News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Dutch food company Wessanen reported sales of €1,449.5 million for the first half of 2002. Net sales remained close to figures for last year's first half, while EBITA decreased to €36.6 million from €43.2 million in the same period a year ago.
Cheese and nutrition remains a focus for Irish food ingredients company Glanbia but difficult international dairy markets had a negative impact on the financial year, the company confirmed in a statement this week that accompanied its interim results.
Signs that European industries are gaining confidence on the Internet were evident this week when a new report released by Forrester Research projects that online trade will account for 22 per cent of all European business trade in 2006.
In anticipation of final approval by the European Parliament of the proposed Directive relating to food supplements, the European Union Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) has issued it's first opinions regarding the tolerable upper intake limits (UL)...
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is piloting a new, roll-with-the-times, scheme designed to alert Food Enforcement Officers to potential food hazards while out in the field.
A combination of eating soy foods on a regular basis during adolescence together with a regular intake during adulthood could signficantly reduce the risk of breast cancer, according to a new study of Asian-American women released this week.