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Better lovers than fighters (part 1)
Better lovers than fighters (part 2)
Sugar seeks natural slot
Fatties stay slimmer on Slim-Fast – studies
GM
Better lovers than fighters (part
1)
Bayer CropScience and Monsanto are
to drop their patent disputes and law suits in favour of cooperation. The
companies today agreed to cross-license each other under their respective
patent estates for herbicide tolerance and insect resistance technologies.
The deal covers weed killers and insecticides for corn and cotton crops,
among others.
Markets
Better lovers than fighters (part
2)
Unilever is to use PepsiCo’s
distribution system to expand significantly marketing and distribution of
Lipton ready-to-drink (RTD) teas in selected markets. Unilever hopes this
will strengthen Lipton's lead in the fast-growing $23bn (23bn euro) global
RTD tea market.
Sugar seeks
natural slot
Soured by the low carbohydrate diet
craze and inroads by synthetic sweeteners, the US Sugar Association is
fighting for market share with a new web site that highlights the
naturalness of sugar. It hopes to appeal to “a more educated, demanding
and savvy consumer”, it says.
The new site will link consumers to
natural sugar-based foods, beverages, cosmetics and other products. The
web site is at http://www.sugar.org/ebusiness/index.html.
Manufacturers of all-natural sugar-based products who want to showcase
their products on the new web site should contact Darin Keith at keith@sugar.org.
Nutrition
Fatties stay slimmer on Slim-Fast
– studies
Clinical research, including a
10-year community study, suggests that people who lose weight on a
Slim-Fast diet stay thinner than their non-dieting counterparts. They also
have higher levels of calcium and other health-giving minerals.
This week’s North American
Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO) heard that people who used
Slim-Fast products routinely were on average 33lb (15kg) thinner compared
to a matched group from the same community who did not follow the study's
meal replacement plan. Women had higher levels of calcium and other
health-giving minerals, and lower levels of chemicals that cause heart
disease.
Earlier this year, Slim-Fast’s
parent Unilever blamed poor Slim-Fast sales for a weaker overall financial
performance.
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