Food industry failing to manage animal welfare, warns report
The first ever structured benchmark of the world’s leading food companies suggests that farm animal welfare is not being properly managed and reported by the food industry.
Archives for February 28, 2013
Monster Energy CEO chose ‘beverage’ birth to cut Red Bull advantage
Monster Beverage Corporation says it will reclassify Monster Energy as a beverage in the US to remove Red Bull’s competitive advantage, and admits that no 5-Hour Energy energy shot rival has “really cracked the code” after Worx Energy sales slumped.
Dispatches from the 6th International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition
Environmental footprint of vegan and vegetarian diets 30% lower than non-vegetarian diets, say researchers: ‘We have to drastically cut consumption of meat and dairy’
If the evidence that plant-based diets are better for human health is compelling, the evidence that they are better for the planet is indisputable, delegates at the 6th International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition were told.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and Mark Wahlberg team up with maker of ‘performance water’ AQUAhydrate
Actor and producer Mark Wahlberg, who recently lent his name to a new range of sports nutrition products called MARKED, has teamed up with fellow celebrity Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to promote and develop high pH alkaline water AQUAhydrate.
Inflation in India
Rising onion prices often lead to politicians' tears
There’s always a weakness somewhere, and for the Indian government this is often the price of onions. And what must really be worrying the ruling politicians in New Delhi, as the finance minister delivers his Union Budget, is how the price of onions has...
Cargill buys fibre technology after Tate & Lyle wheat processing exit
The €55m Tate & Lyle Ventures (TLV) fund has sold off the Fugeia wheat extract business it bought into in 2008 to Cargill’s starches and sweeteners division for an undisclosed sum.
US groups call for action on livestock antibiotics
A coalition of US health, food and environmental groups has written to US senators calling for urgent action to improve reporting of antibiotic use in livestock.
New glass x-ray tool hits market
Mettler Toledo Safeline is helping food and drink manufacturers clamp down on glass contamination with the introduction of an x-ray machine specifically designed to root it out in glass jars.
Coarser flours give best volumes in gluten-free maize bread: Study
Maize flours with coarser particle size are the most suitable for making gluten-free bread, a study finds.
Horse meat: In depth
Horse meat scandal : Where it began and where are we now?
The horse meat controversy has rocked Europe and even spread as far as Hong Kong with firms including Nestlé, Ikea and Findus all finding horse DNA in their products.
Maple Leaf reports profit jump
Canadian processor Maple Leaf Foods has reported a big jump in profits in the fourth quarter of 2012, driven by strong earnings growth in the company’s prepared meats and fresh poultry businesses.
Catering to different generations
Capturing the sweet tooth of the Millennials
Candy makers must connect on social media and allow criticism to appeal to the influential Millennials generation aged 13-31.
Elektron launches wireless food safety monitoring system
Elektron Technology has launched a wireless food safety monitoring system to help reduce foodborne illness.
Easy on the salt: Chr. Hansen develops sodium-reducing cheese concept
Chr. Hansen has developed a salt-reducing concept that enables cheese manufacturers to cut sodium levels by up to 50% while maintaining similar taste and texture properties.
EU sugar quota reform: 2015 v 2020? Is it time to give sugar beet a caning?
On the day 27 associations issued a joint open letter imploring the EU to keep to its word and scrap widely despised sugar quotas across the bloc in 2015 - not 2020 as the sugar industry wants - Tate & Lyle Sugars jumped into the debate by saying neither...
Excess vitamin D in pregnancy may lead to food allergies: Study
Consumption of high doses of vitamin D supplements during pregnancy may raise the risk of children developing food allergies after birth, says research.
Carmit Candy CEO: Specialty know-how gives bite to functional candy shift
Carmit Candy Industries’ expertize in specialty free-from candy formulations will give a competitive edge to its new line of functional confectionery targeting specific health functions and demographics, it CEO says.
India’s domestic meat and poultry sector criticised
India’s domestic meat and poultry industry is struggling to break free from being a traditional backyard trade, even if its exporters are improving standards, a Meat and Poultry Summit organised by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) in New Delhi...
Far East M&A
Heinz' China sell-off is company's second loss-making deal in a decade
With reports flooding the wires that Heinz has agreed to sell its Chinese frozen food business, Long Feng Food, to Zhengzhou Sanquan Foods marks the second time in a decade the American major has lost money on a deal in the country.
Organic sector pinched by GMO tainting in seed and feed, Organic Valley CEO says
Organic Valley recently announced a plan to distribute more than $1 million in grants to fund research, education and advocacy on the production of organic foods. The grants have long term goals and a near term objective, with one of the biggest...
Dispatches from the 6th International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition
Should vegans and vegetarians take supplements of EPA and DHA omega-3s?
If they don’t eat fish, vegans and vegetarians get very little EPA and DHA, the long chain omega-3 fatty acids we are told are key for maintaining cardiovascular and cognitive health. But is this a problem that needs to be fixed? And are algal omega-3...