Manufacturers on the health wagon will welcome news this week that
food scientists have designed free radical beating crisps, complete
with an oregano flavour.
Following a scientific risk assessment, the European Parliament and
the European Council adopted a directive prohibiting the use of
growth promoting hormones on 14 October, reports CORDIS.
Carrefour is to focus on its popular hypermarket format in
Thailand, even though new governement regulations there could make
it harder to expand in the future. The group hopes to open four
outlets there in 2004, taking its total...
Global tugs of war continue in the trade zone with the the WTO
agreeing to demands from the US and Australia to examine Europe's
rules on the protection of place and product names.
The sixth International Cocoa Agreement in three decades came into
force at the beginning of October, heralding a break from the past
with the exclusion of market regulatory mechanisms - production
quotas, buffer stocks and other...
One year after new rules on organic standards hit the American food
industry one in ten Americans are eating more organic foods,
reports a US trend tracker - but price is still a barrier to new
converts.
Burgeoning private agribusiness Cargill saw net earnings slip in
the first quarter of 2004, but performance remained on track
topping last year's figures by a wisp.
Calls to food manufacturers to develop alternative methods for
sealing jars of food were voiced by the UK Food Standards Agency
this week following a European scientific review on the presence of
semicarbazide - a weak carcinogen...
Hot weather in France pushed down Q3 sales at Guyenne &
Gascogne, but the same phenomenon helped lift turnover at the
company's Spanish joint venture, Centros Comerciales Carrefour.
A recent study provides strong evidence that process industry
automation users are frustrated with the low success levels
provided by current plant production management strategies.
A major technology breakthrough that allows the remote monitoring
of retail vending machines in realtime has been made possible using
the Alarm Telelog from UK-based Jekyll Electronic Technology.
The Benelux operation of Fiske Food Ingredients, a distribution
business belonging to €4bn Dutch industrial chemicals group Univar,
has linked up with starch ingredients company Avebe to distribute
the co-operative's full range...
Building on the one-stop-supplier philosophy, the new kid on the
xanthan gum block Danisco has made inroads into the market this
week, linking up with one of the largest xanthan gum suppliers in
China, the Henan Tianguan group.
Ongoing rumours that the Irish food and ingredients company Kerry
Group had bought up a US fruit flavour operation were at last
confirmed with the ambitious food ingredients business broadcasting
that it has purchased US-based Da...
Germans are the most traditional eaters in Europe, while the
British are the biggest fans of take-aways and the Spanish are the
least likely to invite friends round for dinner - at least
according to a new report from Mintel released...
Methods of cooking can cause vegetables to lose their
cancer-fighting compounds, new evidence published in the Journal of
the Science of Food and Agriculture claims microwaving to be the
biggest culprit.
Limited consumer awareness threatens to restrain the development of
probiotics markets, finds a new Frost & Sullivan report, yet
sales of the healthy ingredient are still set to almost triple in
value over the next six years.
The UK cereals industry has applauded a recent move by the
government to award the cereals industry forum - representing the
cereal trade bodies - a grant of £1.4m over the next three years
'to improve efficiency and competitiveness...
Certain methods of preparation and cooking can causevegetables to
lose their cancer-fighting compounds, with microwaving the biggest
culprit, according to new evidence published in the Journal of the
Science of Food and Agriculture.
As US International Flavours and Fragrances and Swiss company
Givaudan continue to fight it out for the number one global
flavours and fragrance spot, the Swiss supplier reports stable but
far from dazzling 3 per cent sales growth...
The global leader in factory and process automation solutions,
SICK, announced today its new control unit for safeguarding
operations on larger and more complicated machinery.
The massive price increases introduced on various fruit and
vegetable products in Spain last month cannot be justified by the
summer heat wave, as the retail trade has claimed, according to
various organisations representing growers...
The healthy image of soyfoods is set to lift sales in Europe even
higher in coming years, with growth in soya-based alternatives to
dairy and meat products expected to enter double digits from 2003 -
2005, according to a pan-European...
The US FDA has published two of the major interim final regulations
implementing the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism
Preparedness and Response Act in the Federal Register.
