News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Consumers were this week reminded of the dangers associated with drinking unpasteurized fruit and vegetable juices after a foodborne disease outbreak in New York was potentially linked to the consumption of unpasturized apple cider.
Europe's food watchdog reaffirms the safety of a GM sweetcorn designed by biotech giant Monsanto on the back of new evidence submitted by German scientists.
Europe creates an organic science network to improve the quality of organic food and farming research as this sector of the food market continues to soar in popularity in the European arena.
German retail group Metro has today begun rolling out its radio frequency identification (RFID) programme.
ADM, the US processor of soybeans, corn, wheat and cocoa for food that sells extensively to Europe, saw profits in the first quarter soaring by 77 per cent, fuelled by a drop in oilseed and grain prices.
Number one pectin supplier CP Kelco has ramped up production, doubling capacity at the firm's production site in Limeira, Brazil.
Cyanotech, the Hawaiian based nutraceutical firm, which saw a return to profitability in fiscal 2004, appears to be benefiting from growing public awareness of the health benefits of its products, reporting solid results for the second quarter of 2005.
Kefir producer Lifeway Foods is branching out from functional foods for which it is best known and has created a new line of cream cheeses.
Russia has a long history of starch production, but the collapse of the Soviet Union was a major blow to the industry, from which it is only now beginning to recover. But with almost all of the growth coming from corn starch, rather than the more...
ADM, the giant processor of soybeans, corn, wheat and cocoa for use in foods, saw profits in the first quarter soar by 77 percent, fuelled by a drop in oilseed and grain prices.
Russia's biggest producer of oils and fats, the NMZhK group, has steadily increased its output over the last year, an indication of the steady growth in a sector where local and foreign players are vying for dominance.
As governments challenge the high consumption of salt in their citizens' diets, US researchers shed light on a controversial 30-year-old theory that the high rate of hypertension in certain ethnic groups is caused, in part, by an inherited tendency to...
Vitamin E may help prevent Alzheimer's disease, suggests new research that provides insights into how the disease damages brain cells.
Olive oil has become the latest food to win the FDA's approval, receiving a cautious nod that will allow the product to display a qualified health claim for its potential to reduce coronary heart disease (CHD).
As governments challenge the high consumption of salt in their nations' diets, US researchers have shed light on a controversial 30 year old theory that suggests the high rate of hypertension in certain ethnic groups is caused, in part, by an...
Red wine may protect against the development of lung cancer in men, suggests new research, with each daily glass conferring additional benefit.