Food makers will have increasingly accurate data about their
consumers as researchers in the US design a new method to help
survey respondents remember 'forgotten foods'.
Number two vitamin maker BASF and the former number one Roche have
been told by the US Supreme Court that a case brought by customers
outside the US against the companies for price-fixing cannot
proceed, reports Dominique Patton.
Hydrolysed whey proteins significantly reduce blood pressure in a
small clinical trial, likely by altering multiple cardiovascular
disease risk facters, reported researchers at a recent diabetes
conference, writes Dominique Patton.
Leading food manufacturer Heinz is to cut the salt content of its
celebrated baked beans as consumer health concerns continue over
the levels of salt used in processed foods.
As the buffer zone for global cereal stocks continues to fall and
raw material prices rise, the UN-backed Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) warned this week that cereal stocks will
continue to fall, predicting that although...
Australian food ingredients firm Burns Philp could be close to
announcing the sale of its North American spice business, Tones
Brothers, for up to $500 million, say Australian media reports.
A common, but increasingly expensive and popular, food ingredient
is the focus of a new global initiative to protect production.
Ingredients firm Aarhus United has linked up with other
stakeholders in the food industry to push a plan...
Facing up to changing tastes and demands is part and parcel of
everyday business for the global food industry, but a recent survey
in the US suggests that assessing just exactly what today's
consumer wants is becoming increasingly...
Old World wine producers – who just 15 years ago had the British
wine market almost to themselves – still need to do more to counter
the ongoing threat from New World producers, a new report suggests.
But solving the problem is likely...
The European Investment Bank, the European Union's financing
institution, is making available a total of €70 million for Small
and Medium Sized Enterprises in Serbia and Montenegro.
More than 777,000 bottled water cooler units were installed at the
end of 2003 across East Europe, 26 per cent more than in 2002,
according to the fourth report on East Europe Water Coolers from
drinks consultancy Zenith International.
Russian market research company Market Advice has conducted an
extensive study into sauce preferences in the country's capital.
The study reveals that mayonnaise remains a firm number one, with
leading condiment maker Unilever...
New laws on genetically modified foodstuffs ushered into Europe
earlier this year may be tough, but Australia and New Zealand's
joint food watchdog claims that their own rules are among the
toughest, following an extensive review...
Britannia Health Products, the company set up to market the evening
primrose oil brand Efamol, is introducing a range of breakfast
cereals containing Hi-maize prebiotic resistant starch.
The widespread restructuring of Ahold's business announced two
years ago looks set to continue to impact results at the Dutch
retail group this year, with first quarter results hit by disposals
and currency exchange rates.
Findings from a new report from the Geneva-based World Trade
Organisation suggest today's highly processed food industry will
continue its thirst for ingredients, writes Lindsey Partos.
In the past two decades international trade...
With a plethora of brands from which to choose and long-established
patterns of consumption, the prospects of significant growth in the
French chocolate market might seem remote. But a new report
suggests that there is plenty of movement...
Little evidence supports either the safety or efficacy of
nutritional supplements in helping to improve diabetes-related
conditions despite strong public interest in natural therapies,
according to the head of a government-funded...
A new study supports growing evidence that eating fruit - thanks to
the protective antioxidants they contain - can help men and women
fight against the onset of age-related maculopathy (ARM), a
degenerative eye disease that can cause...
Shareholders in UK symbol group Londis will vote next week to
decide on whether to accept a £60 million takeover bid from Irish
retailer Musgrave, a bid which has been consistently supported by
the company's board. But this has...
German cheese maker Hochland has opened a new €35 million
production facility in the Moscow area, aimed at capitalising on
rising demand in the Russian market.
The Slovakian soft drinks market has grown by a healthy 31 per cent
since 1998, driven by increasing tourism and the arrival of the
multinationals, says a recent market report.
The demand for ingredients that lift fibre levels and reduce
carbohydrate quantities has been a major boost for textured wheat
protein supplier MGP Ingredients, recently announcing plans to
expand production capacity, writes Lindsey...
Researchers are to investigate whether a genistein-rich food,
derived from soybeans and shiitake mushrooms, could help slow or
even halt the progression of early prostate cancer.
Europe's organic food and farming sector got a major boost this
week with the adoption by the European Commission of a new action
plan to promote the sector. The challenge will be to ensure, and
maintain, consumer trust in premium-priced...
A slice of nut and nut products on sale in the UK today, including
peanut butter and marzipan, were found to contain harmful toxins,
said the UK's food watchdog this week, following an annual survey.
