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us ingredients company nuvex ingredients introduced two patent-pending food ingredients at the ift annual meeting and expo in anaheim, california, last week. nuchews are chewy fruit/sweet pieces that, according to the company, can replicate pieced identities like marshmallows, fruits, cheese, caramels and chocolate chips for use in muffins, bagels, energy bars and other products. they are kosher pareve (including marshmallow) and are available in custom shapes, flavours, sizes and colours, as well as with nutrients like calcium, protein and real fruit.

anglo-dutch food consumer product group unilever said on monday that it is on target to meet second-quarter earnings estimates despite the drag on overall revenue from poor ice cream sales in europe. howard green, the head of investor relations for unilever, told analysts that the company has seen second-quarter earnings grow 20 per cent. the company is targeting low double-digit earnings growth for the full year.

italian power company edison is in exclusive talks with agribusiness and food company bunge to sell its 55 per cent interest in french cooking oil company cereol, the two companies announced in separate statements this week. edison, a newly created company composed of edison, sondel, fiat energia and montedison, has given bunge an exclusive right, valid for several weeks, to negotiate the purchase of edison\'s interest in cereol.

researchers in the us claim to have discovered a possible added benefit of hormone replacement therapy: saving teeth. post-menopausal women who took a daily dose of oestrogen along with calcium and vitamin d improved the condition of their jaw, which in turn could reduce the risk of tooth loss. scientists at the washington university school of medicine claim that women who had regular dental check-ups but took only calcium and vitamin d also improved jaw mass and density, but to a significantly lesser extent than those who received oestrogen.

organic farmers in australia reacted this week to the first application for a commercial crop of genetically engineered canola received by the australian office of the genetechnology regulator, reports the sydney morning herald . the story says that the chemical maker monsanto asked the federal body for alicence on friday, the first anniversary of the federal government\'slegislation on gmcrops and its policing body.

new research from the us has shown that the addition of soybean phytosterols to lean ground beef can have a significant effect in reducing cholesterol levels. a team of researchers from the department of food science and human nutrition at iowa state university, led by oksana matvienko, carried out tests over a four-week period on 34 young men with elevated cholesterol levels. the men were randomly assigned to receive either lean (15 per cent fat) ground beef or ground beef with 2.

food safety experts from the world health organisation (who) are meeting in geneva this week to investigate recent reports that potato chips, french fries and other carbohydrate-rich foods contain a cancer-causing substance. in may 2002, the swedish national food authority published the first-ever report that acrylamide, a known carcinogen in animals, is present in high levels in some starch-based foods cooked at high temperatures.