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This month sees the official enforcement of Singapore’s Nutri-Grade labelling system for sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) that will prescribe four different label grades according to sugar content, with A (dark green) the ‘healthiest’ containing the least sugar and D (red) the ‘most unhealthy’ containing the most sugar.The dreaded Grade C and D drinks will contain 5%

As most existing data on the association between dietary protein intake and muscle mass come from Western countries, researchers in China have conducted a cross-sectional study to investigate how different amounts and sources of protein consumption affect muscle mass in older Chinese adults.The analysis was based on data from the China Health and Nutrition Survey

The firm already has sales in China with its Melrose Health brand as well as Nu-Lax – one of the bestselling gut and fibre products in the country.But speaking to NutraIngredients-Asia, ​CEO Nathan Cheong, who took the helm last September​, outlined his plans to grow the firm’s presence in China market.For one, the company would

Amorepacific is planning to launch these threonine-rich new products through its health supplements brand Vital Beautie in the first half of 2023. The firm, together with researchers from Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, had concluded a research on how the essential amino acid L-threonine, could improve healthspan in the roundworms Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) ​undergoing dietary

COVID-19 contamination: Frozen food can carry virus, claims Chinese public health authority study​Frozen food from meat- and poultry-processing plants or markets can be contaminated with the COVID-19 virus, according to findings from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CCDC).The scientists collected and analysed over 55 million swabs of imported and domestic cold-chain foods