Archives for September 20, 2010

Special edition: Asia

Japan: Functional foods, fads and food scares

In the first part of this Asia-focused special edition, we look to the innovation hotbed that is Japan. Japan is well known as the world’s functional foods birthplace when Yakult kicked into life there in the 1950s with its little bottles of immune...

CSM launches fat reduction line for bakery

Dutch bakery ingredient firm CSM is introducing its line of fat-reduction bakery ingredients into the French market, to allow industrial bakers to reduce fat by around 30 per cent.

Symrise expands Taste for Life across the health-pleasure spectrum

Symrise is rolling out a new evolution of its Taste for Life platform that underscores product development and customer dealings, covering the spectrum of consumer asks from health to pleasure.

Unstable antioxidants may hold key to acrylamide reduction

Oxidation products from unstable antioxidants may remove acrylamide in high temperature food processing, according to new research.

Positive first quarter results see Danisco’s sweeteners division recover

Food ingredients company Danisco has reported “solid” growth during Q1 of 2010, with the continued recovery of its sweeteners division particularly notable.