A survey of UK supermarkets’ own-brand gluten-free, wheat-free and dairy-free foods has found more than half had higher salt levels than standard versions, raising concern for the intake levels of celiacs and others who avoid certain foods.
There is a major drive to decrease levels of salt in packaged and processed foods, as part of efforts [...]

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has rejected three article 13.5 probiotic and prebiotic health claims and one article 14 claim linking prebiotics with a range of benefits from immunity to diarrhoea for failing to demonstrate causality.
EFSA’s Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) rejected one emerging science, article 13.5 claim from Sunstar Suisse [...]

Increased intakes of whole grains, and bran in particular, may reduce the incidence of hypertension in men, according to new findings from Harvard.
Data from over 30,000 men participating in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study indicated that increased intakes of whole grains are associated with a 19 per cent lower incidence of hypertension.

The researchers, led by [...]