Archives for July 7, 2003

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IFT in for a Treatt

Flavour ingredients company Treatt will unveil its new selection of natural vegetable distillates at the IFT exhibition opening this weekend in Chicago, USA.

Acatris calls for harmonisation of isoflavone testing

Acatris, the Dutch health ingredients company, has called for greater harmonisation of the methods used to test soy isoflavones to help consumers avoid "the proverbial problem of comparing apples to oranges rather than apples to apples".

Brighter smile with D-tagatose

The US Food and Drug Administration has given the all clear for novel food ingredient to bear a tooth-friendly health claim.

Scientists to design heart healthy salt?

Top heart charity launches 'pinch of salt' consumer awareness campaign in the UK to tackle salt consumption while scientists in the US investigating the link between salt and taste forsee new healthy salts in the future.

Uniform global soy isoflavone testing

In a bid to validate different soy isoflavone testing methods around the world, newly merged Dutch ingredients company Acatris worked with TNO Nutrition and Food Research to perform a global ring test from laboratories around the world.

End to OTM rule?

Cost-cutting measures could mean an end to current BSE controls, with the over 30 months (OTM) rule replaced by BSE testing.

Safeway survives turbulent times

Safeway, the UK food retailer, has maintained sales and profits during a difficult first quarter dogged by uncertainty over the future of the chain. A resilient performance by the embattled chain.