Probiotics defined by United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as live microorganisms, which, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host. Though they have been in existence for many years,
Nutraceuticals can be labelled best as health supplements. This category of products can provide definite health benefits - including preventive. The nutraceuticals flourished in India from the 1990s, prior to which this segment was an
The eminent plant scientist Dr Sanjaya Rajaram, born in India and a citizen of Mexico, will be honoured as the 2014 World Food Prize Laureate for his scientific research that led to a prodigious increase
Sabinsa Corporation, the international marketing arm of Sami Labs Limited, a Bangalore based company with facilities elsewhere in India and US operations in New Jersey and Utah has filed lawsuits against four dietary supplement ingredient
Coca-Cola India, one of the country’s leading beverage companies, offering a range of healthy, safe, high quality, refreshing beverage options to consumers, mixes the freshness of mango with the richness of milk solids in its
In humans, the aging process is affected by intrinsic and extrinsic factors. These distinct processes independently affect skin structure and function. Telomere shortening, metabolic oxidative damage, and free radical oxygen species play a major role
Vitafoods Asia, the Pan-Asian event dedicated exclusively to the nutraceutical industry, will take place on September 3-4, 2014 at the AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong. Now in its fourth year, Vitafoods Asia has established itself as a
The Department of Dietetics, Apollo Hospitals Group has organised 6th Apollo International Clinical Nutrition Update (AICNU) 2014 on the theme ‘Paediatrics to Geriatrics: Practice Based Evidence in Clinical Nutrition’ in Bangalore on August 9-10, 2014.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), an agency of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the regulation and supervision of
GlaxoSmithkline Consumer Healthcare (GSKCH) Ltd has appointed Sangeeta Talwar, as an Independent Director of the Company on August 6, in the casual vacancy created by the resignation of Ireena Vlttal.In her career spanning over three