Nestlé expands nutritious snack business
Nestlé is to strengthen its presence in the Australian nutritious snack market through the acquisition of the nation's Uncle Tobys snack business.
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Culinar develops fat-reducing food flavour system
The demand for low-fat food has significant implications for the flavour industry, as Culinar technical manager Ian Olof Lundberg explained last week.
GM organic contamination stokes EU controversy
The threshold for the contamination of organic products with genetically modified organisms (GMO) was one of the most controversial issues discussed by EU agriculture ministers this week.
UK food ingredient analysis centre functional
Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) has reorganised several of its analytical services to create a specialist department dealing with functional ingredients.
Report examines untapped potential in soy
Around a quarter of US consumers feel they do not get enough soy in their diets, while almost half are still not aware of the health benefits linked to the product, says new research.
Frutarom expansion drives sales growth
Israeli flavours giant Frutarom has attributed its solid 2006 first quarter results to an ambitious acquisition strategy.
UK food regulator finds 'gaps' in regulating nanotechnology
Gaps in regulating future uses of nanotechnology include those relating to particle size, to the use of nano versions of already approved ingredients, and to packaging, according to a UK legislative review of the food sector.
Glanbia turns whey into functional, nutritional emulsifier
Modification of whey protein concentrates with high phospholipid proportions could turn standard emulsifiers into functional health promoting ingredients, results that could have important implications for the food industry.