News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that government consumer protection agencies can identify meat companies selling products regulators consider unfit for human consumption, without being sued later.
Five employees at a Wyoming-based pig farm in the US have been convicted of animal cruelty.
Clover-Stornetta Farms has joined the ranks of firms targeted with class action lawsuits that allege added sugar is being concealed by listing it on pack as ‘evaporated cane juice’.
Kraft has hired Saatchi & Saatchi New York and VSA Partners of Chicago to give Kool-Aid a “serious makeover”.
US dairy giant Dean Foods plans to “accelerate” its existing cost reduction efforts in 2013 in an attempt to minimise the impact of an anticipated decline in private label milk volumes.
Connell Brothers has signed an exclusive agreement with Ganeden Biotech to market the American company’s GanedenBC30 priobiotic across the Asia-Pacific region. Connell plans to begin distribution immediately, beginning with Southeast and North Asia.
Beverage safety
Bottled water producer Nongfu Spring has launched an attack on the company it claims is behind allegations that its product contains more chemicals than are allowed in China’s tap water.
German authorities did not go against European Union law when they warned the public about the condition of meat found at a wild game venison plant, the EU high court ruled last week.
Potato varieties, blanching times and frying temperatures can all affect acrylamide levels in potato chips, according to a study just published in the Journal of the Science of Food & Agriculture.
We have heard from attorneys representing food and beverage manufacturers about what Judge Richard Seeborg’s decision to throw out a lawsuit vs AriZona Iced Tea could mean for other ‘all-natural’ cases. But what do lawyers representing consumers in such...
New satiety research has suggested that the way we think about the food we eat may play an important role in how much we consume and whether we feel full or not after eating it.
The relatively flat UK sweetener market grew 7% last year boosted by EU approval of stevia extracts in late 2011, says Cargill, the supplier of Truvia-brand stevia-based sweeteners.
A patent application filed by PepsiCo reveals some of the more “surprising” properties of Rebaudioside D (Reb-D) - the steviol glycoside claimed to have one of the best sweetness profiles of them all.
Thermo Fisher Scientific is to acquire Life Technologies Corporation for $13.6bn plus the assumption of $2.2bn of debt.
The antifungal and antiaflatoxigenic properties of the curry tree make it a ‘prominent’ natural preservative that has potential to replace synthetic food preservatives in the future, researchers suggest.
The Flemish Professional Association of Food Experts and Dieticians (VBVD) has apologised after launching an advertising campaign touting sugar as ‘part of a healthy diet’ – in a spot sponsored by Coca-Cola.
Frutarom Savoury Solutions has added two salad dressings and two new marinades to its product portfolio, the company has said.
Chinese staples
Raising further concerns over China’s long-term food security, the production of corn in the country overtook that of rice for the first time last year, according to a report by the Chinese Academy for Social Sciences.
Consumers in New Zealand are spending more on healthier and ethical chocolate variants - a move that has aided growth in the burgeoning sector, an analyst says.