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dietary antioxidants are currently at the centre of a new collaboration between scientists and the industry with increasing evidence to suggest that these compounds could have beneficial effects on the ageing processes and the prevention of age-related diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, blindness. until now, most of the evidence for the health benefits of dietary antioxidants has been based on observational studies in humans and from animal experiments.

signs that the functional food market is gaining ground were revealed this week when the uk food standards agency announced it is considering a 'novel food' application by a food manufacturer to market 'milk and yoghurt type' products with an ingredient that lowers cholesterol. the ingredient has already been cleared for use in flora pro-active spreads and the application comes from the same manufacturer, unilever.

even as pennsylvania lawmakers move forward in attempts to halt the sale of the chocolate maker, hershey foods said on thursday that it had received an unsolicited mini-tender offer to buy less than 2 per cent of the company. the bid from trc capital to buy up to 1.75 million shares of hershey for $70.25 a share offers a discount from the stock's closing price of $74.09 on the new york stock exchange, hershey foods said in a prepared statement.

uk starch ingredient company national starch, a subsidiary of chemical giant ici, this week announced the launch of novation 9330 and novation 9360 - a range of organic, functional native starches. the company maintains that these new starches offer improved functionality and process stability over traditional native starches. novation 9330 and novation 9360 both develop smooth, short-textured pastes and, at high concentrations, they set to a soft gel with good organoleptic characteristics.

suspicions that the levels of the antioxidant vitamin e contained in nuts could vary from state to state in the us were proven to be unfounded this week when a food scientist revealed that pecans are a consistent, rich source of the antioxidant vitamin e, irrespective of where they are grown in the united states. "this study helped to demonstrate that basically all pecans are created equal when it comes to this important antioxidant," said study author ron eitenmiller, at the uga college of agricultural and environmental sciences.

in a seminar in this week's issue of science journal the lancet , cara b ebbeling and colleagues, from the usa, discuss the public-health crisis - childhood obesity. fat children, historically thought of as healthy, are now known to be at risk of many serious physiological and psychological complications. people who are obese are likely to die earlier than those who are not overweight. the authors discuss the complications associated with obesity, outline the extent and causes of the epidemic, and discuss strategies for prevention and treatment.

the uk restaurant sector's financial performance is, on average, better than that of the rest of the hospitality industry, writes a new report released this week. industry body, the restaurant association , colluded with hsbc, bdo stoy hayward, and foodservice intelligence to collate both macro and micro information on the restaurant sector. the report, entitled the restaurant industry gold standard (rigs), reveals that the average rate of return on capital is 5.