EU Advocate General Francis Jacobs has said that the ban on the use
of the name 'Tocai' for Italian wine should be upheld. The
announcement reignites arguments surrounding Geographical
Indications (GIs) and the right to...
Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa are strong growth areas
for the flavours market while in western Europe low calorie and low
carb diets will continue to spur demand, claims a new report,
writes Lindsey Partos.
Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa are strong growth areas
for the flavours market while in western Europe low calorie and low
carb diets will continue to spur demand, claims a new report.
More than 50 countries around the world are still iodine-deficient,
according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), which is calling
for strengthened salt iodisation programmes.
Forecourt convenience stores are becoming increasingly important
revenue sources for the leading supermarket groups, either as part
of their own petrol retail business or in partnership with fuel
companies. But maximising the potential...
One of Sweden's biggest meat and cheese processing companies,
recently under pressure from increased competition, will soon be
supplying sandwiches as well as the fillings by establishing a new
business unit to exploit the growing...
Solnechnie Produkti is confident that its low-calorie brand of
mayonnaise has the potential to occupy seven per cent of the
domestically produced generic mayonnaise market in Russia and two
per cent of the mayonnaise market in general,...
Discount food retailer Lidl is forecast to continue its phenomenal
European success in 2005 and Eastern Europe, especially Hungary, is
a main target for growth - a move likely to squeeze smaller
domestic producers but aid big brands,...
A dot.ru company has opened an online wine store in Russia in
anticipation of the coming electronic shopping craze, despite what
sceptics might say, writes Angela Drujinina.
Competition continues to bite for Swedish speciality fats and oils
business Karlshamns with the firm announcing it will pour Euros
6.68 million (SEK60m) into cost-cutting measures.
Food makers continue with their commitment to reduce salt levels in
processed foods, but more is work required, shows new survey from
the UK food agency.
Britain's biggest brewer Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) is to
combine its Indian brewing assets with those of United Breweries,
the largest beer maker on the sub-continent, to form a group
accounting for more than 50 per...
Australia and New Zealand consider changes to their food code,
inviting stakeholders to pass comment on a raft of propositions
from food additive approvals to labelling requirements.
Big Food Group, the British company behind the Iceland retail and
Booker wholesale chains, has confirmed that it has accepted a
takeover from Baugur, the Icelandic investment group which already
owns a number of British retail groups....
Clariant Masterbatches Division is installing Milliken AlphaSan
antimicrobial agent in its masterbatch operations in order to
achieve complete product safety.
The exaggerated - and not always correct - advertisement of
biologically active additives (BAAs) in food supplements has
resulted in a number of products being removed by the Russian
authorities, writes Angela Drujinina.
US secretary of health and human services said this month that he
was surprised that terrorists had not yet targeted the food supply.
Anthony Fletcher reports on a new product designed to ensure
that this never happens.
The bolt-on acquisition of Rhodia Food Ingredients earlier this
year helps boost sales for Danish ingredients and sugar group
Danisco in an otherwise challenging 2004/05 first half.
Consumers should forget about taking medication to help them stay
healthy longer and change their diet instead, suggest scientists
writing in this week's British Medical Journal.
Dimaco has developed a system that ensures correct packaging labels
havebeen applied and that over-printed data such as pricing, weight
information and country of origin are legible.
Major Dutch bakery ingredients firm CSM confirms the sale of its
confectionery unit to focus on core business. The
Diemen/Breda-based company said it expects to complete the sale of
the unit to CVC Capital Partners in the first quarter...
Widespread procurement and more than 100 years in business help
French hydrocolloid producer Colloides Naturels International (CNI)
assure supplies for gum arabic amid global shortfalls in stock,
writes Lindsey Partos.
Low carbohydrate bakery products have become common place in the
US, but competition is about to get tougher as the growth surge
slows, according to a new report from Euromonitor International.
Against the backdrop of soaring prices for locust bean gum, getting
the best price for the customer is a challenge hydrocolloid
producers must meet if they want to ensure ongoing contracts,
reports Lindsey Partos.
The number of food-linked alerts in the European Union leapt by
over 40 per cent in 2003 on the previous year, with the majority
sourced in the 'old' member states.
Increasing investment in new product development is expected to
help British confectionery and soft drinks producer Cadbury
Schweppes to achieve its ambitious targets for long-term growth,
according to analysts Goldman Sachs. And...
Two thirds of edible oil producers in Russia believe that a
proposed new state standard on spreads in 2005 will hurt small
manufacturers, writes Angela Drujinina .
PepsiCo has the potential to dominate the emerging snacks market in
Eastern Europe after buying out General Mills' 40.5 per cent share
in Snack Ventures Europe (SVE) for $750 million (€560 million),
writes Chris Mercer.
Prices for cocoa remain relatively volatile as political unrest in
Ivory Coast, that produces some 40 per cent of global cocoa crops,
keeps the market nervous.
Iron supplements may be useful for children with attention-deficit
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), say researchers that have found a
small group of these children to be deficient in the mineral.
New findings from Japanese researchers could help society
understand the mechanistic role of obesity in the metabolic
syndrome and could eventually help stem the obesity epidemic.
Biopharmaceutical company Bionutrics has said it will carry out
clinical trials for its newly formulated dietary supplements
designed to address lipid metabolism and help maintain a normal
level of cholesterol.
Unilever Portugal has restructured its joint venture with local
food manufacturer and retailer Jeronimo Martins, a further step
towards the simplification of the company's business units.
Chris Jones reports.
Fundamental research suggests excessive food intake and alcoholism
may share chemical pathways in the brain. Scientists identified the
neuropeptide galanin, already known to increase food consumption,
as a key starter in stimulating...
SlimFast owner Unilever has gained the exclusive global rights to
an appetite-suppressing compound extracted from the hoodia gordonii
plant by UK-based Phytopharm, reports Dominique Patton.
Prices for the popular hydrocolloid gum arabic used in a range of
food applications have doubled in 12 months as political turmoil
and poor stocks leave the market exposed, writes Lindsey
Partos.
Baltika Brewing president Taimuraz Bolloev has announced his
resignation as head of Russia's largest brewing company, bringing
the curtain down on an era of unprecedented growth.
Prices for the popular hydrocolloid gum arabic used in a range of
food applications have doubled in 12 months as political turmoil
and poor stocks leave the market exposed, writes Lindsey
Partos.
UK food agency continues work to minimise risk to the food chain
recalling within one week two different product ranges contaminated
with an illegal red dye.
China may become the first country in the world to operate the
commercial production of genetically modified rice, ushering in
cheaper and constant supplies for the popular food staple and
ingredient.
Irish baker IAWS is taking on France's specialist bakery,
confectionery and foodservice sectors by acquiring leading domestic
distributor Groupe Hubert, and could exploit the declining number
of independent on-site bakers in...
An analysis of Ayurvedic herbals found that 20 percent contained
metals at potentially toxic levels, according to a study in JAMA,
but the American Herbal Products Association believes the products
tested should not have been on the...
Consumers' health could be at risk depending on where they shop and
how much money they earn, a bleak assessment by the National
Consumer Council of the current state of healthy eating promotions
in many of Britain's leading...
