News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
In the wake of Unilever's announcement that it has decided to look into "strategic options" for its frozen food operations in Europe, many analysts are speculating about who might have thecash to grab the whole or parts of the various brands involved.
Ongoing price competition among European retailers has squeezed prices for international branded foods in recent years, finds new research from ACNielsen that confirms the pressure will continue into the near future.
Resistant starch could improve insulin sensitivity, finds new research from Oxford University, underlining the potential of this increasingly popular food ingredient.
Cargill has launched a fully digestible, slow release carbohydrate designed to deliver the full energy of sugar but with less calories.
Weekly Comment
The food industry is in danger of harming itself with its recent lobbying against the further harmonisation and deepening of EU food regulation.
Food formulators looking to cash in on the blossoming functional food trend could turn to black lentils for a health-busting ingredient as new research reveals the pulse's potential heart health properties locked in its pigment.