Tata and OptiBiotix seal deal for India prebiotic expansion
OptiBiotix Health has signed a scale-up and manufacturing deal with Tata Chemicals' Food and Nutrition division in India for its cholesterol-reducing prebiotic, LPGOS.
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One Belt One Road a boon for global halal supply
China’s US$1tr investment in its “One Belt One Road” (OBOR) trade strategy is expected to accelerate the growth of the global Islamic food market and make halal products much cheaper for consumers.
Review authors defend 2012 paper and take swipe at “multi-billion dollar” supplement industry
Blackmores Institute questions validity of high-profile Cochrane Review of vitamin E and mortality
A widely publicised review 'incorrectly inflated' the mortality risk attributed to vitamin E, with the appropriateness of the datasets and the validity of its methods being called into question in a new paper backed by the Blackmores Institute.
Aussies consuming more alcohol for first time since 2007
Australians have been drinking more alcohol for the first time in a decade, fuelled by a growing taste for craft beers and cider.