With the emphasis on food safety, there has been a rush on the
market to provide companies with effective cleaning solutions to
wipe out harmful bacteria.
Weight and health concerns continue to propel the market for
low-calorie sweeteners, with a host of recent global product
launches showing the popularity of sugar replacer aspartame in new
sugar and sweetener formulations, reports...
Risk continues in the European food chain with member states
recalling over fifty products due to food pathogens and illegal
colours in seven days, suggesting industry still needs to crack
down on food safety, reports Lindsey Partos.
Tel Aviv-based additive supplier Israel Chemicals expands its
activities through the acquisition of Brazilian food additive
manufacturer Adicon Industria E Comercio De Aditivos.
Food makers looking to slice potential allergens from their food
formulations will benefit from a new allergen-free apple designed
by researchers in The Netherlands, reports Lindsey Partos.
Greater emphasis on the responsibilities of top management are
among the changes ushered in by a revised international standard
for testing and calibration laboratories.
The National Food Laboratory has developed a new test method for
the detection of Sudan Red food dye, a potential carcinogen that
has been the focus of numerous product recalls.
Food makers and ingredients firms will benefit from a new European
platform that will prioritise research and development initiatives
to keep the €800 billion food and drink industry
competitive,reports Lindsey Partos.
Overall there is no difference in health risks to consumers between
farmed and wild salmon according to scientists at the European food
safety regulator.
While food scientists are keen to promote the gluten-free benefits
of sorghum in food formulations, African scientists are set to
design a genetically engineered 'super sorghum' packed with
vitamins and minerals
New test from the National Food Laboratory meets growing demand
from food manufacturers to verify their ingredients are free from
the potentially carcinogenic red dye Sudan.
Tighter controls need to be adopted by both the food industry and
consumers to limit the spread of the harmful food pathogen
Listeria monocytogenes, concludes a new report.
Mars Inc is sending out a clear signal that functional foods are
moving mainstream, with the creation of a new Nutrition for Health
& Well-Being business unit to capitalize on research into the
health benefits of cocoa, reports...
There are worries that a district court ruling in Maine banning all
synthetic ingredients in products labeled organic could
significantly slow the sector's growth, writes Anthony
Fletcher.
Danish ingredients group Chr Hansen, shortly to be sold to private
equity firm PAI, posts a small rise in revenue and a decent boost
in pre-tax profit for the nine months to May, reports Lindsey
Partos.
Ochakovo, one of Russia's biggest domestic breweries, has launched
an aggressive marketing campaign to help sell its Ochakovo Premium
beer and Ochakovsky kvass abroad, Angela Drujinina reports.
Moscow's leading retailer, Sedimoy Continent, has launched a new
discount, food hypermarket format that promises new opportunities
in private label as Russia's retailers look to increase their
control of the country's...
Russia's seafood market is one of the country's fastest growing
food sectors as more consumers with rising disposable incomes stop
thinking of it as an expensive luxury but as a normal part of their
weekly shop, reports...
While debates on ingredient labelling and on Parmesan cheese are
among the main issues at this week's meeting of the Codex
Alimentarius, other items on the agenda include codes of practice
for handling quick frozen foods, cadmium...
It is time to draw on science to establish once and for all whether
food intolerance is just a source of succour for hypochondriacs, or
whether it is genuinely a modern scourge.
Ireland's leading butterfat supplier Glanbia has signed a joint
venture agreement with Belgian group Corman, to make and market
dairy spreads and butterfat products.
Fats and oils firm Loders Croklaan will divest its US ingredients
encapsulation business to New York's Balchem Encapsulates in a bid
to concentrate on core business, reports Lindsey Partos.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has welcomed the
introduction of legislation that would establish a voluntary
country-of-origin labeling (COOL) program in place of a mandated
program.
National Starch believes that enabling food companies to label
their products as containing no or minimal additives or ingredients
is set to be a highly lucrative practice in the future, write
Anthony Fletcher.
The recent evolution of supply and demand issues for non-GM
lecithin is pushing ingredients manufacturers such as Danisco to
promote their alternatives on the market, reports Lindsey
Partos.
Milk prices paid to UK producers are notoriously low, yet tough
streamlining has positioned the dairy industry well to cope with
new EU CAP reforms and subsidy cuts that seem increasingly likely,
writes Chris Mercer.
Following up on the company's policy on further international
expansion, Wal-Mart's chief executive Lee Scott, indicated the
world's largest retailer was now ready to go after the market's
currenttop dogs.
