Archives for September 22, 2010

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New alliances in preparation for EU stevia approval

By Jess Halliday

DoehlerGroup and PureCircle, Corn Products and Galam, Tereos and PureCircle… This week has seen a new flurry of alliances over stevia sweeteners, as the ingredients sector gets on its marks for EU approval – and a significant new market.

Special edition: Asia

India’s nutrition boom produces contract research boon

By Stephen Daniells

As the need for scientific support for potential health claims for healthy foods increases, India is leveraging its pharmaceutical expertise to take a bite of the functional foods pie.

DSM rejects chemicals past for biotech future

By Shane Starling

Dutch ingredients giant Royal DSM met growth targets in four of the past five years and its transition from chemicals to life sciences multinational is on track, board member Stephan Tanda told NutraIngredients this morning.

Fruit juice industry welcomes plan to ban sugar

By Mike Stones

The European fruit juice industry has welcomed a proposal from the European Commission (EC) to ban the addition of sugar to fruit juices - in line with its policy of reducing added sugars and promoting balanced diets.