Levels of total phenols, catechins and caffeine in teas commonly
consumed in the UK have been identified by scientists in the UK.
Future commercial exploitation of tea could depend partly on its
nutraceutical properties.
A UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) study published this week confirms
that scientific testing methods are now able to identify very small
amounts of GM in ingredients in some foods.
A new report by Leatherhead Food Research Association in Britain
says that innovation in product development is crucial for today's
global food and drink markets.
Food manufacturer and supplier Singapore Food Industries (SFI)
announced a full-year profit of $14.82million (EUR17.2million) last
year, a 19 per cent increase from 2000, reported the Straits Times
in Singapore.
Consolidation in the dairy products market has become necessary in
order to increase market share and optimise presence in a highly
competitive and uncertain market environment, Euromonitor
International reports.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) this week published the
first national report, aimed at the food industry, on the exposure
of Irish consumers to food additives in their diet.
Danish food ingredients company Christian Hansen has received a new
patent for a delivery system for the introduction of a starter
culture directly into a dairy process line.
Alcohol can be a major risk factor for breast cancer but a
'healthy' or 'western' diet does not seem to have any adverse
effect. These are the findings of a recent report in the journal
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers...
The Nestle USA - Beverage Division and Ocean Spray Cranberries,
Inc. announced this week that they have formed a long-term
agreement which, they hope, will enable both companies to increase
manufacturing and supply chain efficiency...
Food safety experts from some 120 countries gathered in Morocco
yesterday for an international conference that takes place in the
shadow of a new food scare in Europe.
Britain should tear up its code of conduct on how powerful
supermarkets deal with farmers and small suppliers, an environment
group said on Monday ahead of the publication of a new blueprint
for UK farming and food.
The Chinese government said the European Union's recent decision to
ban certain Chinese meat products on health grounds is
"unacceptable" and warned it could seriously affect bilateral
trade.
Japan said on Monday that food products made from imported rice
would not be affected by a temporary sales ban issued because of
concerns about the safety of foreign rice.
A synthetic antioxidant that can delay and prevent the onset of
autoimmune diabetes in mice could be a useful tool against diabetes
, scientists report this week.
Regular consumption of a chicken essence supplement from food and
health supplement company Cerebos Pacific could help keep blood
sugar level under control, so reveal scientists from the Institute
for Protein Research at Osaka University.
Demand for food containers in the US is forecast to grow more than
three per cent annually to $12.6 billion (€14.5bn) in 2005, reports
US market research company Freedonia Group.
Yesterday's report by the EU Food and Veterinary Office on the
operation of controls over verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli
(VTEC) has revealed inconsistent monitoring between the six
countries visited.
The United Nations world food body urged countries to remove the
antibiotic chloramphenicol from the food chain after events last
week led to a European food scare.
The Food Standards Agency yesterday launched a food safety
management initiative aimed at the producers of specialist British
cheeses such as Cheddar, Stilton and Cheshire.
McDonald's Corp. said on Thursday that its fourth-quarter net
income had fallen 40 per cent, its fifth straight quarterly
decline, as the fast-food giant took charges for U.S. restructuring
and faced declining sales in Latin...
Italy has tightened regulation of its fresh fruit and vegetables
sector to prevent a repeat of the soaring prices seen after drought
and ice destroyed crops, a senior government official said this
week.
Migros, Switzerland's largest supermarket chain, has become the
first European retailer to commit itself to buying palm oil
exclusively from ecologically sound sources.
The EU Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries (CIAA)
recently reminded the new EU Spanish Presidency of the important
issues that it must tackle during the six month presidency.
The chairman of Anglo-Dutch food company Unilever has called on the
new European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to take the lead in the
matter of food safety and to simplify the licensing of novel foods,
in order to encourage innovation.
Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. said on Wednesday
earnings in its fiscal second quarter rose 20 per cent as improved
oilseed crushing margins amid tightening industry capacity helped
lift results.
Snow Brand Food Co Ltd said on Wednesday it falsely claimed 13.8
tonnes of Australian beef was Japanese when it made a 280-tonne
sale to a government-subsidised industry group.
Experts, invited by the Food and Agriculture Organisation, the
World Health Organisation and the United Nations University, met
for the Expert Consultation on Energy in Human Nutrition, the first
such consultation since 1981.
US food company Quaker Oats Company and Biosafe Medical
Technologies, Inc. this week announced a new partnership to help
consumers reduce their cholesterol.
Dutch food ingredients company DSM announced this week that it is
set to build a new applications development laboratory for Food
Specialties and Bakery Ingredients in Delft, Netherlands.
A consignment of fishmeal feed produced in Germany using some
ingredients contaminated with an antibiotic presents no danger to
public health, the Lower Saxony state agriculture ministry in
Germany said yesterday.
Britain will ask this week to be designated free of foot-and-mouth
disease, so ending costly international trade sanctions imposed
during last year's epidemic, officials said on Monday.
Australian food giant Goodman Fielder plans to sell its
Invercargill food ingredients export business to an
Australian-owned company, writes the New Zealand Herald this week.
The European Commission this week cleared the proposed acquisition
of the French starch business Cerestar by US company Cargill Inc,
with one exception. Concerns about the deal's impact in the UK
market for sweeteners means that...
The Ajinomoto Association Prize for Research in Nutrition has been
awarded to Professor Claude Ricour, Chief Physician of Hepatic
Gastroenterology and Paediatric Nutrition at Hôpital Necker in
Paris.
Research into a new appetite suppressant may have reached a new
stage. Scientists in the United States claim this week that a
compound, called C75, successfully alters the natural balance of
brain messengers that normally send signals...