Review of the year
May
In May, Danone announced it would court Indian women to crack the country’s market. Up to that point, the European food group had been relying on its tried and strategies for its products to appeal to Indians.
Fsanz, the Australasian regulator, conceded that consumers’ exposure to acrylamide and aluminium through their diets were within international guidelines, even if these levels were still sufficient to pose a concern to health.
Australian women trying to become pregnant were told they should avoid junk food after scientists in Adelaide discovered a link between poor diet and an increased risk of giving birth prematurely.
A study by researchers in Singapore identified a transporter protein that is used to carry DHA from other parts of the body to show how DHA omega-3 fatty acid is absorbed (pictured).
