NutraNews - DSM Nutritional Products newsletter 3/2012

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2 Focus: Human Nutrition & Health DSM launches the first dietary enzyme: Lactose intolerance digestive aid, Tolerase L DSM launched the first dietary enzyme in its new health benefit platform ‘Digestive Health’ at Vitafoods in Geneva in May this year. DSM’s aim is to serve dietary supplements manufacturers globally, capitalizing on increased consumer demand for products that support digestive health. Tolerase L is a highly effective digestive aid for people who suffer from lactose intolerance. It is an acid lactase that converts lactose, a milk sugar naturally present in dairy products, into glucose and galactose. Approximately half the world’s population are lactose intolerant and do not produce any or sufficient quantities of lactase. This leads to symptoms of discomfort including bloating, gas, diarrhea and abdominal cramps once the undigested lactose reaches the large intestine. Tolerase L acts at a low pH (optimum activity from 3.5 to 5.5) to digest lactose in the stomach and relieve these symptoms. The science behind acid lactase is supported by a positive opinion from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which has concluded that “the lactase enzyme contributes to breaking down lactose”. Later this year Tolerase P will be launched. Phytase (P) is an enzyme that NutraNews | No. 3: 2012 Quality for Life in action: DSM’s NUTRI-FACTS website recognized as an online provider of objective, high-quality health information Through DSM’s Quality for Life promise, we aim to be a reliable partner and industry member. This includes a dedicated commitment to sound nutrition science. This ambition was well illustrated in June 2012, when www.nutri-facts.org was awarded the 3 Milk 3 Pasta 3 Pizza 3 Butter 3 Doughnuts 3 Bread 3 Pancakes 3 Ice cream 3 Biscuits 3 Cereal helps the body absorb iron, zinc, calcium, magnesium and phosphorus from cereal and legume-based foods. Phytase does this by breaking down the molecule phytate which is rich in those foods. It releases the minerals and makes them bioavailable for the human body. HONcode certification, the highest and most trustworthy ethical standard for medical and health-related information available on the internet. The code of conduct of the Health on the Net Foundation, a non-governmental organization internationally known for its work in the field of health information ethics, evaluates the quality of a website in terms of how useful, objective and transparent its information is for health professionals and the general public. Typical applications for Tolerase P are Base-of-the-Pyramid nutrition, breakfast supplements and cereals, and pasta. Wouter Nieboer Global Business Manager – Human Nutrition & Health wouter.nieboer@dsm.com NUTRI-FACTS offers easily accessible information on the latest scientific news and established facts about micronutrients in multiple languages. Launched in 2010, the website is now visited by 19,000 individual users from the food industry, healthcare professionals, and media representatives each month. In addition, NUTRI-FACTS has successfully established itself on Facebook (with more than 6,000 fans and friends) and Twitter (with about 2,000 followers).
Essentials for vegetarians Latest news As part of our ongoing effort to deliver solutions that help create brighter lives, DSM has introduced the “Essentials for Vegetarians” Health Benefit Solution platform. Essentials for Vegetarians allows DSM to address a strong customer desire for solutions that reach the broadest possible range of consumers and address the needs of a large and growing global consumer segment. With an estimated 1.4 billion consumers considered either vegetarian or semivegetarian, this platform puts DSM out front in serving the needs of a large consumer base that has been the biggest single segment of food product launches over the past two years. DSM offers solutions designed specifically for the nutritional needs of vegetarians as well as addressing the even larger opportunity represented by customers who wish to make their products more inclusive for all consumers, including vegetarians. There are three primary points of focus for vegetarians within the DSM portfolio. One is life’sDHA – DSM’s proprietary omega-3 brand produced from algae. This provides the Human Nutrition & Health Events FI South America September 18 — 20, São Paulo, Brazil www.fi-events.com.br/fi Intl. Food Technology Summit & Expo September 26 — 27, Mexico DF, Mexico FI Asia October 3 — 5, Jakarta, Indonesia http://fiasia-indonesia. ingredientsnetwork.com/ Hi Japan October 3 — 5, Tokyo, Japan www.hijapan.info Intl. Food Technology Summit & Expo October 24, Buenos Aires, Argentina SupplySide West November 5 – 9, Las Vegas, NV XVI Congreso de la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrition (SLAN) November 11 – 16, Cuba FI Europe November 13 – 15, Frankfurt, Germany http://hieurope.ingredientsnetwork.com Resveratrol conference December 5 – 7, Leicester, UK only reliable long-chain PUFA solution for vegetarian consumers around the globe and fits perfectly with our desire to expand the life’sDHA brand to consumers around the world. In addition DSM will introduce Tolerase P – a phytase enzyme solution that breaks down phytate in cereals and legume-based foods. By breaking apart the phytate in these foods, trapped minerals are freed for better absorption in the human body. Tolerase P also protects minerals added to these foods, providing manufacturers an important new dimension for combating mineral deficiency around the world. Finally, DSM produces more animal-free forms across our ingredient portfolio than any other manufacturer in the industry. This important differentiator enables our customers to make their key products appeal to a wider base of consumers, including the growing vegetarian population around the world. Doug Brown Global Marketing Manager Dairy doug.brown@dsm.com DSM to acquire Ocean Nutrition Canada to expand its Nutritional Lipids growth platform DSM announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Clearwater Fine Foods and funds managed by Richardson Capital to acquire Ocean Nutrition Canada for a total enterprise value of CAD 540 million. Subject to customary conditions, the transaction is expected to close in H2 2012. DSM announces new research revealing how a B vitamin can help lower blood pressure Research conducted by the University of Ulster and published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, reveals a new link between vitamin B2 and curbing high blood pressure. Around 10% of the UK population has a specific genetic factor which can lead to high blood pressure. The new study from the Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Health (NICHE) reveals that vitamin B2 can successfully lower blood pressure within this genetically at-risk group, to an extent that could cut the risk of stroke death by as much as 30%. DSM presents dietary vitamin intakes using ‘traffic lights’ which suggest widespread inadequacies in the Western World A new assessment published in the British Journal of Nutrition suggests that three quarters of the population in Germany, the UK, and the USA, does not meet the dietary intake recommendations of the respective countries for a number of essential micronutrients. Based on large-scale population-based national dietary intake surveys, scientists at DSM evaluated data using a traffic light system to measure actual intakes against national recommendations in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA. Further information can be found on www.dsmnutritionalproducts.com NutraNews | No. 3: 2012 3
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