Soft drinks giant PepsiCo is to merge all its North American drinks
operations into one division in a bid to strengthen its position in
its long-running battle with arch rival Coca-Cola.
Almost 70 per cent of American women of childbearing age fail to
take the B vitamin folic acid every day even though many of them
are aware it helps prevent birth defects, according to the latest
survey by the March of Dimes organisation.
Israel has confirmed on Tuesday its first case of mad cow disease,
found in a cow in a kibbutz in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights,
but officials said they were confident no infected meat had reached
the market.
Organic oranges are smaller than their counterparts grown by
traditional methods but that does not stop them from containing
nearly 30 per cent more vitamin C - or from being much more
expensive.
An advisory committee to the European Parliament has ruled that
draft rules on the labelling of genetically modified foods should
be toughened, to the delight of anti-GM campaigners throughout the
Union.
The recall of food products by five Japanese companies reported
yesterday has been extended to another 15 or so firms, making it
likely that the recall will be the biggest in Japan's history.
Calcium has long been known to be essential for improving bone
density, but new research claims that calcium intake can also lead
to a reduction in phosphorous levels, in turn increasing bone loss.
A new case of foot-and-mouth disease has been discovered at a farm
in central South Korea, increasing concerns from Europe and Japan
that football fans there for the World Cup will carry the disease
with them as they move around.
Marlow Foods, the British company which makes the meat substitute
Quorn has been put up for sale by its parent company, the
AstraZeneca pharmaceuticals group.
Poultry meat in Denmark, the Netherlands and Austria is being
tested for traces of a dangerous herbicide which entered the
European food chain via a pesticide store in former East Germany.
A new report from the US-based Nutrition Business Journal
has shown that consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about
improving their health through supplements or food, but at the same
time most have only a rudimentary knowledge...
Sargento, the US-based cheese producer, has managed to achieve
double digit sales growth thanks in part to its prize winning
packaging concept.. The company's director of new products, Brad
Rostowfske, discusses the story behind...
The European market for diet foods is likely to grow steadily over
the next few years as the population continues to grow heavier and
more out of shape, according to a new report from market analysts
Datamonitor.
Danish vegetable oils and fats specialist Aarhus Olie has launched
a new investor relations (IR) website which is designed to help
keep its shareholders up-to-date with developments at the company.
The European Commission has told Spain it must change its rules on
organic food labelling in order to ensure that all products
labelled Bio are organic.