News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
ASR Group-owned Tate & Lyle Sugars is considering legal action against The Guardian newspaper over a story published this week accusing the sugar giant of working with a Cambodian supplier that employed child labour among other human right abuses.
Proteins enriched with cranberry compounds are nutritionally stable and effective against bacteria that may cause urinary tract infections, says a new study that builds the scientific support for the Nutrasorb ingredients.
Australian adult cattle slaughter reached its highest level for 34 years in May, according to the latest statistics.
Indian consumers have universally steered towards healthier breakfast options over the last decade and oat cereals have far outpaced other choices, Nielsen research shows.
Ingredient development and marketing firm AIDP has brought to market a protein ingredient from sprouted rice that the company says offers a more complete protein profile and formulation advantages as well.
Lawyers defending food industry clients in consumer class actions over whether GMOs belong in 'natural' products say courts should follow a California judge's lead and let the FDA determine this matter once and for all, so such cases stop "needlessly...
The North American food safety testing market is projected to grow from $3.7bn in 2012 to $5.6bn by 2018, according to MarketsandMarkets
Two weeks after announcing a parting of ways with Californian joint venture (JV) partner and algae expert Solazyme, French ingredients giant Roquette says it will be showcasing two microalgae-based food ingredients at the IFT show in Chicago.
South Africa’s meat trading body has lodged an official complaint against local chicken producers with the country’s Competition Commission.
Inventive responses to a future population explosion will be vital for successful food distributors, according to Frost & Sullivan.
Major Finnish meat company Atria has signed a preliminary agreement to purchase meat slaughtering, meat cutting and meat procurement operations from another Finnish meat business.
Kellogg says it takes palm oil sourcing extremely seriously and is defending its joint venture with Wilmar International after accusations that the Asian agri giant is involved in illegal palm oil activities.
An outbreak of salmonella which led to 134 people being sickened has been declared over by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Snacking frequency is not related to BMI, according to a new study published in Public Health Nutrition.
An international consortium of researchers attempting to build a synthetic version of the yeast genome by 2017 could help academics and industry to reduce food waste and improve processing efficiency, according to the team behind the project.