News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Although privately the debate on whether genetically modified foods should be present in our food chain has been roaring behind closed, and sometimes open, doors, yesterday the UK government officially announced the launch of the GM Nation debate.
CSM, the parent of bakery ingredients company BakeMark International, has boosted its fats capabilities for the Eastern European market with the purchase of Unilever's Hungarian bakery ingredients business. The new addition will be rolled into...
Tyson Foods, America's largest provider of chicken, beef and pork, announced this week the completion of its newly expanded and upgraded laboratory in Arkansas, just south of company's world headquarters.
The baton has been passed - and not too soon either. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has, at last, appointed the body of scientists charged with the responsibility of scientific assessment of food safety issues in Europe, previously the work...
Netherlands-based Sensus has received safety approval for its Frutafit inulin fibre, said to promote gut health, from the US Food and Drug Administration.
Trade in spices is nothing new. After all, since the 15th century ships laden with the smells of the Orient have navigated their way to European shores. But Europe's penchant for ethnic foods is taking on an insatiable upward curve. German company...
Five Japanese companies have said they will recall a wide range of food products which were made using banned flavouring agents acetaldehyde, propionaldehyde and castor oil.
A new study of the effects of soy isoflavone supplementation on women's bone health will feature SoyLife, the soy ingredient manufactured by Acatris.