Portable nutrients
US Department of Agriculture announces its flagship National Nutrient Database, a listing of more than 6,000 food items, is available for downloading free of charge onto handheld personal digital assistants, or PDAs.
Archives for October 22, 2002
GMOs: the road is long
The controversy surrounding genetically modified foods hotted up this week as environmental campaigners Friends of the Earth (FOE) on Tuesday launched its GM-free Britain campaign, calling on local authorities to become GM-free zones.
Ceba introduces dairy-free alternative
Swedish company Ceba Foods launched a non-dairy alternative to milk and soya drinks on the Spanish market this week. Oatly Organic is free from lactose, milk protein and soya, and the company claims, a more wholesome accompaniment to breakfast cereals.
Flavours maintain largest slice of additives market
New report reveals that growth in value-added products designed for specific applications is set to drive the food additives market in the US. Flavours will gain nearly fifty per cent of the market, with alternative sweetners revealing the fastest...
Understanding Japanese functional food market
Analysts of the Japanese functional food market shed light on the €8.4bn Japanese nutritional supplement market with the release of a new report. Growth remains, strong despite general economic downturn, with the forecast optimistic for the near future.
Opta sees black
Food ingredients company Opta Food Ingredients this week boasted a healthy 24 per cent increase in revenue for the third quarter with the demand for fibre products largely fuelling the growth and catapulting the company into the black.
US introduces organic labels - a blow for European exports?
New organic food labels regulated by the US Agriculture Department which were launched this week have been welcomed by most US producers as a useful marketing tool, but the move could shut out many smaller European farmers from the export market.
Potential for European food market seen as huge
Over 5000 exhibitors from 98 countries are boasting their wares in Paris this week as SIAL, a fantastic celebration of food and drink, opened its doors on Sunday to an expected 130,000 visitors. One key issue being discussed here this week is the...
Organic rules: impact on coffee industry
US federal regulations on using the term "organic" only went into full effect on Monday, but they are already rapidly transforming a niche of the coffee industry and will cost consumers more, experts say.
S&P warns on state of German food retailers
According to a research study published today by Standard & Poor's Rating Services, the credit quality of mainstream German food retailers is coming under pressure.