News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Central European Distribution Corporation (CEDC) has acquired yet another Polish alcohol distribution company, taking the number of companies owned by the Florida-based holding to 13. But the company is now keen to launch its own products, and will...
Unsafe food makes almost a third of the globe ill each year, providing constant pressure on governments and the global food industry to come up with tools to fight food safety and reduce the risk of food poisoning.
A meat preserver, a gel-forming additive and an anti-microbial agent face tougher European rules as Brussels adopts a proposal to change the current food additive directive.
Ending months of speculation, the flavours and texturants units at Degussa, Germany's third largest chemicals group, are up for sale as the firm looks at selling the food ingredients arm or finding a partner for its business.
The UK's competition watchdog has moved to calm a potential storm between the government and the food and drink industry after warning an industry association that new goals for healthier products could lead to a breach of competition law, writes...
Six of the new EU member states are set to receive more than €20 million in EU funding so that they can improve and expand their vineyards, helping them to make better quality wine and compete more effectively in both their home markets and abroad,...
Breakthroughs in the lab provide food makers with a competitively priced technology designed by Danish enzyme leader Novozymes to cut the artery-clogging trans fats out of food products, writes Lindsey Partos.
Food companies around Europe are adding heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids to traditional products as they seek to meet increasing consumer demand for healthy food.
Soy appears to deliver tangible health benefits for the heart, brain and kidney health but more research is needed in many areas, heard a large audience attending this year's Soy and Health conference.