News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The US government science agency has made available a new tool to help food scientists undergoing research into the burgeoning field of phytonutrients, used increasingly by food makers looking to grab a share of the growing health food market.
Food ingredients giant Danisco contributes a new face to the recently elected board of the 3,000-strong cereal chemists body.
Australian soyfoods maker So Natural Foods Australia said yesterday that it will raise A$5 million (€2.87m) through the issue of unlisted convertible notes to fund expansion of its new joint venture Thorpedo Foods.
Serbia appears to be flavour of the month for investors, as the race to bag the country's leading mineral water bottler, Knjaz Milos, intensifies following a late but serious bid from Serbian national and LA Lakers basketball star Vlade Divac.
On the eve of his departure as head of consumer protection in Brussels, EU Commissioner David Byrne claims that public confidence in Europe's food chain 'is returning', thanks to a raft of food safety rules now in place.
Food makers sourcing soy ingredients from Brazil will be interested to see that the country will not issue another decree to temporarily lift the ban on the planting and sale of genetically modified soybeans for the upcoming season.
Supplements of coenzyme Q10 significantly enhanced the anti-inflammatory effect of vitamin E in a new animal study.
Huge swathes of products in the US have been deemed inappropriate for consumers seeking to lose weight. But the processed cheese brand The Laughing Cow, has benefited from one fad, with US sales rising by more than 250 per cent after its nutritional...
The FDA has confirmed the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives' (JEFCA) ruling in June that free lutein and zeaxanthin are safe for human consumption - a move welcomed by Kemin Foods which produces the ingredient FloraGlo Lutein.
Sugar producers from Serbia and Montenegro will once again benefit from preferential access to the European Union market, following the EU's recent lifting of a 15-month ban on duty-free sugar imports from the country - a move that is expected to win...
Now tight rules are in place for the labelling of GM ingredients on food products, Brussels has moved down the food chain to tackle the sensitive issue of genetically modified seeds, meeting today to hammer out a draft decision setting GMO thresholds...
Despite reporting that a vintage harvest is in store for the Hungarian wine industry, a leading industry expert claims that progress is being hampered by poor marketing, which is impacting marketability outside of Hungary.
Ahead of new rules on the labelling of trans fatty acids in the US due in 2006, biotech group Monsanto has designed low-linolenic soybeans that can make a soybean oil for food firms looking to eliminate trans fats in food formulations.