News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Europe's health food industry has 'under-utilised' the nutraceutical properties of carotenoids and consumers are still unaware of their health benefits, finds report on the $348.5 million (€291.4m) carotenoid market. Also this week, Frost & Sullivan...
Carrefour is Europe's largest food retailer and the world's second largest after Wal-Mart, with operations across the globe. But the one blot on its otherwise impressive copybook in recent years has been its relative inability to create growth in its...
The European Community, Canada and the US have taken the controversial case of hormone-treated beef to the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) this month.
More than three years after Danish ingredients company Danisco filed an application to the EU for approval of its fat replacer salatrim, the Commission finally rubber stamped the product on Tuesday. The move clears the way for Danisco to roll out the...
Six cases of salmonella in sprouts were reported in the US this week. The news comes but a few days after US agriculture secretary reports on a dramatic fall in the rate of salmonella in raw meat and poultry. In Europe, food safety becomes key issue...
Australian scientists this week confirm past and current evidence that a diet high in citrus fruits could help to prevent certain cancers and reduce risk of stroke.