News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
New Britain Palm Oil (NBPOL) says UK food firms now recognise that tropical oils are the only viable alternative to less healthy fats, as it announces plans to build a new £9m processing plant dedicated to bakery and foodservice products.
Ingredients giant Agrana is investing €56m in a new wheat starch plant that will enable the company to enter the wheat gluten market for the first time
The growth in consumption of products with low or reduced-sodium in the US is forecast to outpace the population growth rate, according to a new report.
Latin food trends are beginning to expand into geographies that have only featured marginally in the United States in the past, with Venezuelan, Colombian and Peruvian flavors coming to the fore, according to Joe Scott at Symrise.
A new way to measure percent body fat offers a more flexible alternative to body mass index (BMI), according to the scientists from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles who developed it.
There is an urgent need for international guidelines that allow food manufacturers to provide food allergy sufferers with better information, according to research organisation TNO.
When it comes to innovation, the idea of “partner or perish” has to become the new mantra for the food industry, according to a review published by Nestlé scientists.
A poor diet during pregnancy may negatively affect the long term health of offspring by altering genetic factors linked to diabetes, according to new research in rats.
US Fairtrade chocolate purchases shot up by 19 per cent last year, according to Fair Trade US, a sales boom that has been seen across the globe for food and drink products carrying the ethical label.