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NuFFooDS Spectrum April 2020 Cover Story: 120 Firms Launch 200 Health Supplements in 2019-2020

NuFFooDS Spectrum April 2020 Cover Story: 120 Firms Launch 200 Health Supplements in 2019-2020

NuFFooDSSPECTRUM | April 2020 |www.nuffoodsspectrum.inThe health supplements market comprising vitamins / minerals / nutrients in India is Rs 12,280 crore growing at 9.1 per cent for MAT February 2020. During April 2019 – February 2020,

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Nipping false claims in the bud

Nipping false claims in the bud

It may be sheer coincidence but very timely and important. The US Supreme Court recently rejected juice maker POM Wonderful’s challenge to Federal Trade Com-mission’s (FTC) findings that the company’s advertising,  making  health claims, was

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The long noodles

The long noodles

The noodles controversy in the country is getting dragged too long like the long noodles itself and has widen also with one more brand added to it. It started with Nestle’s Maggi brand noodles and

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A jolt to FSSAI

A jolt to FSSAI

Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) suffered two major judicial setbacks in the span of less than a week. First one in the Bombay high court over Maggi wrangle. And the other in

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Sweet & sour ingredients on FSSAI’s plate

Sweet & sour ingredients on FSSAI’s plate

First the sweet news. After a gap of 6 months, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) finally has a full time Chairman with the appointment of Ashish Bahuguna. Add to this two

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Infrastructure, capacity building needed for  Nutra industry to grow

Infrastructure, capacity building needed for Nutra industry to grow

The need for boost to Nutraceutical industry lies in the fact of making large number of the products in India where one has the raw material and at the same time the biodiversity which allows

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Lessons from Maggi

Lessons from Maggi

The recent ban over multinational Nestle’s Maggi brand of instant noodles has touched upon issues related to food safety, food standards, food testing, distribution, product recall and many more. The action by the regulators on

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MSG is here to stay, Maggi controversy notwithstanding

MSG is here to stay, Maggi controversy notwithstanding

India is no stranger to controversies related to the use of food ingredients in popular eatables. The last major controversy was almost 28 years ago. Times of India’s (TOI) science reporter had exposed the presence

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Going to the root of  food is big market

Going to the root of food is big market

Maharashtra FDA commissioner Harshdeep Kamble’s recent appeal to food scientists and technologists’ community to work closely with FDA to introduce new ideas and methods for FSSA enforcement, needs to go a step ahead. And should

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The misnomer of junk food for junk diet!

The misnomer of junk food for junk diet!

The complexities of scientific disciplines working together and interacting as well as interfacing with modern management techniques is well understood. With this multidisciplinary approach, the agenda of health and wellness lies in the combinatorial science