Thai authorities have introduced new standards for fish oil based on the existing CODEX guidelines, where products will need to adhere to specific fatty acid compositions and production process.
Senior-friendly future: South Korea lays out governance for elderly-friendly foods based on ingredient ratios South Korea has finally laid out the governance rules for ‘elderly-friendly foods’ based on main ingredient ratios, with experts believing that this will have a significant impacts on a number of categories.
South Korea first created the elderly-friendly foods category in 2018, amending the local Food Code to establish this as a separate section.
Here, elderly-friendly food refers to foods manufactured and processed to have physical properties suitable to aid the elderly to eat or digest it, or to have nutritional profiles suitable for the elderly.
“[The elderly-friendly foods category has been established to] improve the convenience of intake as well as nutritional provision for the elderly, as this group may [face challenges] due to weakened chewing or swallowing or impaired nutritional intake due to this,” the South Korean Ministr
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South Korean supplement trends: Red ginseng and probiotics popular as 69% say they use health functional foods By Tingmin Koe Nearly seven in 10 Koreans said they had bought and consumed health functional foods last year, according to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) involving 1,500 men and women aged 19 and above.
The new data comes after the number of South Koreans consuming health functional foods has risen steadily in recent years.
In 2012, there were 50.2 per cent of South Koreans purchasing such product, which increased to 60.6 per cent in 2017, 63.6 per cent in 2018, and 67.6 per cent in 2019.
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‘World’s smartest drink’: NZ’s Ārepa outlines RCTs and Australia expansion plan with new CSO on board By Guan Yu Lim New Zealand nootropic company Ārepa is investing over NZ$2 million (US$1.4m) on a series of brain health and performance clinical trials as it looks to create the world’s smartest drink.
The winner of the start-up category in the NutraIngredients-Asia Awards 2020, Ārepa produces a range of nootropic products from supplements, powders, to beverages, containing New Zealand blackcurrants, New Zealand pine bark extracts and L-theanine.
There are currently four separate clinical trials underway in the areas of mental performance under different types of stress (mental, physical, environmental), stress and mood, neuroprotection and immunity.