NEWS DIGEST by a&r | September 2020
We dedicate this September issue to Vitafoods virtual Expo, recent news around botanicals, and maximum levels for food supplements. Also, join us for our next webinar about food enzymes. […]
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Quality requirements, botanicals, and upper limits for vitamins and minerals in food supplements – an update
During Vitafoods Virtual Expo we had the opportunity to hear Dr Patrick Coppens from Food Supplements Europe talk about several aspects of interest for the food supplement industry. Food supplements have to comply with specific hygiene rules under the EU food legislation, but the hygiene legislation does not contain much specific information for food [...]
a&r at Vitafoods Virtual Expo
Earlier this month, we participated in Vitafoods Virtual Expo, one of the main and most awaited virtual events connecting the nutraceutical, supplement, and functional food industries. During the show, we had the opportunity to showcase some of our top services: Visitors had the opportunity to learn more about our service [...]
Our next webinar: “Food enzymes – A regulatory survival kit”
We are happy to invite you to the next instalment of our webinar series. Using food enzymes is well established in food production processes, such as baking or starch processing. During the last decades, with progress in protein engineering and biotechnology, they developed into key drivers of innovation in the food market. Whether established [...]
NEWS DIGEST by a&r | August 2020
We dedicate this August issue to food enzymes as cornerstones of food processing and drivers of innovation and to the latest EFSA probiotic claim rejection. Also, join us for our next webinar on the upcoming IVDR and connect with our experts next week during Vitafoods Virtual Expo! […]
Probiotic health claim and lactose digestion rejected by EFSA
EFSA has again rejected a health claim (under article 13.5) related to Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis Bi-07 contributes to increasing lactose digestion from DuPont Nutrition Biosciences ApS. The claimed effect proposed by the applicant is “improvement of lactose digestion”, which was considered by the panel as a beneficial physiological effect for those suffering from lactose [...]
Food Enzymes – cornerstones of food processing and drivers of innovation
Food enzymes are biocatalysts that make the processing of food ingredients, e.g. starch, economically viable but also allow for tremendous innovations in the nutrition sector, like alternative low-calorie sugars or prebiotics. Many foods are produced with the help of enzymes, e.g. baking products, or starch-derived goods. Sometimes the enzymes themselves are used as food [...]
Meet us at Vitafoods Virtual Expo
analyze & realize GmbH is exhibiting at Vitafoods Virtual Expo, a new interactive event for the entire nutraceutical industry, taking place from the 7th to the 11th September 2020. An entire week you will have the opportunity to learn more about our service portfolio and contact our experts in a variety of regulatory and clinical topics. Meet the team [...]
Free webinar: In vitro diagnostic devices for self-testing – what will change under IVDR?
In vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVD) are products for testing of human samples (such as salvia, blood, urine, feces or tissues) outside the body to provide information on a person’s health or physiological state. Until 2017 IVDs were regulated by the Directive 98/79/EC on in vitro diagnostic medical devices (IVDD). In May 2017, the [...]
Clinical trials on Immune health
In view of the current pandemic, conducting a clinical trial on cough & cold seems challenging. If you are a manufacturer for a product with immunomodulatory activity and wish to generate data substantiating this, a&r’s Clinical Research team can be a partner for you even in these trying times. We have the ideas and [...]