An NGO report alleging widespread conflicts of interests within the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) takes ‘a different approach’ to defining potential conflicts – but is an interesting contribution to the science and society debate, EFSA has said.
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) insists analysts take a ‘mid-term perspective’ after Pepsi took volume and value share from Coke in Great Britain in Q3 2013 and says it is too soon to assess Suntory’s likely market impact.
The gradual opening up of Saudi Arabia to the world in social and political terms may also be helping to open the country’s food and beverage market to keen processors.
European guidance on portion sizing is out of date and does not reflect how portion sizes have changed over time, claims a new report from the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
Despite a recent split from Solazyme and an on-going legal case, Roquette is “full speed ahead” with its new algae flour and says the health halo effect should propel the ingredient forward.
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UAE’s proposed federal food safety law may be a game changer for food and beverage exporters long hassled by having to deal with all emirates separately.
Internet grocery shopping is growing at a phenomenal rate across Europe and is set to double in several countries over the next five years, according to market research from IGD ShopperVista.
People with higher blood sugar levels are more likely to have memory problems, according to new research that suggests reducing levels of blood sugar could help to protect against cognitive declines.
Arla Food Ingredients believes that beverages with added protein have huge growth prospects across Europe, and notes the recent explosion of such SKUs in Scandinavian C-Stores.
Unilever has reported slower growth in the third quarter and lower turnover as demand slipped for its products around the world, following last month’s warning of a slowdown in emerging markets.
Despite Namibia experiencing its worst drought in 30 years, beef and cattle producers’ prospects have improved, with a recent relaxation of cross-border trade laws with Angola.
Following reports this week of further criminal activity in the horsemeat scandal, our timeline maps 'Horsegate' from its beginning in 2012. Hover over the right side of images below to scroll through events.
Nestlé is among four companies to have officially registered with a Europe-wide initiative aiming to tackle unfair commercial practices in the food supply chain.
Chr Hansen CEO Cees de Jong today praised the Danish enzymes, cultures and colours specialist’s 2012-2013 performance that saw revenues grow 6% to €738m for the year, and highlighted 5% growth in sluggish EMEA as a major achievement.
Advice to cut saturated fat has actually increased cardiovascular risk – and high fat dairy and red meat have been unfairly demonised, claims cardiologist Aseem Malhotra in the British Medical Journal.
Removing negative ingredients like trans fats from bakery is still important for consumers but they are also looking for positive nutrition, says the research director of Packaged Facts.
The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has invited comments from industry on proposals to overhaul food inspections across Europe, including how they are funded.
First Milk intends to further diversify its growing dairy product portfolio in an attempt to meet the evolving demands of British consumers, who it claims are “clamoring for more” added-value dairy developments.
The signing of a trade agreement establishing tariff-free European access to the Canadian dairy market has been welcomed by the European Dairy Association but roundly condemned by Canadian dairy stakeholders, who branded the deal “unacceptable” and demanded...
The European Commission’s strategy to reduce regulatory red tape risks reversing important environmental policies, according to a group of leading European NGOs.
Smell, taste and flavor assessments of Diageo whisky The Singleton changed by up to 20% when people sampled it in different ‘multisensory’ rooms, say Oxford University researchers.
An investigation into the horsemeat scandal today revealed the identity of suppliers of contaminated meat to ABP, which was found to have horsemeat in its burgers.
Writing up an article on Kellogg’s World Food Day initiative yesterday, that age old question seemed to buzz through: is there really such a thing as a selfless good deed? And what about, dare we ask, on a corporate level?
Only 708 badgers were removed following a pilot cull carried out in the south-west England, despite the UK government planning to kill more than twice as many.
Kazakhstan might ban the import of Russian and Belarusian poultry to protect domestic producers from unfair competition, the country’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture Gulmira Isaeva has warned.
The European Union (EU) and the US are attempting to bury the hatchet over their long-running World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute on hormone-treated beef.
The EU recently approved a health claim for fructose – but the EFSA opinion also included a health warning. So could the positive health claim lead to negative health outcomes?
A coroner has written to the UK’s Department of Health warning of the dangers of high-caffeine confectionery after a man accidentally overdosed on caffeinated energy mints.
Nestlé has opened a CHF 73m (€59.1m) factory in Russia to distribute Maggi-brand products across Russia and other Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries.
Olive oil, fish and organic foods are at the highest risk of food fraud in Europe, according to a new draft report from the European Union – but meat is not in the top ten, despite this year’s high-profile horse meat scandal.
A leading international meat processor announced today that it will “discontinue” its primary pork production in Russia and all other production operations in Moscow.
Mondelēz International is pouring cash into sustainable farming projects, including $400M in cocoa farms in developing economies, to secure a strong and stable supply base.
US company Seaboard Foods is set to become one of the largest pork producers in Ukraine after opening negotiations with a local company to construct a huge pig farm in the Kharkiv Oblast region of the country.
The world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund has permanently banned investment in two palm oil companies for alleged unethical practices, after dropping 23 palm oil firms from its portfolio for the same reason in March.
A leading psychobiologist has slammed recent claims by researchers that Oreo cookies, made by international food manufacturer Mondelēz, are as addictive as cocaine for rats.
Sun Branding Solutions has acquired FoodSpecifications.com, a software tool which collects, manages and distributes product information such as specification details, nutritional data and packaging information.
