Health claims without high-quality evidence

17-Mar-2022 - Many countries, including the UK, have toughened their approach to formula milk products that claim to reduce allergy risks. But elsewhere, consumers are still being persuaded to buy products that make health claims without high quality evidence, reports journalist Melanie Newman in The BMJ ...

Researchers discover two treatments that induce peanut allergy remission in children

09-Feb-2022 - Researchers have discovered two peanut allergy treatments for children that are both highly effective at inducing remission. The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), found the treatments – a combination of a probiotic together with oral immunotherapy (the gradual ...

How an app will help manage allergies in children

03-Feb-2022 - Food allergies in children are becoming increasingly common. The problem is that when they occur for the first time, they can have serious consequences, such as allergic shock. In this case, an overreaction of the immune system causes a life-threatening situation. In order to prevent this as far ...

Food scientist wants to create data model for personalized dietary recommendations

Researchers aim to create personalized nutrition profile that knows and can help individuals

22-Dec-2021 - With the support of a Data Science Investigator grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, Associate Professor Morten Arendt Rasmussen from the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH FOOD) in Denmark will create a model for a new completely personalised dietary profile that ...

Food allergies complicate hungry Americans' search for meals

14-Jun-2021 - When Emily Brown, a Kansas City mother, couldn't find foods that her 2-year-old with multiple food allergies could eat at a local food pantry, she mustered up the courage to ask about gluten-free foods or dairy alternatives. The response: "You got something." The only things her daughter could ...

Sophie's Bionutrients Develops World's First Dairy-free Micro-algae Based Milk Alternative

Groundbreaking micro-algae formula eliminates allergies while providing complete nutrition

05-May-2021 - Sophie's Bionutrients, a Singapore-based next-generation sustainable urban food production technology company, announced today that it had developed the world's first-ever micro-algae-based milk that promises to eliminate allergies making it safe for consumption for people with ...

Yellow mealworm approved as novel food

However, the Federal Office points out possible allergic reactions

05-May-2021 - The yellow mealworm is the first insect to be approved as a novel food. The EU member states have approved a corresponding proposal by the European Commission. [1] The European Commission and the Member States consider the novel food safe in principle. "However, consumption of the yellow mealworm ...

Can the right probiotic work for breast milk-fed babies?

29-Mar-2021 - Probiotics -- those bacteria that are good for your digestive tract -- are short-lived, rarely taking residence or colonizing the gut. But a new study from researchers at the University of California, Davis, finds that in breast milk-fed babies given the probiotic B. infantis, the probiotic will ...

First Danish estimates for the burden of disease for peanut allergy

Burden of disease data are useful for e.g. prioritizing health care initiatives

08-Feb-2021 - Estimates of the disease burden relating to different diseases provide comparable—and thus better—data on how those diseases impact on public health. Decision-makers can use such knowledge to prioritize healthcare resources and initiatives. Globally, food allergies are a growing problem. Many ...

Making wheat and peanuts less allergenic

28-Jan-2021 - The United States Department of Agriculture identifies a group of "big eight" foods that causes 90% of food allergies. Among these foods are wheat and peanuts. Sachin Rustgi, a member of the Crop Science Society of America, studies how we can use breeding to develop less allergenic varieties of ...