Retail sales in the UK during July increased by 1.8 per cent on a
like-for-like basis, and showed growth of 4.3 per cent on a total
basis, compared with a year earlier according to a new report from
analyst KPMG and the British Retail...
Building on a stronger start to the year, Germany's third largest
chemicals group reports continued growth into the second quarter
with an increase in demand pushing up sales and earnings for the
period but the firm warned that...
Firm changes to the heavily criticised European sugar regime are
unlikely to have a significant effect on the world sugar market,
and that prices are likely to remain low, a US sugar industry
analyst tells an international sweetener...
Disgraced Italian food giant Parmalat is suing Deutsche Bank for
€17 million, which it claims it was ordered to repay two weeks
before it plunged into bankruptcy.
Brussels invests in the fat issue backing a five-year programme to
investigate the most effective way dietary fat change could impact
the current worldwide obesity epidemic.
Ken Conrad, a farmer who has been farming organically since 1982,
believes that misinformation about the true nature of Mad Cow
Disease continues to cost the global meat industry millions.
Anthony Fletcher reports.
Starch and starch derivatives supplier Cerestar has designed a new
maltitol syrup application targetted at European dairy makers
looking to cut the calories in their health-positioned product
range, notably fruit yoghurts.
Fuelling ongoing controversy over the benefits, or downfalls, of a
low -carbohydrate diet a new study carried out on nearly 2000
Mexican women finds hefty rations of carb's could impact the risk
of developing breast cancer but...
Dairy science moves one step closer to helping dairy manufacturers
formulate the right product to meet customer demand as food
scientists reveal the science behind consumer perception of nutty
flavours in the popular cheddar cheese,...
The growing popularity of the low-carb diet among US and UK
consumers is squeezing supplies for speciality ingredients used by
food makers to target this new market and driving ingredients firms
to roll out alternatives. Looking to...
A three year EU project funded by Brussels will seek to improve
understanding of the role phytoestrogens, found in a host of foods,
can play in reducing the risk of colon, breast and prostate
cancers.
Extending food scientists' understanding of potential carcinogens
in food products and allowing food makers to quantify dietary
exposure to these compounds, a group of researchers in Spain have
compiled an extensive database...
Long running assessment of materials in contact with food continues
with the additive panel at Europe's food watchdog concluding that
BADGE, and its chlorohydrins, do not raise concern for
carcinogenicity and genotoxicity.
The Co-op is launching the UK's first ever 100 per cent degradable
plastic bread wrappers after a survey suggested six out of 10
retailers should use only degradable or bio-degradable materials.
Slight growth for Danish enzymes giant Novozymes in the first half
of the year with Europe providing steady returns but US market
knocked by the popular low carbohydrate diet that has hit the
baking industry.
Belgian international food retailer Delhaize Group is set to
continue its policy of divesting loss-making ventures following
favourable second quarter results published today.
Researchers from Tufts University, Boston, US have concluded from a
review of recent literature that further studies need to be carried
out to substantiate the link between the ingestion of probiotics
and gastrointestinal health.
Hurt by rising operating costs and a shift in consumer taste
against traditional white flour based products, Canadian food giant
George Weston has embarked on a search for better margins in
premium bakery products.
Baltic Beverages
Holdings (BBH) has revealed falling market share in the Russian
market and sliding profits after announcing its first half results.
The performance underlines increasing competition and higher sales
and distribution...
Portuguese group Jerónimo Martins has announced a 78 per cent
increase in its half yearly profits, boosted by a significant
increase in its Polish retail operations, helping the division to
increase its lead in that market.
As consumers turn their backs on black tea in favour of
health-positioned alternatives such as herbal or fruit teas, tea
makers rolling out new products to target this growing market might
gain from a new technology developed by UK...
As central Europe sits out a cool summer, beverage manufacturers
across the region are reporting sales well down on last year - a
bumper year in which temperatures hit record highs.
Consumer trust in ingredient labels moved up a gear in the US
yesterday as President George W. Bush signed off new rules on food
allergens that will mean tighter labelling requirements for all
food makers operating in the US market,...
British retailer the Co-op has long prided itself on its ethical
principles, holding firm to the co-operative principles of acting
for its members and customers rather than shareholders. These
principles have seen it lead the way...
Warnings over food products entering the EU zone containing the
potentially carcinogenic food colour Sudan 1 continue with the UK's
watchdog recalling fresh batches of bean products.
For 47 years, the UK's most consistently popular chocolate bar has
been advertised with the slogan 'Have a break, have a Kit Kat', a
phrase which has entered the British lexicon and become synonymous
with the two- or...
Between eight and 50 per cent of US retail beef carrying a label
with the name 'Angus' does not meet the USDA criteria for Angus
branding, according to a recent DNA test.
Central European Distribution Corporation, a leading distributor of
alcoholic beverages in Poland, is predicting another strong
financial performance by unveiling an increase in its preliminary
second quarter profits. The figures...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is to increase
its capital charter investement in Danone Industria in a move that
is expected to help finance expansion plans, allowing the company
to more than double its annual...
Duckworth Flavours says that following its acquisition by Cargill
at the start of the year it will now be focusing on supplying
ingredients to the eastern European markets in a bid to increase
its position in the European ingredients...
Malt- and chocolate-based drinks are often seen as relatively
unsophisticated in developed markets in the west, but in many
countries, in particular in Latin America, they are big business
indeed, marketed mostly as an excellent source...
Two years after the UK government launched an organic action plan
for the entire food supply chain, the country has seen a 46 per
cent rise in organic produce provided by UK farms.
France's lawmakers have banned soft drink and chocolate bar vending
machines in schools from the beginning of the 2005/06 school year,
a measure designed to nip the growing childhood obesity problem in
the bud.
A new TV advert for UK snack brand Nik Naks highlights the
continued development of the product's 'personality' by owner
Golden Wonder, an approach which continues to win over new
consumers to the quirky snack even...
The increasingly popular herbal extract aloe vera may be able to
prolong the amount of time a trauma injury patient can survive
before receiving treatment, such as a blood transfusion, according
to researchers at the University of...
Breakthrough talks at the weekend on world trade will have received
a reticent welcome from a European food industry likely to see the
phasing out of payouts to export food products.
Food makers might want to push the value of full fat dressings as
food scientists in the US claim they could boost our health by
increasing the body's ability to absorb disease-fighting
carotenoids.
Slim Technologies has combined its supply chain modelling software
with optimisation solver Xpress-MP to offer users such as Alcoa run
times of up to 15 times faster.
US agribusiness Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), one of the world's
largest processors of soybeans, saw double-digit sales growth for
the year but overall profits were hit by an unpredictable
agribusiness market.
US ingredients giant ADM saw double-digit sales growth for the year
but overall profits were dragged down by a recent payout of
millions of dollars to leading food and beverage manufacturers to
settle a lawsuit linked to the popular...
Adding isolated soy protein to men's diets could help reduce
problems experienced in the advanced stages of type two diabetes,
according to a small study by researchers at the University of
Illinois.
Food developers and high street retailers looking to cash in on the
burgeoning health trend will be attracted by the arrival of a new
plum bursting with antioxidants.
Science is getting to grips with mad cow disease. Researchers have
designed a synthetic protein (prion) that makes mice display
symptoms similar to those of the brain-wasting condition, as well
as offering the potential for new therapies...