Retailers rush to amend the...
Further evidence to support the inclusion of carotenoids in food
formulations comes from the US with a new study showing that high
blood levels of carotenoids, a family of disease-beating
antioxidants found in fruits and vegetables,...
Food manufacturers must continue to be on the alert for a red devil
as the list of products containing the potentially carcinogenic,
and illegal, red dye Sudan I is far from tailing off. Now the UK
Food Standards Agency is alerting...
A new four-roll dough moulder from APV Baker is said to provide
industrial bakers with a number of benefits, not least the
extension of product shelf life.
New research funded by the UK's Food Standards Agency could help
food manufacturers ensure that the meat-free food eaten by
vegetarians and people from certain ethnic groups is not
contaminated by meat.
British promoters of carbohydrate-rich foods such as bread and
potatoes have repeatedly stressed that the low-carb Atkins diet fad
has had little or no impact on sales of their products. But this
has not stopped them from going to...
Energy and sports drinks continued their rapid rise up the soft
drinks rankings last year, driven by new product launches and an
increasing trend towards convenience and on-the-go consumption. But
while most of the growth has come...
The UK food safety watchdog has 'provisionally reached a view' that
the sweet, purple saskatoon berry recently available to consumers
will have to apply for pre-market approval before being allowed
back on the shelves, writes...
Japanese scientists have found that red pepper, also known as
cayenne pepper, suppresses fat and energy intake when added to the
diet but they say that this is not a result of the spice's
sensation on the mouth. The multi-use...
Eastern Europe will prove pivotal to future palm oil demand.
According to the Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council both Russia
and Ukraine will be driving demand, which is expected to top growth
of ten per cent in the coming years,...
As food makers increasingly turn to nutrients to fortify and
'functionalise' their food products for a growing consumer market,
a new study out of the US find that high doses of vitamin C
increase the severity of spontaneous...
Japanese sweetener and seasonings giant Ajinomoto plans to ramp up
production of its Masako flavoured seasoning in Indonesia, reported
the Nihon Keizai Shimbun yesterday.
If the biotech industry had first launched foodstuffs bursting with
health benefits for the consumer it is likely that shoppers might
have more readily accepted genetically modified foods, so claims
the former head of the US Food...
The European food industry awaits as the European Commission
huddles together to assess possible changes to the current
nutrition labelling rules governing food products, reports
Lindsey Partos. Industry is concerned that amendments...
As the anti-GM feel gains pace in Europe Britain's third largest
retailer Sainsbury has seized the moment launching onto the
supermarket shelves a milk produced from cows 'guaranteed to have
been fed a GM free diet'....
Exercise is more influential than calcium intake in determining
bone strength in young women, say US researchers, who found that
daily calcium intake had no significant impact on bone gain during
adolescence. They say that taking...
Europe can consider itself almost free from the contagious
foot-and-mouth disease but must be remain vigilant - the FMD virus
is stable in chilled products and can be transmitted through the
movement of meat.
Following approval in Australia and New Zealand for the
increasingly popular low-cal, prebiotic sweetener tagatose,
licensee Arla Food Ingredients has farmed out the rights for
distribution for the two countries to fellow ingredients...
Food makers opting for sugar rich recipes for their soft drink
formulations are under constant attack from consumer groups
claiming that the sugar content is harmful to teeth. But a new
study from the US finds that flavour additives...
A better insight into how harmful food pathogens such as E.coli and
Salmonella survive on fresh fruits and vegetables is the key to
stemming the rising tide of human disease outbreaks linked to fresh
produce.
Kesko Food, part of the Finnish Kesko Group, and ICA Baltic AB, a
company belonging to the Swedish ICA AB Group, have signed an
agreement to set up a 50/50 joint venture for the Baltic food
market.
Sun Interbrew has confirmed that it is preparing to invest
significantly in a number of its production facilities in Russia
and that the programme will focus considerably on its Omsk facility
in Siberia.
Heineken has reached an agreement with its Kazakhstani
co-shareholders to increase its stake in Kazakhstan based Dinal LLP
from 51 per cent to 97 per cent, in a move that aims to capitilise
on a growing market.
According to figures recently released by the Russian Economic
Trade Development and Trade Ministry, food production is expected
to grow by 7.2 per cent in 2004. Simon Pitman spoke to the
Russian Ministry and found out that, although...
Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods, one of Russia's leading dairy and soft
beverage companies, has announced a fall of 25.4 per cent in its
net quarterly income due mainly to the rising price of milk and
depreciation of equipment.