News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Safeway, the UK food retail chain, has put 53 stores up for sale in advance of the expected takeover of the chain by Wm Morrison. As well as Tesco, Sainsbury and Asda, all of which lost out in their bids to buy Safeway, offers have been received from...
The market for sugar-free confectionery can only gain pace, keeping in step with an increased consumer demand for 'guilt-free' products spurred on by burgeoning rates of obesity and diabetes across the globe. Suppliers of natural sweeteners are...
Contamination warnings from the UK food agency highlights yet another food product containing the illegal dye Sudan 1 and issues a follow-up warning about eating venison products containing meat contaminated with the drugs immobilon and revivon.
During a visit to the Teagasc National Food Centre last week EU Commissioner for research, Philippe Busquin - holding the purse strings to a €700m food quality research budget - witnessed new technology on food product development and food safety...
The quickening of genetic mutation rates in bacteria may not only happen when the microorganisms find themselves in strange and stressful circumstances. A new study shows that E. coli, ratchets up its 'adaptive mutation' machinery when it simply runs...
ADM takes on the contract services of a fermentation improvement technology company - particularly present in nutraceuticals - to work on 'opportunities and efficiencies' in the food ingredients arena.
Spain's ministry of agriculture has begun publishing both producer and retailer prices in a bid to bring more transparency to the food industry - but farmers' associations are calling for even tougher measures to curb retail margins.