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By Diane Toops, News & Trends Editor HEALTHBITES Juice in the Pink This month, in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Northland Cranberries Inc. (www.northlandjuices.com), Port Washington, N.Y., announces its “Drink to Pink” campaign. The company is partnering with four supermarket chains throughout the country to donate funds to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (www. bcrfcure.org) in conjunction with each 64-oz. bottle of Northland 100% Juice Cranberry Blends purchased during a specific time frame. The campaign is expected to raise a minimum of $50,000 for the independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to preventing and finding a cure for breast cancer. Since 2006, Northland has raised more than $150,000 for charity. CaaaSHEW! A study published in the science journal Allergy reports that cashews could cause “more severe” allergic reactions in children than the more widely feared peanut. Researchers at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, England, found among the 141 children studied, cashew reactions were eight to 13 times more likely to trigger bouts of wheezing, loss of consciousness and increased risk of severe cardiovascular symptoms, such as sudden hypotension (decreased blood pressure) or cardiac arrhythmia. Like Cereal and Milk Pizzey’s Milling (www.pizzeys.com), Angusville, Manitoba, was acquired by international dairy foods and ingredients giant Glanbia PLC (www.glanbia. com) Kilkenny, Ireland. The milling company, which produces and markets nutritional ingredients such as whole and milled flax seed and omega-3 oils from flax, will enhance Glanbia’s position as a global nutritional ingredients supplier. Glanbia will leverage its significant investment in innovation and research, as well as its sales and marketing structure, to support development of the international market for flax ingredients and flax components, including omega-3, lignans and fiber. Let’s get Small Nutraceutical ingredient manufacturer Blue California (www.bluecalingredients.com), Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., now offers complete microencapsulation services to the food, beverage and nutraceutical industries. Micro-encapsulation is a process by which tiny particles or droplets – ranging in size from a few nanometers to one micron – are coated with a protective layer to create small nanocapsules with controlled properties. This process can provide a number of wellness benefits, such as protecting vitamins from deteriorating effects of oxygen free radicals and probiotics from gastric acid; masking taste or odor; and controlling the rate at which particles leave the microcapsule and are absorbed in the body. Blue California’s organic- and koshercertified facility produces nonirradiated ingredients via steam and ozone sterilization, meeting meet the strictest quality and safety requirements. Sour Milk The Cornucopia Institute (www.cornucopia.org) claims the USDA could revoke the organic certification of one of the nation’s largest industrial dairy operator, Boulder, Colo.-based Aurora Organic Dairy. Aurora operates several factory dairies in Colorado and Texas and has been the subject of a series of formal legal complaints filed with the USDA. Investigation into Aurora’s organic livestock management found 98 percent of its cattle in feedlots instead of grazing on pasture as the law requires, according to Cornucopia. The organic industry is watching what the USDA does because of the dairy’s size and impact on the marketplace. Aurora has agreed to make some changes. Food Processing’s Wellness Foods™ www.wellnessfoodsonline.com October 2007 | http://www.northlandjuices.com http://www.northlandjuices.com http://www.bcrfcure.org http://www.bcrfcure.org http://www.pizzeys.com http://www.glanbia.com http://www.glanbia.com http://www.bluecalingredients.com http://www.bluecalingredients.com http://www.cornucopia.org http://www.wellnessfoodsonline.com

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Wellness Foods - October 2007

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