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Parle Agro re-enters soft drinks segment with launch of Café Cuba

Parle Agro re-enters soft drinks segment with launch of Café Cuba

FMCG Company, Parle Agro takes a revolutionary leap in the food and beverage industry. The company had launched India’s first Coffee Rush – Café Cuba. With this launch, Parle Agro marks its re-entry into the

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Quoquos launches coconut oil as dietary supplement

Quoquos launches coconut oil as dietary supplement

A coconut oil dietary supplement specially made for Western markets has been launched by a USA-based company named Quoquos. People accustomed to a low-fat Western diet sometimes experience upset stomach when they increase their consumption

Global firms join hands and launch BPNR to fight mal nutrition

The Business Platform for Nutrition Research (BPNR), first announced at the Nutrition for Growth Summit of the G8 and formally launched at the UN General Assembly on September 23, 2013, is a multi-stakeholder platform for

Nestlé tops leading sustainability indices

Nestlé, a leading food products company from Switzerland, achieved a milestone in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the first time with a score of 88%, double the industry average. The company has also achieved

OmniActive shifts headquarters to North America

OmniActive Health Technologies, a subsidiary of Kancor Ingredients (formerly Kancor Flavours) and that offers a range of quality ingredients, which are innovative and scientifically validated for dietary supplementation, nutritional fortification, functional food/beverage, coloring, flavor enhancement

Lynda Doyle joins OmniActive as VP Global Marketing

As OmniActive Healthcare Technologies, a subsidiary of Kancor Ingredients shifted its base to Morristown, NJ from Mumbai, the company has appointed industry veteran Lynda Doyle as a new Vice President of Global Marketing to head

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Dr. V. Prakash elected as Vice-President of IUNS

Dr. V. Prakash elected as Vice-President of IUNS

Dr. V. Prakash, Distinguished Scientist of CSIR, India; President of ISNNAN, India; Hon’ Chairman of the Advisory Board of ‘NuFFooDS Spectrum’; and the Chairman of Nutra India Summit, was decorated as the Vice-President of the

GSK will sell Lucozade, Ribena to Suntory

GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) UK arm has agreed to sell its nutritional drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena to Suntory Beverage & Food (SBF), the Japanese consumer goods company for £1.35 billion. The transaction is likely to be

INLIFE Healthcare Launches Vitamin D3 Tablets

Mumbai: INLIFE Healthcare, manufacturer of various dietary supplements, recently added Vitamin D supplements in its portfolio. The company has made vitamin available in the form of tablets and each film coated tablet contains 1000 IU

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Around 300 million Indians skip breakfast – Kellogg’s study

Around 300 million Indians skip breakfast – Kellogg’s study

Mumbai: 1 in 4 Indians claims to skip breakfast, a recent study on breakfast habits of Indians says. Considering the latest demographic report of July, 2013, this number amounts to whopping 300 millions. The study