News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Wal-Mart's announcement that it requires its top 100 suppliers to place radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on all cases and pallet loads by January 2005 has effectively secured the future of this technology in the US. More products are hitting...
In light of the great British artery-clogging breakfast tradition, the UK cereals trade industry this week celebrates the health benefits of the first meal of the day, spinning a refreshed version on this all time favourite.
Each country has its own distinct culinary taste, and this has proved to be both a help and a hindrance to the world's major food groups. The British, for example, have taken to curry as if they had invented it themselves, but persuading the French to...
To shoppers in France, the increasing fuss being made of the rollout of chip & PIN technology across the UK retail sector must seem like a storm in a teacup.
Young adults with a high intake of omega-3 fatty acids may be less prone to hostility, say researchers, and this could in turn reduce their risk of heart attacks.
Millions of dollars in investment poured into a new technology may pay off for US food manufacturer Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Holdings. Targeting the low-fat market, the company said that it has developed a revolutionary "slow churned" method of making...
New aqueous ozone technology, designed to make food safer by eliminating Listeria, has been accepted by the US Department of Agriculture's food safety inspection service (FSIS). Manufacturer BOC claims that the anti-microbial process is proven to...
Italian food group Parmalat said on Monday that it had a net debt of €14.3 billion ($17.6 billion) in September 2003, almost eight times the figure given by former managers of the troubled group.
French dairy producer and drinks company, Danone, has confirmed that its it to buy the Russian company Chok and Rolls, which currently belongs to Spanish confectionery company Chupa Chups.
A large proportion of Russian sugar processors have experienced recession over the last year - so says a survey of leading industry figures. However, the abolition of import taxes on imported raw sugar might make things easier in the year ahead.
Consumer indifference - not to say hostility - towards genetically-modified products in the UK means that British supermarkets are likely to stay firmly GM-free in 2004, according to an annual survey of retailers carried out by www.gmfoodnews.com.
Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods has said that it will install new manufacturing lines at its two dairy plants located in Ukraine. The announcement comes at the same time as press reports which indicate the company is about to make a 60 per cent investment in a...
Over production, European enlargement, and emerging competitive markets are three key issues facing the European tomato processing industry today. But the development of new food additives from the skin and seeds of the tomato could provide new...