European consumers buy less organic
Strong growth in the US, but a slowdown in Europe marked the global organic food and drink industry last year. Supply-demand imbalances and trade barriers are some of the challenges the industry faces today.
Archives for July 3, 2003
Controlling the Green Fairy
Controversial herbal drink of 19th century artistes, said to produce hallucinogenic levels of intoxication and inspire the Green Muse, is well under control in Germany. But high alcohol content means warnings are still de rigeur.
Food safety too politicised, claims think-tank
Food safety is making international headlines as the United States and the European Union continue to take dramatically different positions over this contentious issue. A food policy think-tank raises concerns that these transatlantic conflicts are...
EFSA meets in Berlin
The advisory forum of the new European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was the guest of the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Berlin this week.
The future of food
A range of issues hitting the food industry in Europe came under the spotlight last month at symposium in Germany co-ordinated by gelatine giant Gelita.
One is fun - and lucrative too
Food producers are being urged to take advantage of the growing number of single person households by creating more products designed for individual consumers. Singles across Europe spend more than €140bn each year on food, drink and personal care...
Bunge sells Lesieur
Private agri-giant sells French oils company to joint European venture following approval from the European Commission. The cash back will be used to reduce debt.
Natural food colours waiting to dazzle
Natural food colours offer not only colouring attributes, but additional health benefits that could be leveraged into significant value-addition for the final product, write market analysts Frost & Sullivan. So why are New Zealand and Australia...
Germans warn of absinth risk
The popularity of absinth, the lurid green drink, is on the rise, despite being banned in the early part of the century. A German assessment of the safety of the drink found that consumers could still be at risk, albeit from alcohol content rather...