News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The flavors of traditional Northern European cuisines are gaining influence in America, according to a new report from the Center for Culinary Development (CCD) and market research organization Packaged Facts.
A new complex of gamma-cyclodextrin and natamycin – a well-established anti-fungal food ingredient – may offer more cost-effective and process-friendly options for bakery and beverage products, according to Danisco USA.
Fermenting oyster mushrooms could produce natural ‘meaty’ flavour compounds that are not currently available on the market, according to new research.
Consumers of diet soft drinks risk the “rosy self-deception” that such products ‘cancel out’ excess calories consumed through food, while they could also encourage over-eating, Euromonitor International has suggested.
Packaging has been placed at the heart of a Europe-wide blueprint to cut the millions of tonnes of food wasted in the region every year.
Laila’s Fine Foods is reporting substantial growth in frozen and chilled ready meals as Mintel figures suggest the UK market is experiencing significant growth.
The addition of thickeners and stabilisers such as guar gum could help to boost the usage chestnut flour in gluten free breads, according to new research.
Consumers are set to treat artificial flavourings with an ever greater degree of suspicion, if not hostility, claims a UK report looking at future flavour trends in the food and drink additives market.
Rumours have abounded this past week that buyout fund Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) is looking to sell New Zealand-based Griffin's Foods, a maker of biscuits, snacks, and confectionery products for the Australasian market.
Barrier properties exhibited by carrot-based edible films demonstrate potential for their use as packaging across a variety of food types, according to recent research from China.
A market for Indian honey in the North American market has prompted Intertek to launch a honey certification service for manufacturers and exporters in India.
Penford Food Ingredients has bolstered its stable of starches with a new range of specialty pregelatinized corn starches from waxy maize.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has criticized India for its protective trade policy on food items, in an environment that is causing record food prices across the world.
Indonesia’s new tax structure for palm oil exports has sparked concern among competing refiners abroad and palm oil growers at home.
Chinese ingredients supplier Fenchem reports that sales of eye health carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin have doubled in a year to break the million-dollar mark for the first time – even as a marigold shortage sets in.
International wine manufacturers should look to cultural preferences for niche and premium red wines to be successful in China, according to an industry analyst.