News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
National Starch has identified a range of different crispy and crunchy textures for crackers and snacks to help food manufacturers meet consumer demand for gourmet, indulgent and healthy products.
Frozen sauce pellets are feeding a demand for convenience foods that consumers can just throw into a frying pan from the freezer, according to Kevin Delahunt of Sargento Foods Inc.
Bunge North America has been awarded the 2008 IFT Food Expo Innovation Award for its trans fats reduction solutions.
Swelling domestic stocks for Malaysian palm oil, widely used by bakers, left crude palm oil futures closing lower on Monday, offering a slight relief for prices.
A beta-glucan health cholesterol-lowering health claim has been approved in France, making it only the second disease reduction claim permitted in a country notorious for conservative food laws.
This week, Flower Foods bakery continues its geographical expansion plans with its acquisition of ButterKrust bakery, and Kellogg acquires a major Chinese cookie company.
Ingredients group Blue California says it expects to obtain self-affirmed generally regarded as safe (GRAS) approval for its stevia-derived sweetener compound by next month.
Sweetener manufacturer Niutang Chemical is opening an office in the UK in a bid to expand its share in sucralose, aspartame and folic acid in this important geographical market.
After a busy period of expansion for Fonterra, the New Zealand-based dairy cooperative says it remains far from finished with its global consolidation plans as it looks to key markets such as Asia to target growth.