Opinions & Views from Editors and Contributors
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Welcome to the blogs page of the Functional
Ingredients website. Here our editors and guest
contributors will be offering comment and opinion on
major industry issues which we hope you will find
stimulating. We encourage you to enter the debate and
respond with your own views and feel free to argue with
our bloggers! Our guest blogger is Julian Mellentin who many of you will know as Editor of New Nutrition Business. Guaranteed to be provocative, Julian will be offering his unique insights ever month into the world of functional foods and in ingredients. Our Science Editor, Todd Runestad will comment on the
latest scientific research – and how it could impact
your business. Todd is a passionate advocate of
functional ingredients and a great fan of conspiracy
theories – so these two are sure to make a highly
combustible column each month.
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Todd Runestad has been reporting on the nutrition industry for more than 10 years. He is science editor for Functional Ingredients.
Should botanicals be regulated as a category distinct from vitamins and minerals?
Julian Mellentin is director of The Center for Food &
Health Studies, a London-based think tank which researches, analyses
and forecasts developments in food, nutrition and health around the
world, as well as providing advice for companies and government
organizations. He is also Editor-in-Chief of New Nutrition
Business. Premiumisation - a buzz word for health in 2008
Peter Sofroniou
as Editorial Director of the Functional Ingredients e-media and print editions, will be looking at some of the big picture issues each month.
Physicians now recommending supplements - whatever next?
An Australian, Shane Starling, is actually our European Editor and he will offer some global insights with his own unique perspective from our London office. Polyphenols have great potential but not enough science
Todd Runestad has been reporting on the nutrition industry for more than 10 years. He is science editor for Functional Ingredients.
Antioxidant redux: Is it the lazy media, or is it Big Pharma?
Julian Mellentin is director of The Center for Food &
Health Studies, a London-based think tank which researches, analyses
and forecasts developments in food, nutrition and health around the
world, as well as providing advice for companies and government
organizations. He is also Editor-in-Chief of New Nutrition
Business. Consumer awareness of omega-3s is not the same as motivation to buy

