Barry Callebaut chocolate could be good for the brain
The world's leading cocoa processor Barry Callebaut said yesterday that it had new evidence to support the anti-cancer and anti-ageing benefits of its healthy chocolate Acticoa.
Archives for November 30, 2005
Unilever's Pro-Activ to be reimbursed by French insurer
Unilever said yesterday that it had signed a deal with Maaf Assurances that will see the French insurer reimbursing policyholders for consumption of its cholesterol-lowering Pro-Activ range.
Food regulator calls for release of cancer study data on aspartame
EU processors will have to wait longer to find out if they can continue to use aspartame, after the EU's food safety regulator said it had still not received evidence from an Italian research centre indicating that the artificial sweetener causes cancer.
EU experts meet to discuss problems with packaging chemical
A EU food safety committee is meeting in Brussels today to discuss the contamination of milk and other products with a chemical used by Tetra Pak in its packaging process.