News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Focus on recruitment in food and drink
Food and drink manufacturers are slowly starting to recruit again as confidence levels improve, but problems in the housing market and worries over energy prices continue to thwart progress, according to recruitment agencies specializing in the food sector.
Lanxess has developed a new natural citrus flavour for US soft drinks that it claims targets shelf life as well as taste buds.
Rosemary extracts can now be used as antioxidants in organic food in the EU provided they are from organically-grown rosemary and ethanol is used for the extraction, following an amendment to the annex of the 2008 organic regulation.
A decision on whether to adopt recommendations leading to the phasing out of bisphenol A-containing epoxy can linings is likely to be made within 12 months, Sweden has said.
US sales of organic food and drink surged 7.7 percent to $28.6bn in 2010, significantly ahead of the sluggish (<1 percent) growth in the mainstream food market, with some segments up more than 30 percent, according to the Organic Trade Association (OTA).
Manufacturers risk new nanotechnology-based food products being rejected in a similar way to genetically modified (GM) foods, unless they start engaging with consumers over their perceptions of the risks involved, a new Food Standards Agency (FSA)...
Apple-based edible films containing carvacrol and cinnamaldehyde were each found to restrict the growth of the increasingly multidrug resistant Campylobacter jejuni strains on fresh chicken, said new research.
A year on from the formation of Oenobrands, a joint venture between DSM and Anchor Yeast, we went down to their offices in Montpellier, France, to find out about its first crop of wine yeasts and enzymes.
Salt may raise blood pressure by making it harder for the cardiovascular system to juggle the regulation of blood pressure and body temperature, according to new research.
Kraft Foods has rejected accusations that its fat-free percentage claims on certain deli meat products mislead and deceive consumers.
The European Parliament’s Environment committee is pushing for a warning label on products containing aspartame stating that they may not be suitable for pregnant women – despite opinions from EFSA and the French food safety ANSES that scientific...
Consumers remain concerned over the use of nanomaterials in the food industry but appear less anxious about employing the technology in packaging than ingredient formulation, a UK report has said.