Food ingredients company Opta Food Ingredients this week boasted a
healthy 24 per cent increase in revenue for the third quarter with
the demand for fibre products largely fuelling the growth and
catapulting the company into the black.
New organic food labels regulated by the US Agriculture Department
which were launched this week have been welcomed by most US
producers as a useful marketing tool, but the move could shut out
many smaller European farmers from the...
The controversy surrounding genetically modified foods hotted up
this week as environmental campaigners Friends of the Earth (FOE)
on Tuesday launched its GM-free Britain campaign, calling on local
authorities to become GM-free zones.
US Department of Agriculture announces its flagship National
Nutrient Database, a listing of more than 6,000 food items, is
available for downloading free of charge onto handheld personal
digital assistants, or PDAs.
Analysts of the Japanese functional food market shed light on the
€8.4bn Japanese nutritional supplement market with the release of a
new report. Growth remains, strong despite general economic
downturn, with the forecast optimistic...
New report reveals that growth in value-added products designed for
specific applications is set to drive the food additives market in
the US. Flavours will gain nearly fifty per cent of the market,
with alternative sweetners revealing...
Over 5000 exhibitors from 98 countries are boasting their wares in
Paris this week as SIAL, a fantastic celebration of food and drink,
opened its doors on Sunday to an expected 130,000 visitors. One key
issue being discussed here...
Bunge, the world's largest oilseed processor, which recently
acquired a 55 per cent stake in rival French-based Cereol, said
yesterday that quarterly earnings rose sharply as a slump in the
Brazilian currency helped boost the...
The return of America's Space Shuttle Atlantis last Friday also
meant the return of soybeans grown and developed in space by
scientists, who will analyse the harvested seeds to determine if
they have improved oil or protein properties...
New research suggests that losing even modest amounts of weight can
pay off in better health. Researchers at the University of North
Carolina report in Obesity Research this month that losing
weight decreases activity of a key enzyme...
It is an undisputable fact that modern consumers are constantly
driving food developers to new heights - and it is nowhere more
evident than in the field of health. At SIAL, the food and drink
industry extravaganza taking place in...
A dispute over the rights to one of Russia's best-known brands,
Stolichnaya, has spread to Germany where the vodka and other brands
owned by the SPI Group have been banned from sale.
Labels listing energy density - the number of calories per ounce -
do not encourage overeating the way "low fat" labels are suspected
of doing, a study from Penn State university in the US has shown.
Sales of organic juices in Europe are projected to reach €90
million in 2002, according to a study by Organic Monitor which
states that the rise in popularity is a result of consumer demand
for healthy foods.
Some 250 top food safety experts from across the UK gathered in
London last week for the first ever foodlink National Food Safety
Communications Conference.
Dimaco, the Belgium-based quality assurance systems provider, has
cornered the problem of code and label accuracy with the launch of
its online verifier.
Spain's food and drink exports continue to grow steadily each year,
but the economic difficulties expected in many of its core overseas
markets will force the industry to concentrate on more product
promotions.
Spinal cord has been found in German beef imported into the UK,
according to the UK's Food Standards Agency. Bovine spinal cord,
one of the parts most likely to be contain BSE, is specified risk
material (SRM) and under European...
Food safety experts from across the UK gathered in London last week
for the first National Food Safety Communications Conference
organised by the country's Food and Drink Federation (FDF). Awards
were given to those teams with...
The UK-based Silsoe Research Institute has developed a power saw
that can more efficiently strip the spines out of cattle and sheep
carcasses, claiming to further cut the risk of infecting people
with the agent that causes the fatal...
Genetically modified foods, currently fuelling fiery debates across
the world, could help to make the life of the cook more pleasant.
In a new study from Japan, researchers claim to have identified the
enzyme that releases a tear-duct-tickling...
A successful trial of three Marks & Spencer Simply Food outlets
has prompted the company to extend the number of stores to 40 in
railway stations across the UK over the next three years.
One of the toughest legislations in the world on genetically
modified organisms came into force in Europe on Thursday with a new
EU Directive that strengthens 10-year-old rules on testing and
licensing GMOs used as crops or ingredients.
