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NEW YORK, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- As Nestle S.A. prepares to hold its second-annual Creating Shared Value Forum in London, the five operating companies that comprise Nestle in the United States are releasing their first-ever report detailing the success of Creating Shared Value in the United States. "Creating Shared Value is at the heart of Nestle's global business strategy," said Heidi Paul, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Nestle Waters North America. "It's based on the belief that for...

Is breast milk so different from infant formula? The ability to track which genes are operating in an infant's intestine has allowed University of Illinois scientists to compare the early development of breast-fed and formula-fed babies. They say the difference is very real."For the first time, we can see that breast milk induces genetic pathways that are quite different from those in formula-fed infants. Although formula makers have tried to develop a product that's as much like breast...

BEIJING and LOS ANGELES, May 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Dairy, Inc. (NYSE: ADY; "American Dairy" or the "Company"), one of the leading producers and distributors of premium infant formula, milk powder and soybean, rice and walnut products in China, today announced that the Company has released AstroBaby, a new high-end series of infant formula products, which was officially made available in stores beginning May 6, 2010. AstroBaby has been specially designed to meet the...

TIANJIN, China, May 6 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Yayi International Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: YYIN) ("Yayi International" or "the Company"), the first mover and a leading producer and distributor of premium goat milk formula products for infants, toddlers, young children, and adults in the People's Republic of China ("China"), today announced it will participate in the 11th SIAL China, China's leading annual trade event for the Food, Beverage & Hospitality industries, held at...

SINGAPORE, May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT), the global health care company, today announced the opening of the Abbott Asia-Pacific Nutrition Research & Development Center at Singapore's Biopolis Research Park. The center is Abbott's largest nutrition R&D facility outside of the U.S., and Singapore's first nutrition R&D site creating science-based nutritional products for infants, children and adults. Abbott scientists at the center will develop products with...

COLUMBIA, Md., May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DHA omega-3 innovator and maker of the life'sDHA(TM) brand, Martek Biosciences Corporation (Nasdaq: MATK) announced today that it has signed a five-year agreement with leading Chinese dairy, Mengniu Dairy Company Limited, for the use of Martek's life'sDHA in Mengniu-brand UHT milk and potentially other categories. Mengniu is launching Mengniu Future Star Kid Milk nationwide this month. Mengniu Future Star Kid Milk with life'sDHA is now...

ALLEGAN, Mich., May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perrigo Company (Nasdaq: PRGO;TASE) today announced that it has closed the previously announced acquisition of PBM Holdings, Inc., the world's largest manufacturer of infant formula for store brand markets. Headquartered in Gordonsville, Virginia, PBM manufactures and distributes over-the-counter (OTC) store brand infant formula and baby foods sold by retail supermarkets and pharmacies in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China. Under the...

QINGDAO, China and ROCKVILLE, Md., April 29 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Synutra International, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYUT), a leading infant formula company in China and a producer, marketer and seller of nutritional products for infants, children and adults, today announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland granted Synutra's motion to dismiss a civil action complaint filed against the Company. The lawsuit was a product liability action related to the melamine crisis...

Breast feeding could save lives--not to mention billions of dollars--if nine out of 10 mothers would adopt the practice for the first six months of their infants' lives, claims a new study."The United States incurs $13 billion in excess costs annually and suffers 911 preventable deaths per year because our breastfeeding rates fall far below medical recommendations," a CNN article quotes the report as claiming.Researchers at Harvard Medical School, led by Dr. Melissa Bartick, studied...

ALLEGAN, Mich., March 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PBM Holdings is the world's largest manufacturer and marketer of infant formulas for the store brand marketAll cash transaction with a purchase price of $808 millionAcquisition expected to add approximately $300 million of sales in first full fiscal yearAnticipated to be at a minimum $0.10 accretive to GAAP EPS in the first full fiscal year and ROIC accretive in year twoExtends Perrigo's global store brand reach and portfolio in important...