Pfizer Specialty Chemicals Group, a supplier of food ingredients,has been renamed the Pfizer Food Science Group.

Donald Farley, group president, announced Tuesday that heavyinvestment in basic research, coupled with aggressive licensing,has positioned New York-based Pfizer to introduce a new foodproduct every year "through the '90s and beyond."

The Food Science Group's newest product, also announcedTuesday, is a novel fat-reducing agent. Tradenamed Dairy-Lo, itis a natural protein component of milk developed incollaboration with Ault Foods Ltd. of Canada for use in icecream and frozen dairy desserts.

The Food Science Group is one of five operating units of PfizerInc. (NYSE:PFE).

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