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Experts condemn North American claim that reducing salt intake causes harm

Experts condemn North American claim that reducing salt intake causes harm

The article explains how a concocted controversy, that benefits the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries, has been sustained for years by some scientists and editors of medical journalsThe scientific journal, Current Nutrition Reports, has published an article

Food
Wow! Momo unveils new brand Wow! Chicken

Wow! Momo unveils new brand Wow! Chicken

The company aims to provide a strong healthier alternative in a growing category like fried chicken QSR Chain Wow! Momo Foods, which currently owns and operates two of the country’s largest home-grown QSR brands -

Ingredients
Benson Hill launches Truvail soy protein ingredient portfolio

Benson Hill launches Truvail soy protein ingredient portfolio

Proprietary soybeans allow for reduced processing steps, offering food manufacturers immediate cost, carbon, and water use supply chain benefitsBenson Hill, Inc., a US-based food tech company unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants, has announced

Global
World Pulses Day leverages power of youth to transform agri-food systems: FAO

World Pulses Day leverages power of youth to transform agri-food systems: FAO

Young people are the best stewards for pulse innovation and their receptiveness to innovation can trigger real changeThe cultivation of pulses, combined with the power of young people, can help achieve a transformation in our

Nutritionals
Experts raise need to address micronutrient deficiency & severe acute malnutrition

Experts raise need to address micronutrient deficiency & severe acute malnutrition

Malnutrition and infection are part of a vicious cycle: ExpertsMicronutrient deficiency and Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) are important public health challenges and need to be addressed in right earnest. Micronutrients are not only important for

Global
Prota Therapeutics achieves peanut allergy treatment milestone

Prota Therapeutics achieves peanut allergy treatment milestone

Data shows that 51% of participants achieved sustained unresponsiveness (clinical remission) to peanut after 18 months of treatmentProta Therapeutics, an Australian biotechnology company focused on the development of novel oral immunotherapy treatments, has achieved a

Food
Nandu’s strengthens commitment to provide safe and healthy meat

Nandu’s strengthens commitment to provide safe and healthy meat

To strategically invest in embracing animal welfare measures, responsible farming, and sustainability akin to ESG protocolsIn line with its values and mission, Bengaluru-based startup Nandu’s, has announced that it will strengthen its commitment and strategically invest

Allied Industry
Vasu Healthcare forays into Nutraceuticals

Vasu Healthcare forays into Nutraceuticals

Launched a new division - Vasu NutraGujarat based Vasu Healthcare, a leading brand in the herbal and ayurveda segment, is foraying into Nutraceuticals. The company has launched a new division ’Vasu Nutra’ and aims to introduce plant

Ingredients
ADM strengthens position as leading flavour distributor in South Africa

ADM strengthens position as leading flavour distributor in South Africa

The acquisition strengthens ADM’s flavour capabilities and reach, expanding ADM’s footprint in the high growth African marketGlobal nutrition leader ADM has completed its acquisition of Comhan, a leading South African flavour distributor. ADM has worked

Research
Changing your diet could add up to a decade to life expectancy: Study

Changing your diet could add up to a decade to life expectancy: Study

A new model, available as an online calculator, estimates the impact of dietary changes on life expectancyA young adult in the US could add more than a decade to their life expectancy (LE) by changing