News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The UK Food Standards Agency is this week consulting on draft regulations to implement a new European Directive that defines chocolate. The new directive means that the UK's traditional milk chocolate recipe can stay the same, with just a small change...
Researchers in the UK claim to have devised a new method of selectively oxidising terpenes to produce compounds of particular interest to the perfumery, flavour and pharmaceutical industries. Scientists at Oxford have developed a method of oxidising...
This week we reported on new research that suggests the dairy ingredient casein could be used in the packaging and coating of foods. Today we learn that food scientists at the University of Arkansas have created an edible film that can prevent the...
The Ingredient Technology Group (ITG) division of Ocean Spray this week announced record European sales of cranberry ingredients for the last fiscal year. With a 134 per cent increase on the previous year's sales, Europe now represents 12 per cent of...
Is the collective European tastebud becoming more refined? According to a new report from market research company Datamonitor, this is indeed the case. Speciality foods are flourishing across Europe as consumers become increasingly uninspired by...
The words 'food safety' are on the lips of manufacturers, politicians and consumers across the world. In response to a seemingly increasing preoccupation with this issue scientists are constantly under pressure to come up with new technologies to...
A simple hormone could be the answer for millions of people worldwide suffering from obesity. An international team of scientists claim to have discovered a gut hormone that could significantly decrease the appetite, reducing the amount of food eaten...