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BioGaia develops 'healthy' bottle top

Swedish probiotics firm BioGaia has developed a screw cap for use on PET bottles, which releases ingredients such as its probiotic bacteria or vitamins into the beverage,writes Dominique Patton.

Heidi Romania plans growth

Significant investment into production facilities and new product launches seem to be paying off for Heidi Chocolats Suisse Romania, after the company announced that its sales for the month of February grew by 80 per cent.

Father of fat sheds more light on this growing human condition

New ways to combat the global obesity epidemic could be on the way as recent findings from influential obesity researcher Jeffrey Friedman improves our understanding of leptin resistance and obesity. New studies show that the appetite-regulating...