Further confirmation that the European consumer is throwing more
and more soy foods into his/her supermarket trolley comes from a
new report that reveals in 2002 per capita consumption of
soya-based drinks and desserts grew by over...
Ireland took a closer look at its organic food industry last week
with representatives from the department of agriculture & food,
Bord Bia and the Western Development Commission (WDC) hosting a
forum for producers, processors,...
South African millers must fortify flour and maize meal with a
blend of vitamins and minerals, including folic acid, following new
legislation introduced this week to improve malnutrition in the
country.
Seal-it-Systems (SIS) have recently launched a compact vacuum
chamber designed specifically for the testing of sealed containers
such as yogurt pots and other products that require an air-tight
seal.
Europe has brought ventilation to smoke flavourings with the
adoption of new rules that aim to harmonise substantially diverse
legislation in the member states which sees some countries adopting
very strict authorisation procedures,...
Tackling the stable bakery market, Danish functional ingredients
supplier Danisco has launched the next generation of enzymes for
dough-strengthening and increased volume for the final baked
product.
The UK's Food Standards Agency has published details of an
investigation and audit carried out by UK scientists which shows
discrepancies in current testing methods for shellfish toxins.
Belgian government officials said that the country will cease the eradication of entire herds in the case of new outbreaks of mad cow disease on farms, but slaughter cows selectively.
Dutch based company Acatris, recently formed through the merger of
food and health companies Daminco, Orffa Health & Nutrition,
Schouten USA and SoyLife Nederland, has sold the the assests of its
brewery division in a bid to concentrate...
Sharp increases in the prices of many fresh fruit and vegetables in
Spain last month are to be investigated by the country's
competition authorities. Prices have risen across Europe as the hot
weather reduced harvests, but the...
More than half the women participating in a trial in New Zealand
stopped taking HRT after last year's Women's Health study, report
researchers this week. Are natural supplements filling the gap?
Controversial new rules in the US on the labelling of trans fatty
acids (TFAs) on food products continue to meet with opposition from
food manufacturers. On Thursday the National Food Processors
Association - the industry body - voiced...
Australian confectionery ginger giant warns of profit plunge due to
intense pressure from rising dollar, a sharp turnaround from the
previous guidance that profits would rise in 2003.
So what shape and form has innovation in the food and drink
industry taken this month? From flashing lollies to lemon crisps
via elderflower Fanta, Mintel provides this months latest round-up
of new product development.
Carrefour, the world's number two retailer, has made no secret of
its ambitious expansion programme, and with new stores giving a
significant boost to third quarter sales, the company's strategy
cannot be faulted - especially...
Sainsbury, the UK's number three food retailer, is falling further
behind rivals Tesco and Asda with a decline in like-for-like sales
during the second quarter of the year. The company also faces
increased competition from a...
Food science and food processing are the focus of the 8th ASEAN
food conference taking place in Hanoi, Vietnam this week. Organised
by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations the event will set
out to inspire new business opportunities...
Competition in the European flavours arena - already tough -
slammed up a gear yesterday with the news that US agribusiness
giant Cargill has swallowed up its first flavour business in Europe
- UK company The Duckworth Group, marking...
Around 30 industry and governmental experts from Central and
Eastern European candidate countries (CEEC's) are meeting this week
for a seminar on food safety.
The trend towards healthy variants of food products not normally
known for their functional nature is continuing, with the likes of
Cadbury, Müller and Bonduelle all getting in on the act in recent
months, according to Mintel's...
Two years after the company went public, $20 billion US oilseed
giant Bunge declares a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.11 per
share following swiftly on from strong second quarter earnings
announced in July this year.
Ongoing investigations in the UK continue to unearth food products
contaminated by the potential carcinogen Sudan 1, several months
after EU laid down emergency measures to block imports of chilli
powder contaminated with the red...
Report from UK agency predicts strident figures for the rise in
obesity levels in children suggesting that by the time children
reach the age of 15 nearly one in five, or 18 per cent, are obese.
And there's no sign of a slow...
