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Legitimate supplement companies should be aware of what third-party retailers and distributors of their products are saying.

According to EuroPharma, a recent study showed that its BCM-95 curcumin ingredient outperformed Indena’s (Milan) Meriva curcumin, as well as plain curcumin, in terms of absorption.

Mintel estimates the market to fall another 17% by 2012.

Notably, the enhanced site features the company’s new Idea Lab, a platform of new mock product concepts featuring ER’s ingredients.

GEA Process Engineering will construct Fonterra's new €40 million whole milk powder plant in New Zealand.

EFSA calls the guidance “the first of its kind to give practical guidance for addressing potential risks arising from applications of nanoscience and nanotechnologies in the food and feed chain.”

Danisco (Copenhagen) is expanding its range of Yo-Mix yogurt cultures to meet the growing global demands for drinkable yogurt.

Beneo has partnered with Bulgarian confectionery company Alpi to introduce Deo, an innovative candy that provides flavor and-get this: fragrance.

Bloomberg News interviewed the American Botanical Council's Mark Blumenthal following the publication of an FDA study on infants and consumption of herbal teas.

The letter also accuses the company of making similar disease claims on its own website, www.aloeelite.com.

The first annual “China Antioxidant Berry & Superfruit Industry Conference” will be held in Beijing on May 26-27.

Food-testing company Silliker (Chicago) has partnered with Organic Education Solutions (OES) on organic training.

It can mix viscous formulations, including beverages, fillings, candy, flavorings, sauces, and even thick dips such as hummus.

The aim of the program is to establish an industry standard for accurate analytical methods and standards in the stevia sweetener industry.

Oragenics Inc. (Tampa, FL) has received a U.S. patent for ProBiora3, the company’s blend of oral bacteria for dental health.

New regulations for food recall and food imports will go into effect in July.

The claims submitted were for dental health and reduction of postprandial glycemic response.

American Key Food Products (AKFP; Closter, NJ) has introduced native pea starch and arrowroot starch.

GMP-certified tocotrienol producer Carotech Inc. will present its new ingredient, TocoBev, at Vitafoods 2011.

Sweet Dreams are sugar-free, vanilla-flavored bears containing Lactium.

Due to a high level of industry response to the issue, the NOP has postponed further discussion until its meeting this fall.

Verdure Sciences (Noblesville, IN), supplier of Pomella brand pomegranate extracts, has been granted two patents from the United States Patent and Trademark office for the composition and methodology of Pomella pomegranate extract brands.

Thanks to a new partnership with color solutions provider X-Rite (Grand Rapids, MI), BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany) now holds in-house coloring capabilities for tablets.

Bayer HealthCare LLC is facing a class-action lawsuit filed in April in California alleging that the company’s Phillips Probiotics Colon Health dietary supplement makes unsupported claims for digestive and immune health.

According to the agencies, products claimed to treat a range of STDs, including herpes, Chlamydia, genital warts, HIV, and AIDS.

The upgrade will increase production by an estimated 5000 metric tons and is expected to be finished by 2012.

Krill ingredients manufacturer Aker Biomarine ASA (Oslo, Norway) has applied for a krill trawling license to be used in the Antarctic Ocean.

Shareholders behind 26% of Coca-Cola shares have backed a resolution relating to BPA risk assessment.

Charles Ross & Son Co. (Happauge, NY)-a provider of mixing, blending, drying and dispersion equipment-has expanded its equipment rental program to allow short- and long-term rentals for hundreds of mixing and blending machines.

The company has obtained exclusive marketing and distribution rights for BioVittoria Ltd.’s monk fruit extract and will brand it as PureFruit monk fruit sweetener.