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South Korea food imports 2020: Wines and processed fruit top list as beer and kimchi take COVID-19 hit By Pearly Neo Processed fruit products and wines topped the list of food and beverage imports into South Korea last year, whereas past star performers beer and imported kimchi numbers suffered severe drops as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to data from the South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), South Korea continued to import vast amounts of food and beverage products to maintain food security in 2020 despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, but there was an uptick in foods linked to health and wellness benefits.
Australia company Anatara Lifesciences is trialling the use of a bromelain-containing supplement in patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Hair appeal: Gencor unveils RCT plans for oral and topical use of goat weed ingredient Gencor is venturing into the hair care oral supplement and topical application category, with an RCT studying the benefits of ageratum conyzoides oral supplementation and topical application to take place this year.
The botanical, also known as ‘goat weed’ or ‘billy goat weed’ is traditionally used in the treatment of skin conditions, diarrhoea, and infectious diseases.
The company first started its research in hair health in 2012, after coming across the plant and its hair health benefits via a researcher from Chennai, India.
Since then, it has conducted pre-clinical studies which showed that
Entries open today for the NutraIngredients-Asia Awards 2021, held to honour the best supplements and functional foods products, ingredients, research and companies operating across Asia Pacific.
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Heart health in Indonesia: Researchers call for development of plant sterol fortified and functional products – BASF funded study By Guan Yu Lim Researchers are proposing to fortify food categories such as bread, biscuits, noodles, fat spreads, sauces and palm oil with plant sterols, as a measure to reduce risk factors associated with heart diseases among the Indonesian population.
Cardiovascular diseases account for more than 30% of total deaths in Indonesia, with high blood cholesterol levels being a significant risk factor.
Plant sterols and stanols, also known as phytosterols, are a group of compounds known to lower cholesterol levels.
With no data on plant sterol intake among the Indonesian population readily available, researchers from Indonesia and Poland conducted a study to estimate intake and proposed suitable functional foods that can be developed to prevent hypercholesterolemia, whil