Objective: The aim of the present study was to quantify the effects on skin in post-menopausal women of a novel dietary supplement (Imedeen Prime Renewalt) that contained soy extract, fish protein polysaccharides, extracts from white tea, grape seed and tomato, vitamins C and E as well as zinc and chamomile extract. Design: The study was a 6-month double blind, placebo controlled, randomized study on healthy post-menopausal females. Setting: The study was performed at a commercial Contract Research Organisation (TJ Stephens & Associates Inc., TX, USA). Interventions: Two tablets of Imedeen Prime Renewalt or placebo were given twice daily for 6 months. Subjects: Thirty-eight (active group) and 42 (placebo group) subjects completed the study out of 100. Results: Clinical grading showed that the active group had a significantly greater improvement (Po0.05) compared to placebo for the face after 6 months treatment for: forehead, periocular and perioral wrinkles, mottled pigmentation, laxity, sagging, under eye dark circles and overall apperance; skin on the décolletage after 2, 3 and 6 months treatment and skin on the hand after 3 and 6 months treatment. Photo evaluation showed that the active group had a significantly greater improvement (Po0.05) on the face after 3 and 6 months for several parameters. Ultrasound measurements showed that the active group had a significantly greater improvement (Po0.0001) for density measurements after 6 months treatment. Conclusion: In summary, this novel dietary supplement, Imedeen Prime Renewalt, provides improved condition, structure and firmness of the skin in post-menopausal women after 6 months.

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In order to reduce the energy use it is useful to divide the different processes in the factory into energy “users” and energy “transformers”. The juice evaporator train is a “transformer”. When designed correctly all ingoing energy will leave the evaporator to be used elsewhere. Drum drying of pulp and the sugar house are “users”, as most energy supplied cannot be recovered. To save energy requires attention to the “users”, and the “transformers” shall be adapted to fit into the system, so they are only transformers. Examples of this are given. In doing so, it is possible to come down to approximately 140–150kWh supplied energy as fuel. This includes making sugar into white sugar, molasses with a purity of around 60%, and drying all the beet pulp. Energy saving offers reduced CO2 emission. Half of all the VOC (volatile organic compounds) leaving a sugar factory comes from the drum drying of pulp. Steam drying, however, produces no VOC and no dust emission to the atmosphere at all.

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and 2 Nitten Beet Sugar Co. Japan. Steamdrying of beet pulp in Japan and the latest development of the technology.