News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
It is over a month since the Russian authorities clamped down on beer adverts, and the impact is already being felt. But there is worse still to come for Russia's brewers, with the legislators preparing more rules which will make it illegal to drink...
A rise in global stocks of wheat after a 30-year low will offer continued relief to the tighter prices experienced by the food industry in previous years, but the food chain still needs to stay on the alert.
Recent North American media reports claiming that parts of the BSE-positive cow discovered in Canada in May 2003 may have been turned into feed and mistakenly fed to cattle have been pounced on by US beef industry groups.
A Thai-based pressure group has joint forces with a global consumer federation to help push forward the anti-GMO agenda in the A-P region.
Russia's 2004 wheat harvest will be more than sufficient to meet both domestic and export demand, but efforts by the government to invest in improving the quality of the harvest, to boost exports further, have met with a lukewarm reception by framers...
This year's Czech harvest has been hailed as the best since 1993, producing almost nine million tonnes of crops, showing that the farming industry has recovered well from a poor 2003 and the disastrous floods of 2002 - just in time for the...
Natural Foods Group Hain Celestial has confirmed it will purchase the new natural vanilla flavor created by Technology Flavors & Fragrances (TFF) for use in its products.
RosSpirtProm, Russia's state-owned alcohol producer, is to be privatised next year in a two-phase operation expected to garner interest from a wide range of drinks companies. But with many of the distilleries within the group running at massive...
Scientists at the Emory University Health Sciences Centre are hoping to widen the understanding of an enzyme that breaks down caffeine into theophylline, using bacteria that need the breakdown product of the enzyme for survival.
California based colorMaker has developed a line of natural color blends for use in natural food bakeries.
A change in attitudes to dairy products is helping to turn around sales in Australia, according to a survey by the country's dairy industry association.
Ending months of delays the upper house in Brazil has cleared the biosafety bill, paving the way for new rules to regulate the planting and sale of genetically modified (GM) crops in the country.
Identifying the gene responsible for natural defense mechanism in tomatoes could save costs for tomato producers and ultimately food processors using this common food ingredient.
Tackling the ongoing issue of risk assessment in the food chain the US food safety agency plans to release two draft risk assessments related to the harmful food pathogen salmonella.
The EU, Vietnam's largest trading partner, is the first major partner to conclude its bilateral deal with Vietnam, giving a boost to Vietnam's accession to the WTO.