News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Leading chocolate ingredients supplier Barry Callebaut is targeting the European chocolate and cappuccino vending mix business with the acquisition of cappuccino mix company AM Foods from Nordic dairy firm Arla Foods.
A long-term soy diet may not pose an increased risk of breast or womb cancer among postmenopausal women, as some people have feared, suggests new research carried out on monkeys.
The thorny issue of the way in which the food industry promotes its products to children is to be addressed by the UK's Food Standards Agency. But will the latest government action plan - which is still based on voluntary action - be any more...
US giant processor Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and currently the world's number three food group will ramp up production capacity at four of its key processing plants at the company's North American Oilseed division.
Initiatives by food makers to push food products that can tap into the growing health concerns from consumers have found support from a new study that backs ongoing research to suggest a healthier diet and lifestyle can potentially reduce the risk of...
Higher consumption of milk and calcium is associated with a lower risk of bowel cancer, according to a major study based on 10 different trials.
Hanging as a persistent threat to the chocolate industry witches' broom disease is capable of wiping out entire cacao crops and sending the price of chocolate rocketing. Despite ongoing research into the threat confirmed by the chocolate industry, a...
Urgent improvements in livestock tracking systems are needed if public health and the well-being of food production are to be protected, according to a UK House of Commons Public Accounts Committee report published this week.
Food scientists continue in their quest to investigate the presence of the potential carcinogen acrylamide in everyday food products with Swiss researchers calling for further research into the processing conditions of gingerbread, and the baking...
American wine consumers believe wine bottles should still be sealed with a natural cork, despite the claimed technical benefits of screw-caps and synthetic corks, although they appear to be more willing to consider alternative closures than consumers...
Banana producers, processors and ingredients users could see new opportunities in the market as an ancient banana showing strong beta-carotene levels comes to light on a small Pacific island.