A mineral and vitamin mixture that cuts the browning and extends
the shelf-life of sliced apples could encourage consumers to eat
more fruit, say researchers, Lindsey Partos reports.
Russian meat firm Mikoyan has been named as the most popular meat
producer on the Russian market. Angela Drujinina talks to
Russian firm Mikoyan about the challenges and opportunities in
Russia's developing meat sector.
Young Russian snacks maker Sibirsky Bereg appears to have captured
consumers' imagination with an array of experimental flavours and
products, overtaking PepsiCo's Lay's brand in market share and
growing by up to 50...
Food enzymes contribute a quarter of sales revenue to the overall
enzyme business in the first quarter, says Danish firm Novozymes,
marking a one per cent rise in contribution on the previous year,
writes Lindsey Partos.
Moves to reform the European sugar regime will accelerate after the
EU loses its appeal against a World Trade Organisation decision
that its handouts to sugar farmers are illegal, reports Lindsey
Partos.
Bunge said last week that its first-quarter profit shot up 40
percent on the back of increased soybean yields, provoking the
company to raise its outlook for the year, writes Philippa
Nuttall.
The growing organic business is gaining more attention from food
manufacturers. In an effort to understand better the benefits of
such products, Dean Foods and its WhiteWave Foods division have
donated $100,000 to the Organic Center...
Dutch bakery ingredients firm CSM continues to focus on core
business, clearing the sale of its sugar confectionery unit Malaco
Leaf to investment companies Nordic Capital and CVC Capital
Partners.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US will host a
forum next month to examine the role that soy foods can play in
managing a person's weight.
A bid by Asda for retail rival Somerfield would mark an important
new strategy for Britain's number two supermarket, with competition
authorities by no means certain to stand in the way of a deal,
reports Chris Mercer.
European scientists agree that efforts to reduce the potential
carcinogen acrylamide from the European food chain must continue,
and that science must focus on long-term studies to build a
stronger picture of the impact this genotoxic...
Sales and operating profit improve "considerably" in the first
quarter for the food unit of Dutch chemicals and life sciences
group DSM, the firm reports.
Spearing the booming global €30 billion market for functional
foods, Australian food scientists will receive funding from their
government to develop and apply new technologies to protect the
health-promoting activity of ingredients.
The majority of British consumers are 'confused' by health messages
on food products: meanwhile chocolate and snacks are the last
products to be ditched in a diet regime, finds a new report.
Tate & Lyle was yesterday taken to task by environmental groups
and local residents over its plans to extend its Splenda factory in
McIntosh, Alabama, reports Philippa Nuttall.
Low growth and higher production costs in the US knock first half
profit for Chr Hansen's ingredients business, that posted a 9 per
cent fall in profit for the first six months of the year.
The battle for Allied Domecq looks set to begin with news that
Constellation Brands, the world's biggest wine company, is
considering launching a rival bid to the £7.4 billion offer tabled
by Pernod Ricard, reports Chris Mercer.
As the deadline for the food allergy bill approaches, new research
shows that the peanut testing kits used by the food industry are
around 95 percent accurate.
International Flavors & Fragrances saw a sharp fall in
first-quarter profit, blaming falling sales and the sale of a
business last year in its results published today.
Consumers are likely to react badly to a new UK survey of processed
meats, which found that trusted companies such as Bernard Matthews,
Mattessons and Ye Olde Oak sell meat products that contain an
estimated 10 to 20 per cent added...
Supplies of vegetable oils to European food makers will increase as
US ingredients behemoth Cargill expands palm and coconut oil
operations in Europe, reports Lindsey Partos.
A Chinese farm and chemical group is in the process of buying
Danish speciality fats business Aarhus United, and the deal could
close by the end of the month, according to reports in the Danish
press.
Brussels clears new lab technology that can detect illegal GM
sweetcorn Bt 10 following the discovery of this unapproved maize in
Europe's food chain, writes Lindsey Partos.
Nestlé, the world's biggest food and drink manufacturer, has
announced a modest increase in Q1 profits after successfully
offsetting rising raw material costs with price increases across
the UK and Continental Europe, Tom Armitage...
Efforts by food manufacturers to create 'user-friendly' food labels
that present clear nutrition profiles for the increasingly health
conscious consumer are the focus of a new initiative from the UK's
food industry...
A genomic milestone, researchers sequence the genome of the most
destructive enemy of the world's staple food crop rice, a fungus
called Magnaporthe grisea that causes rice blast disease.
Syngenta Crop Protection today launched an early warning web-based
system to help growers protect their crops against Asian soybean
rust, the disease which has persuaded some US farmers to reduce the
number of acres planted with soy...
Greater understanding of an internal clock that controls how much
we eat, could contribute to the fight against obesity, say
scientists, pinpointing "something deep within the brain."
UK's food watchdog issues new warning after illegal colour in food
chain, chemically similar to Sudan 1, detected in Mexican food kits
supplied by General Mills.
Pressure on soy prices likely to continue with a new report
revealing China is expected to reduce its principal soybean
planting area, while increasing corn and rice planting in 2005.
EFSA scientific experts tackle the presence of harmful foodborne
bacteria Clostridium perfringens and C. botulinum,
compiling an opinion on the risk these spore-forming bacteria pose.
Food designs that use flavours, ingredients or aromas as triggers
to limit food intake could be the next generation of consumer food,
as food technologists across Europe work together to address rising
obesity levels, reports Lindsey...
A new study that suggests high consumption of processed meats could
raise the risk of pancreatic cancer was 'not capable of proving
cause and effect', claims the American meat association.
Widespread vitamin deficiencies in Russia reveal opportunities to
develop the country's functional dairy products market, yet further
progress will depend strongly on consumers' ability to pay,
writes Angela Drujinina.
Russia has banned imports of Moldovan meat amid suspicions that it
is selling on sub-standard products from third countries, sparking
a row between national authorities, reports Angela
Drujinina.
La Jolla, California based Senomyx yesterday reported its results
for the first quarter of 2005, focusing attention on its FEMA GRAS
certification and its recently extended contract with Nestle.
Environment Committee at Europe's Parliament votes to delete
controversial article four on nutrient profiles and redraft article
11, in proposed rules for nutrition and health claims.
A team of EU inspectors has arrived in Vietnam to investigate the
country's seafood sanitary conditions, after excessively high
levels of antibiotics were discovered in a batch of seafood
exports, Tom Armitage reports.
Talks collapse over a merger between the mothers of Arla Food
Ingredients and DMV International after negotiations between
Campina and Arla Foods fail to reach a 'satisfactory
result','writes Lindsey Partos.
Food makers could soon reduce costs for popular sweetener
sucralose, as analysts suggest key patents held by the market
leader Tate & Lyle may soon come to an end, reports Lindsey
Partos.
Danish sugar and ingredients group Danisco leaps into the number
two enzyme position as the firm announces control of 98.2 per cent
of the shares in US biotech firm Genencor.
The global market for RFID is set to reach €20 billion by 2015 as
the implementation of new laws and demand shape the an industry
that will make a significant impact on future food and beverage
packaging. Simon Pitman looks at the...
