All news articles for May 2012

Cadbury bursts into UK popcorn segment

Cadbury bursts into UK popcorn segment

By Kacey Culliney

Kraft-owned Cadbury has expanded its sharing bag portfolio with a chocolate-coated toffee popcorn product, in a bid to burst into the UK’s rattling £42m (€52.46m) popcorn market.

 Food industry: Tate & Lyle annual results reveal Eminate development

Tate & Lyle plans more innovation as sales soar

By Rod Addy

Tate & Lyle revealed big plans for innovation as it reported soaring sales and profits driven by market forces that benefited its development of sweeteners and speciality ingredients.

Sports and energy categories blur

Dispatches from Vitafoods Europe 2012

Sports and energy categories blur

By Rod Addy from Geneva

Sports and energy food and drink categories are blurring, according to Roberta Re, nutrition research manager at Leatherhead Food Research in this exclusive video from the Vitafoods 2012 trade show in Geneva.

UK own label influence to rise in 2012-2013

UK own label influence to rise in 2012-2013

By Rod Addy

Cash strapped UK consumers will focus on retailers’ own label food and drink rather than branded sales as the recession continues to bite, according to market analyst Mintel.

Premier Foods IT project delivers massive savings

Premier Foods IT project delivers massive savings

By Rod Addy

UK grocery giant Premier Foods has halved IT operational costs in a project launched in conjunction with Google Enterprise that will enable it to coordinate cross-functional business projects more efficiently.

Steviol glycosides are extracted from the stevia leaf

Europe debates stevia’s ‘natural’ claims

By Rod Addy

Discussion continues over whether stevia compounds in food and drink products can be labelled as ‘natural’, with the weight of opinion favouring ‘from a natural source’ as a descriptor.

New research could help to 'fix' the flavour of commercial tomatoes - so they are more similar in taste to more traditional and home grown varieties, suggest the researchers.

Scientists take first step to ‘fix’ tomato flavour

By Nathan GRAY

Researchers may have taken the first step in ‘fixing’ the flavour of commercially grown tomatoes after they uncovered how variability in chemical make-up holds the secret to the ‘real’ flavour of tomatoes.

Imports not to blame for food incident report increase - FSA

Imports not to blame for food incident report increase - FSA

By Mark Astley

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has denied any correlation between growing imports and an increase in food incident reports in 2011, despite Salmonella-contaminated paan leaves from India and Bangladesh being a driving factor.

Sunflower oil is just one of the oils EFKO handles

Russia pumps up fats and oils production

By Rod Addy

Russian manufacturer EFKO has pumped cash into fats and oils processing in the first quarter of 2012 as part of an ongoing investment plan, boosting capacity.

UK food safety incidents on rise

UK food safety incidents on rise

By Rod Addy

The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) saw an increase in the number of food incidents it investigated last year, according to its Annual Report of Incidents 2011, which was issued today.

EU moves on CAP could benefit Scotland

EU moves on CAP could benefit Scotland

By Arabella Mileham

Reform of the European CAP offers Scotland opportunities, but independence must be addressed, according to a Scottish MEP. 

UK consumers thirst for Mexican chillies

UK consumers thirst for Mexican chillies

By Rod Addy

Mexican chilli sales have surged for UK ingredients business EHL, with demand for the fruit and its spice up 20% in the past year, according to the company.

Trade relations worsen between Russia and EU

Trade relations between Russia and EU worsens

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

Denmark has announced a complete ban on exports of breeding pigs into Russian, Belarus and Kazakhstan after trade relations between Russia and the EU worsened.

Russia to reach poultry self-sufficiency this year

Russia to reach poultry self-sufficiency this year

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

The index of poultry meat production in Russia has hit the levels predicted by industry representatives for the first quarter of 2012, leading them to claim that the country will become self-sufficient in poultry meat this year.

'General' appeal for consumers strong within functional food market: Leatherhead

Article 13 appeal in the global functional food market: Leatherhead

By Kacey Culliney

Growth rates across the global functional food market have contracted but product development remains high and companies are increasingly focused on general health claims, covered under article 13 of the EU nutrition and health claims regulation (NHCR),...

Greencore sales rise after Uniq acquisition

Greencore sales rise after Uniq acquisition

By Oliver Nieburg

Irish convenience foods manufacturer Greencore saw its sales soar in its first quarter interim results driven by its recent acquisition of Uniq.

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