News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Dispatches from HIE 2010
With a clear clean-label trend affecting food formulation across Europe, one of the key sectors is core commodities such as flour, where so-called physically optimised (heat treated) flours are gaining ground on modified starch solutions.
EU advocacy group, Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), is calling for a ban on BPA in all food packaging, following the news that the European Commission has launched discussions on imposing a ban on the chemical in baby bottles.
Belgian bakery ingredients specialist Puratos Group has developed a new enzyme improver for part-baked frozen (PBF) bakery products.
The stevia industry’s best guess on approval in Europe is currently around July 2010, according to PureCircle VP sales and marketing Jordi Ferre, and in the meantime the food and beverage sector is watching closely the unfolding market in France.
All food, if not properly handled, has the potential to cause foodborne illness – so why does local food get special legislative treatment?
The market for colours is shifting to favour natural colours, but there is still a big need for certain synthetic colours, according to market experts at RTS resources.