EU invests in olive oil science
Brussels has cleared funding for research into increasing the consumption of disease-fighting olive oil across Europe.
Archives for December 14, 2004
Splenda success boosts Tate & Lyle into FTSE 100
Booming sales for its popular sweetener give UK starch and sugar business Tate & Lyle the necessary leverage for the firm to re-enter the FTSE 100 index after a seven-year break.
Retailers turn to non-food to drive growth
Growth in the food retail sector across Europe is being driven not by sales of food but rather by the ever-widening range of non-food goods, claims a new report. But while Carrefour and its French compatriots continue to dominate in terms of sheer...
Yarpivo reveals secrets behind brewing success
Brewer Yarpivo is growing twice as fast as the rest of the Russian beer market, which itself has been expanding at an annual rate of seven per cent. Angela Drujinina uncovers the strategy behind the success.
Rhodia compares chemical routes in vanillin production
Nearly half of the world's vanillin supplies are sourced from China but since tighter production rules arrived there a few years ago there are now only two major Chinese producers left in the country, reports Lindsey Partos. With a recent Chinese...
British retailers urged to do more to promote healthy eating
Consumers' health could be at risk depending on where they shop and how much money they earn, a bleak assessment by the National Consumer Council of the current state of healthy eating promotions in many of Britain's leading supermarket groups, writes...
Biacore launches test kit for drug residues in meat
Biacore International has launched a new food safety kit to detect veterinary drug residues in meat products.
Russia hauls food regulations into line with EU
A new Russian food standard (GOST) concerning consumer information on packaged food products is due to come into force on 1 January 2005. Angela Drujinina looks at how the change will effect consumers and food manufacturers, and its potential impact...
OFT probes online supermarket prices
The prices charged by the leading UK grocers for their Internet-based delivery service are being investigated by the Office of Fair Trading, a probe which has prompted fierce denials of wrongdoing by the major supermarket groups. Chris Jones reports.
New vanilla flavour solves chemical reliance
Danish biotech company Poalis, in a ground-breaking move, says it has developed a new vanilla flavour using yeast and sugar which will be drastically cheaper than its chemical counterpart, and be better for the environment, reports Chris Mercer.
China pulls on soybean stocks
China continues to pull on global commodities with demand for US soybeans rising in 2004/05 by nearly 50 per cent on the previous year, reports Lindsey Partos. China's total contracts for soybeans reached 6.6 million tonnes by 18 November, a 44 per...