juice leader POM Wonderful has spent a large part of 2010 locking horns with the Federal Trade Commission over health claims for its juices and dietary supplements.

EFSA health claim opinion

GSK ‘toothkind’ drinks win positive EFSA health claim opinion

21-Dec-2010 - GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is celebrating a positive opinion from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for a health claim related to its ‘toothkind’ drinks that moves into comparative territory.

Orange juice flavanone may benefit heart health: Study

17-Dec-2010 - Hesperidin, a flavanone found in orange juice, may significantly reduce blood pressure and other cardiovascular disease risk factors, according to a new study.

“Feeling the benefit” guides 2011 trends

16-Dec-2010 - Products that deliver physiological benefits quickly such as those benefitting gut health or boosting energy – will be the most important trend for 2011, according to a new report.

Asian consumers thirst after healthy soft drinks

15-Dec-2010 - New Datamonitor reports reveal that the health and wellness trend is dominating soft drink launches in both China and Japan.

Green tea may increase post-meal satiety: Study

03-Dec-2010 - Drinking green tea after a meal might boost satiety levels, but has very little effect on blood glucose levels or glycemic index, according to a new study.

Antioxidants may reduce inflammatory effects of Alzheimer’s: Study

19-Nov-2010 - Consuming an antioxidant-rich beverage may reduce levels of the amino acid homocysteine, and counter the detrimental inflammatory effects associated with Alzheimer’s disease, suggests a new study.

Wild discusses positioning of adult soft drinks

16-Nov-2010 - At Brau Beviale in Nuremberg, Germany, we caught up with Fabiana Matucci, senior VP for strategic business units at Wild, to discuss the opportunities adult soft drinks present to different beverage companies.

Valio set to take probiotic juice global

09-Nov-2010 - Finnish dairy and ingredients supplier Valio is planning to expand the reach of its probiotic juice Gefilus as interest in the sector intensifies.

Sugar-sweetened drink’s diabetes link ‘clear and consistent’: Meta-analysis

29-Oct-2010 - Regular consumption of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with a clear and consistently greater risk of metabolic syndrome and type-2 diabetes, according to a meta-analysis of 11 published studies.

French authorities dismiss drink’s anti-hangover claims

25-Oct-2010 - The future of the ‘anti-hangover’ drink Outox looks uncertain after French authorities judged that there is no scientific basis for its marketing claims.

German company patents ‘nocturnal milk’

20-Oct-2010 - A German company has patented its process for ‘nocturnal milk’ which it claims contains 100 times more melatonin, a hormone that helps to regulate sleep, than normal milk.

Pycnogenol passes formulation test for fruit juice

18-Oct-2010 - The French maritime pine bark extract Pycnogenol shows excellent stability against the harsh conditions of the stomach, and should be considered “a good source of phenolic compounds to be utilised for fruit juice enrichment”, says a new study.

Study makes the case for vegetable juice

14-Oct-2010 - A study published in Nutrition Journal has suggested that promotion of vegetable juice could be an effective way of increasing vegetable intake among healthy adults.