News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Exchange rate declines, in particualr from Brazil and Argentina, led to a 1.5 drop in third quarter sales at Carrefour, but sales at constant currency rates were up 5.6 per cent, a figure the French group preferred to highlight.
Newly formed agency 'down under', the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), this week invited interested parties and organisations to comment on a number of proposed changes to the Food Standards Code, including a review of the hotly...
Swiss company Givaudan, the number two global flavours company behind International Flavors and Fragrances, could be on track to achieving its objective of becoming 'the undisputed leader in terms of growth, profitability and innovation' after it...
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) reports this week that the Committee on Toxicity (COT) is consulting on a draft report that looks at the implications for human health of phytoestrogens in our diet. The group recommends more research and a greater...
A Spanish company offering to sell alcohol to consumers in Finland could prove a rival to the state monopoly. But the fact that delivery of the drinks could take up to two weeks - to say nothing of moves to close the legal loophole allowing such a...
Expanding sales to the many countries which border with Russia, as well as those further afield, is the order of the day at the country's leading brewery, Baltika.
When scientists from Sweden reported earlier this year that several ordinary foodstuffs could contain high levels of acrylamide - a potentially cancer-causing chemical - governments, food associations and food manufacturers drew a sharp intake of breath.
US trade body the Council for Responsible Nutrition said this week that its Omega-3 Working Group has ratified a voluntary monograph intended to raise the bar for the quality of long chain Omega-3 EPA and DHA products marketed in North America, in...
The UK's number two food retailer Sainsbury has seen the same slowdown in sales as its main rival Tesco, but nonetheless posted satisfactory growth for the second quarter of the year.