News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Days after EU ministers at the Agriculture Council huddled together to chew over impending changes to the sugar regime, leading sweeteners group Tate & Lyle tells the market that no surprises are in store for 2005.
New research appears to absolve the soft drinks industry from responsibility for the low calcium intake among US adolescents but it suggests that creative and effective ways of increasing levels of the mineral, such as through fortified milks, should...
Exports of sugar confectionery from Switzerland rose by more than 10 per cent last year, offsetting a mediocre performance on the home market. But with imports taking a lesser share of sales this year, the industry hopes that focusing on upmarket...
German retail giant Metro shrugged off currency effects and tough economic conditions in its home market last year to post a 4 per cent increase in sales - driven mainly by its larger store formats such as cash & carry warehouses and the Real...
Concerns over the presence of acrylamide in processed foods have flared up again after the US food watchdog detects levels of this carcinogenic chemical in a new batch of foods. The industry risks being bruised.
'It is incorrect to focus on any specific food or ingredient in attempting to address obesity,' cautions the US food industry, in the face of mounting criticism that sugar intake plays a key role in today's overweight society.
Convincing US consumers to buy bottled, purified tap water at a premium price may be relatively easy for a company as adept at marketing as Coca-Cola, but doing the same with the rather more savvy European bottled water drinker appears to be beyond...
Britain's major food retail groups have frequently been accused of contributing to the rapid demise of many town centres, with the development of out-of-town supermarkets often leading to other retail outlets setting up shop in the same location. But...
Struggling British food retailer Sainsbury's has given itself a £225 million shot in the arm with the sale of its US unit Shaw's to the Albertsons chain. Despite good performances from Shaw's in recent years - better, in fact, than its domestic...