News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Hungarian food canner Globus has dropped into the red in the third quarter of 2004, with pressure on prices and the sale of a production facility contributing to the poor performance. But a steady move in Hungary towards higher added-value foods keeps...
A soaring premium beer market in Russia and growing consumption in Poland and Romania are driving forward a major international brewer's European profits by offsetting problems in Hungary and Slovakia, writes Chris Mercer.
International Flavors & Fragrances says it is planning the construction of a new specialty ingredients manufacturing plant in China, in a move that aims to boost global production capacity.
Falling pasta sales at leading US company American Italian Pasta reflect an industry-wide problem and demonstrate how a low-carb legacy may still undermine foods with a higher carbohydrate content, as Chris Mercerdiscovers.
Traffic light labelling would be a primitive, unworkable and pointless way of highlighting unhealthy foods according to the UK food industry, speaking in reaction to the newly published government policy paper on public health. Chris Mercer reports.