Here's my selection of articles for the week: CHINA - Regulating China's Food Supply Chain: From Farm to Fork (Part 1), by Paul O'Brien; - Approval system stopping supplements from reaching Chinese consumers, by RJ Whitehead on foodnavigator-asia.com, 18-Sep-2014: Chinese food authorities are stopping many of their citizens from gaining access to the best quality health supplements as … Continue reading Thank God it’s Friday! Quick news from the food world – Week 37
Artificial Astaxanthin from DSM AstaSana® shown to be vastly inferior to Natural Algae Astaxanthin in Antioxidant Potential
The Natural Algae Astaxanthin Association (NAXA) has obtained further comparative antioxidant testing results from a leading antioxidant testing laboratory showing that artificial astaxanthin produced from petrochemicals has vastly inferior antioxidant potential than natural astaxanthin from Haematococcus microalgae. The results showed that algae-based astaxanthin was superior to DSM’s AstaSana in different antioxidant tests; the range was … Continue reading Artificial Astaxanthin from DSM AstaSana® shown to be vastly inferior to Natural Algae Astaxanthin in Antioxidant Potential
