News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Pea protein is gaining in popularity, with new product launches containing the ingredient up 21 per cent in 2009 over the previous year, according to data from Mintel’s Global New Products Database.
Herza Schokolade has launched a research project to find new ways of producing sterile chocolate pieces for yoghurts.
ConAgra announced on Monday that it has completed the sale of its Gilroy Foods and Flavors dehydrated vegetable business to Olam International for $250m.
America’s Monster beverage brand is entering the Germany market, distributed by Eppenheim-based Trend Beverages.
A clutch of widely-used nutrition claims from ‘no added salt’ and ‘low-Gi’ to ‘10% less fat’ remain in a state of legal limbo as discussions over whether to allow them under the health claims Regulation drag on.
The controversy over the bisphenol A (BPA) could be solved if those on differing sides of the scientific divide would agree harmonised test programmes that could be validated by independent experts, European Commission scientists have said.
Second quarter income for US chocolate maker, Hershey, fell 35 per cent due to factors such as charges related to its supply chain efficiency programme and the joint venture in India but Asia remains a focal area, said the company.
Two bakery shortening products won Innovation Awards at the 2010 Institute of Food Technologists’ (IFT) Annual Meeting and Food Expo in Chicago this week.
Del Monte has become the latest company to outline a sodium reduction strategy, saying it intends to cut sodium by 20 percent across its vegetable, tomato and broth products by 2015.
Nestle is setting up an innovation hub in Singapore that will focus on the development of coffee mixes in the Asia Pacific region.
Sensus is expanding its flavor extraction capabilities and investing in new equipment so it can offer new services to customers, including the purchase of $3m of new processing equipment.
Dispatches from IFT
Trade shows provide a host of business opportunities - but for the adventurous visitor they are also a place to sample innovative products and recipes. Jess Halliday ate her way through the last afternoon of IFT in Chicago.
The Food Ethics Council (FEC) has published a set of recommendations to improve social justice, after its year-long Food and Fairness Inquiry. The next step involves spreading the word stimulating debate with business and government policy-makers.
Salty snack makers Snyder’s of Hanover and Lance, Inc. have signed a merger deal that creates the second largest salty snack company in the United States after Frito-Lay.
Birds Eye Foods is to build a multi-million dollar water treatment plant and supply bottled water to the public as part of an agreement reached with US federal authorities over contamination allegations from one of its processing plants.