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Private-equity firm Irving Place Capital has signed an agreement to purchase Alpha Packaging (St. Louis), a leading blow-molder of plastic bottles and jars for the nutraceuticals market.

Kappa Bioscience AS (Oslo, Norway) has entered the market as a new ingredients supplier.

NP Nutra has added a certified-organic mangosteen powder to its Super ORAC line of ingredients.

Solpro 735 is a calcium-fortified isolated soy protein that can provide additional calcium to a wide range of beverages.

Cargill is promoting SaltWise, a sodium-reduction system that provides a salty taste while reducing sodium content between 25 to 50%.

Caravan Ingredients has added a wheat ferment enhancer to its Pristine line of clean-label products.

RiPro 80 and Riber 50 are what a company respectively calls the world’s first rice bran protein and rice bran fiber.

SyneROX4 is an oxidation-management solution for extending the shelf life of whole-milk powder and other concentrated milk products, while protecting against rancidity.

The Laboratory PowerMix, Model PD-2, is designed for viscous materials that require both slow- and high-speed agitation.

Fruit-sweetened dried cranberries offer the same processing advantages of Ocean Spray’s flagship soft and moist sweetened dried cranberries, while removing the need to call out sugar as an ingredient, says the company.

White teas may impart the same health benefits associated with green teas, according to research published in the Journal of Food Science.

Gaia Herbs’ Professional Division (Brevard, NC), under the brand name Professional Solutions, has been accepted as a gold partner in the recently launched Emerson Quality Program (EQP), a voluntary program designed to give healthcare professionals background data about dietary supplement companies.

Chemi Nutra’s (White Bear Lake, MN) SerinAid brand of phosphatidylserine (PS) has been halal certified by the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America (IFANCA), allowing SerinAid products to bear IFANCA’s Crescent M Halal logo.

Ethical Naturals (San Anselmo, CA) has attained self-affirmed GRAS status for ORAC-15M, a grape extract intended to provide antioxidants to supplements and beverages.

XSTO Solutions (Morristown, NJ) announced that its ingredient line produced by Hamari Chemicals Ltd. has been kosher certified by Kosher Certification Service.

The Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3 (GOED; Salt Lake City) has launched its Proud Member logo that its member companies can use on their websites and advertising.

Tea marketer Choice Organic Teas has been verified as non-GMO by the nonprofit Non-GMO Project.

D.D. Williamson’s annatto colorant has been declared USDA certified organic.

Yantai Dongcheng Biochemicals Co.’s (Yantai, China) chondroitin sulfate has received a Certificate of Suitability (COS) from the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Healthcare.

Ecuadorian Rainforest LLC (Belleville, NJ) has announced that the company has expanded its list of available kosher ingredients.

Corn Products International (Westchester, IL) has signed an agreement with Galam Group (Menashe, Israel) to market its Enliten brand stevia (Rebaudioside A) across Europe, pending expanded European approval of the natural sweetener.

POM Wonderful (Los Angeles), the makers of POM Wonderful juice and POMx supplements, has been issued an administrative complaint from the FTC over misleading and unsubstantiated health claims on its products.

A team of South Korean researchers have concluded that ALA’s efficacy could be highly dependent on how the ingredient is delivered.

Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, IL) has voluntarily recalled various products containing Similac powder infant formula after an internal review found beetles in the product chain.

Sabinsa Corp. (East Windsor, NJ) has introduced two patent-pending natural preservatives, SabiLize-Alpha and SabiLize-Beta, for use in cosmetics and personal care products.

A decision by the European Commission (EC) could ban added sugars in fruit juices, according to news released by the body last Wednesday.

ESM Technologies (Carthage, MO) has received self-affirmed Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status for its patented joint health ingredient, NEM (natural eggshell membrane).

Russian president Vladimir Putin announced last week that the country will institute a ban on wheat export through the end of this year, BBC News reports. The announcement comes in response to several weeks of wildfires which, along with drought, have brought ruin to millions of acres of wheat and other grains in the country.

PepsiCo today announced a four-year partnership with flavors firm Senomyx Inc. to develop and commercialize natural sweeteners and sweetness enhancers. New discoveries will be used to lower the calorie content of future PepsiCo beverages."This relationship with Senomyx reflects our increasingly long-term approach to research and development as well as our belief that global food and beverage companies can play an important role in identifying new ingredients that can lead to healthier products," said Mehmood Khan, PepsiCo's chief scientific officer.

When several cloned cows were confirmed to have entered the U.K. food chain last month, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) received blame for a lack of oversight. As of September 1, responsibilities within the U.K government have now shifted, with the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Department of Health assuming some of the FSA...s previous responsibilities.