The Brussels authorities has ruled that the acquisition of French
Champagne house by Frere's CNP company will not lead to any
dilution of competition in either the wine or the perfume sectors.
Ongoing research supported by the International Union of Food
Science & Technology reveals the value of food fortification.
In a recent paper food scientist Professor Moutairou Egounlety
discusses Gari, a cassava-based fermented...
A study of more than 400 Swedish women has found that folate
deficiency was associated with a 50 per cent increase in risk of
early miscarriage. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in
Stockholm, Sweden, also found that high folate...
In a week of news awash with food safety scares, consumers will
find some comfort today with a report from the UK Food Standards
Agency that reveals health risks arising from mixtures of low-level
pesticides in foods - the so-called...
Future weight loss diets could become 'custom-made' for each
individual, according to scientists working on a three-year
international research project funded by the European Union. The
project, known as Nugenob, explores...
UK scientists identify protein components in cereal crops
responsible for the debilitating condition coeliac disease offering
hope to sufferers. The findings could lead to foods modified to
remove the rogue sequence.
Speakers at a recent conference on the draft wine law currently
going through the Spanish parliament have stressed the beneficial
effects the law is likely to have on improving quality and reducing
over-production.
Like Carrefour last week, French retailer Casino has reported third
quarter results severely impacted by the effect of exchange rates,
in particular from its Latin American unit. But sales nonetheless
progressed during the quarter.
Carlsberg's head of supply chain, Jette Knudsen, is to leave the
group in December after a disastrous summer season which saw the
company recall millions of cans of sour-tasting beer from the
domestic market.
Biomerica, a global medical technology company, has been contracted
to develop a new food allergy test for the Kyowa Medex Company in
Japan, a subsidiary of Kyowa Hakko Kogyo, a leading Japanese
pharmaceutical company. Terms of the...
Shares of Surebeam, the US provider of electronic beam food safety
systems, yesterday soared more than 30 per cent after the company
won its latest grocery contract amid concern over meat safety
following several US outbreaks of food-borne...
Pure, a non-dairy spread which has taken the UK yellow fats marekt
by storm over the last three years, is to be relaunched with a new
pack design to give it greater on-shelf stand-out.
A new study from the US claims that the increasingly popular
supplement, coenzyme Q10, could dramatically reduce deterioration
associated with the early stages of Parkinson's disease.
In the UK one person has died and around 150 have fallen ill with a
rare form of food poisoning linked to the use of raw eggs as a food
ingredient, reports the Independent.
Agribusiness giant Cargill said on Tuesday that strong results from
its food ingredient and grain and oilseed businesses worldwide had
helped the company boost earnings from continuing operations by 25
per cent in the first quarter.
Dutch fruit and vegetable group The Greenery has merged its
operations with two compatriot groups, giving it a greater share of
the European organic sector and strengthening the market position
of its farmer suppliers.
Hypermarket and supermarket food sales dropped sharply in
September, partly because of unusually high sales in August, but
also because of an underlying downturn in consumer spending, warns
the Paris Chamber of Commerce.
European Commissioner for Research Philippe Busquin has issued a
thinly veiled attack on opponents to 'new technologies' in Europe,
warning that European competitiveness in agriculture could be
harmed through 'through...
Research into the coloured compounds, called anthocyanins, found in
strongly coloured berries will provide new insights into the role
of these compounds in the prevention of cardiovascular disease,
claim scientists from the food...
The 1968 limited edition of Bunnahabhain Auld Acquaintance Scotch
whisky is expected to sell out within months of its release - just
like its two predecessors.
Wilbur Chocolate, a unit of agribusiness giant Cargill said on
Monday that it has purchased rival Peter's Chocolate from Nestle
USA, making it the top US supplier of chocolate to confectionery
makers and bakers.
In the news on Monday we reported on the launch of a new
European-funded project to investigate the cancer-preventing powers
of garlic. Today we report that scientists in Oslo, Norway reveal
that the fatty fish could have the power...
An Oxford University scientist has invented a new non-toxic
compound therapy, based on the Indian spice turmeric, that has
shown positive results in the treatment of radiotherapy-induced
side effects.
