News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Testing for marine biotoxins in shellfish has come into the 21st century after the European Commission decided to ditch the unreliable mouse bioassay in favour of a chemical method, said Thermo Fisher Scientific.
A crisis management network offering a multi-country approach has been launched to tackle global supply chain issues in the food and drink market.
The long journey to European Union acceptance for the natural, intense sweetener, steviol glycoside, shortened significantly yesterday when the EU’s 27 member states backed its safety at a European Commission (EC) committee meeting.
Salt fortified with both iodine and iron may help to improve iron status in populations where fortification of other staple foods does not achieve the desired coverage, according to a new study.
EFSA health claim opinion
French cranberry firm Pharmatoka says the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) failed to assess its submitted urinary tract infection (UTI) health claim wording, which was the very same as that approved by the French Food Agency (ANSES) in 2004.
Danish supplier Chr Hansen is reaping the benefits of more than 10 years researching genomics and bioinformatics of its probiotic and other bacterial strains, with inhouse analysis that can cost less than €1000 per strain.
National Starch is looking to expand the reach of its starch-based pulp replacer Precisa Pulp 02 to a wider variety of exotic fruit juice drinks.
A newly developed printing technology could produce personalised, three dimensional chocolate products, according to researchers.
A continued rise in raw material costs will hit lower first half earnings, says bakery ingredients giant CSM in a trading update, with price hikes not enough to offset the surge.