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University of Illinois scientists have learned to mask the bitterness of ginseng, a common ingredient of energy drinks."Consumers like to see ginseng on a product's ingredient list because studies show that it improves memory, enhances libido and sexual performance, boosts immunity, and alleviates diabetes. But the very compounds that make ginseng good for you also make it taste bitter," said Soo-Yeun Lee, a U of I associate professor of food science and human nutrition.In an...

SweetLeaf Stevia® Sweetener Recognized with 2010-2011 Global Stevia Products Award Gilbert, Arizona (Vocus) December 2, 2010 SweetLeaf Stevia® Sweetener was the overall winner of the 2010-2011 Annual Global Stevia Products Award by the International Society of Antioxidant in Nutrition and Health (ISANH) based on taste performance, advancement in ingredient science and positive environmental and social impact. SweetLeaf Stevia® founder and president, James May, was...

HARBIN, China, Dec. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Botanic Pharmaceutical Inc. (NYSE Amex: CBP) ("China Botanic" or the "Company"), a developer, manufacturer and distributor of botanical products, bio-pharmaceuticals and traditional Chinese medicines ("TCM"), today announced that the Company's Siberian Ginseng (Acanthopanax) Total Flavonoids Extract ("Siberian Ginseng Flavonoids Extract") was awarded the third prize by the recently held Heilongjiang Province Science and...

With chitlins about to make their annual appearance on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day menus, scientists have good news for millions of people who love that delicacy of down-home southern cooking, but hate the smell. They are reporting the first identification of an ingredient in cilantro that quashes the notoriously foul odor of chitlins "” a smell known to drive people from the house when chitlins are cooking. Their report appears in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food...

FIVE POINTS, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- S&W Seed Company (Nasdaq: SANW) today provided a status report related to its progress in developing stevia leaf production in California on a commercial scale in support of U.S. demand for stevia leaf, the source of an all-natural, non-caloric sweetener used by major food and beverage manufacturers worldwide. S&W also announced that it has retained renowned stevia pioneer Clinton C. Shock, PhD to direct the Company's stevia plant...

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- ChromaDex Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CDXC), a leader in phytochemical reference standards and related contract analysis and research services, today released a 2011 phytochemical product catalog designed to provide the dietary supplement industry with the analytical and research tools needed to meet the requirements of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Good Manufacturing Practice Regulations. ChromaDex has added over 1,000 new products to...

FELLSMERE, Fla., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Watercress, the super food, is now watercress the breast cancer preventive according to a study released yesterday in The British Journal of Nutrition conducted by the Cancer Research Centre at the School of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital in the United Kingdom. In experimental findings the consumption of a 3 ounce portion of watercress by healthy participants who had previously been treated for breast cancer reduced the presence of a key...

ATLANTA, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Calorie counters have likely noticed the growing number of food and beverage products containing stevia sweeteners now showing up on U.S. supermarket shelves. Touted for their ability to provide natural, no-calorie sources of sweetness, stevia sweeteners have quickly gained popularity among consumers trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle. But what exactly is stevia and what benefits does it provide to consumers? Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) is a South...

OAK BROOK, Ill., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- PureCircle (LSE: PURE), the world's leading producer and marketer of high purity stevia products, today announces two milestones in its global quality leaf sourcing strategy. Proprietary High quality African and South American stevia leaf now being processed The Company has started successfully processing leaf sourced from both Kenya and Paraguay in its stevia extract facilities in China. PureCircle's Proprietary High quality leaf planted in Africa...

FIVE POINTS, Calif., July 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- S&W Seed Company (Nasdaq: SANW) today announced that it has entered into a five-year agreement with PureCircle, Limited, the world's leading producer and marketer of high purity stevia products. The agreement provides for PureCircle to purchase stevia leaf from S&W and its subsidiary, Stevia California, bringing the two companies a step closer towards their mutual goal of growing stevia in the continental United States on a...