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The British Water Cooler Association proffers its opinion on the heated debate regarding bottled water.

Today’s women lead very busy lives, making it difficult to follow a proper diet and eat healthy. Designer Whey is preparing to combat this trend with the release of its Protein.2Go supplement packs.

The LTA has announced that Highland Spring will continue its sponsorship of the Great Britain Davis Cup team for 2008, while also signing up as the first 'official supplier' in the LTA’s new commercial programme.

A hands-free product that provides users with constant hydration, even if they have reduced mobility, has been developed by UK company Hydrate for Health.

Stonyfield Farm has renamed 2-a-Day, its high-calcium yogurt, YoCalcium. The company claims the yogurt contains more than twice the calcium of other leading yogurts, plus vitamin D and inulin to boost calcium absorption.

US filtration products company Pureez has launched a countertop hot and cold POU water cooler that uses ultraviolet (UV) rays to purify water.

Watermark Consultancy's Michael Hurst rounds off another year of advising water cooler companies by solving your sanitisation queries. This time, frothy tea, foot washing and cement are put under the spotlight.

The public inquiry set up to investigate the second biggest outbreak of E. coli O157 in the UK, which occurred in South Wales in September 2005, starts taking evidence in public today when it holds its oral hearings in Cardiff.

The UK’s Food Standards Agency has said it's worried about the amount of saturated fats in our diet because of its close links to heart disease.

Exquisa Fruiss from Exquisa Italia is the first fruit and vegetable shot in Italy.

Two new product launches from Wyke Farms: Full Flavour Mature Cheddar in association with diet guru Rosemary Conley's; and Unsalted Farmhouse Butter.

It has just been revealed that the humble potato, in food intolerance terms, is the safest food in Britain. The findings come from food intolerance experts, YorkTest.com.