infant nutrition
18 Sep 2024
--- Lallemand Health Solutions is spotlighting the benefits of its probiotics offerings for early-life nutrition (ELN) and development. The company touts that its ingredients have been shown to strengthen, promote digestion and...
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17 Sep 2024
--- Climate change is set to cause stunting in 40 million children and wasting in 28 million children by 2050, according to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s latest Goalkeepers report. The foundation stresses that...
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16 Sep 2024
--- Health groups criticize the recently released EU competitiveness report, because it questions the viability of transitioning away from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The criticism follows scientific research...
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11 Sep 2024
--- The consumption of fruit, oats and rye in childhood may be linked to the risk of developing the autoimmune condition type 1 diabetes (T1D). Meanwhile, eating berries has been shown to lower the chance of developing the...
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10 Sep 2024
--- Toxic metals and metalloids found in rice and spinach can cause severe health impacts to babies and young children. In particular, heavy metals such as cadmium, lead, mercury and metalloid arsenic could delay brain...
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09 Sep 2024
--- Coordination and appropriate technical and programming support are vital to humanitarian organizations’ response to global emergencies. The Global Nutrition Cluster (GNC) aims to overcome these critical needs by...
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09 Sep 2024
--- As food insecurity among US households grows, organizations and anti-hunger activists urge to strengthen nutrition programs and expand access to all families in need. At the time of a food security survey, almost 42% of all...
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06 Sep 2024
--- This week in nutrition news, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) received a significant contribution from the Japanese government to help provide school meals to students in Sierra Leone, Africa. Meanwhile, Groupe...
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06 Sep 2024
--- In 2023, 13.5% of US households (18 million households) were food insecure “at least sometime during the year,” according to the 2023 Household Food Security in the US report by the US Department of Agriculture...
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04 Sep 2024
--- Precision fermentation player, 21st.Bio, obtains self-affirmed generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status for its animal-free beta-lactoglobulin ingredient, BLG Essential+. The company’s customers can now enter into...
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03 Sep 2024
--- GlyCare 3FL 9001 and GlyCare LNFP-I/2FL 8001 by dsm-firmenich are the human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) 3-fucosyllactose (3-FL) and the lacto-N-fucopentaose I/2’-fucosyllactose (LNFP-I/2’-FL) mixture. The HMOs...
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02 Sep 2024
--- In August’s major health and nutrition industry news, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published guidelines on the regulation and use of dietary supplements and we looked at the recent controversies, safety...
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02 Sep 2024
--- Biotalys, an AgTech company developing protein-based biocontrols for sustainable crop protection, has received approval for large-scale demonstration trials in greenhouses of its first biofungicide candidate, EVOCA. Notably,...
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30 Aug 2024
--- This week in nutrition news, PLT Health Solutions received an updated license for AprèsFlex from Health Canada’s Natural and Non-Prescription Health Products Directorate (NNHPD), the Council for Responsible...
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29 Aug 2024
--- Consumer demand for innovative infant probiotics that provide science-backed health benefits is increasing. At the same time, customers and consumers alike are looking for safety-insured ingredients that can address multiple...
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29 Aug 2024
--- More than half of adults worldwide expect to be seriously harmed by their water within the next two years, according to a recent survey. We catch up with two of the authors of a new study led by international health experts...
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28 Aug 2024
--- Arla Foods Group has raised its full-year revenue outlook to land between €13.4 billion and 13.9 billion (US$14.9 billion and US$15.5 billion) despite a sales decline in its first half-year results for 2024.The outlook...
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26 Aug 2024
--- Synbiotics, especially the combination of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) and probiotics, have emerged as an innovation platform across all ages pioneered by infant nutrition. Novonesis is spotlighting the potential of...
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23 Aug 2024
--- This week in nutrition news, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) filed a reply brief to stop the enforcement of New York’s (US) age restriction law for certain supplements, the American Heart Association (AHA)...
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22 Aug 2024
--- Researchers from the George Institute for Global Health assessed data on 651 infant and toddler food products sold in the top ten US grocery chains and found that 70% failed to meet protein requirements and 44% exceeded...
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