News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
French flavour manufacturer, Aromatech, has formed a joint venture with a large Chinese flavour and fragrance company in a bid to better access China’s domestic food and beverages sector.
French food manufacturering firm William Saurin has been forced to defend its food processing safety measures after a man claimed to have found a box cutting blade in a food can.
Research into the production of colloid systems with lemon oil could have “important implications” for the production of more economical emulsions in the food and beverage industry, say researchers.
US Pharmacopeia has drafted new ingredient quality standards for inclusion in the Food Chemicals Codex (FCC), for probiotics, steviol glycosides, benzoates, infant formula and flavoring ingredients, and is seeking industry comments.
Current volatility in food markets is likely to continue however prices could begin to ease into 2012, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Ingredients firm Frutarom has acquired British company Savoury Flavours in a €4.6m ($5.8m) deal.
The European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (UEAPME) has stated its support for industry members opposed to ‘burdensome’ food taxes introduced by some European nations.
Nestle UK has announced today that it is to move its head offices from Croydon to a site near Gatwick by the end of 2012.