Sugar and starch producers cash in on bioplastics
Food packaging boasts the largest share in the total plastics market and has the greatest opportunity in terms of volume sales, according to Rabobank.
Archives for January 28, 2014
Aerated foods could help increase satiety: Study
Increasing the amount of air in a foods by creating highly aerated products could help to increase satiety and reduce intake, according to new research.
Blood money: World Bank found lacking in palm oil investment review
An internal report on the World Bank’s multimillion dollar loan to a palm oil company embroiled in human rights allegations has concluded that the investment bank should have been more diligent in its assessments.
Special edition: Plant-based diets
Step aside soy! We’re having neatballs for dinner…
“This isn't meat,” said Phil Lapp’s nine-year-old daughter Morgan after wolfing down some home-made meat-free tacos one evening in 2011. “This is neat”.
Meat growth promoters decrease life expectancy, argue Russians
Consumption of meat containing growth promoters, such as ractopamine, can lead to functional disturbances in the human body and cardiovascular disease, according to the results of a recent study from Russian state sanitary service Rospotrebnadzor. This,...
Chobani gets Fage fright, loses ‘Greek Yogurt’ appeal
Chobani today failed in its attempt to overturn an injunction imposed by bitter rival Fage that stops it using the term ‘Greek yogurt’ to market products in England and Wales.
The circle of snacks: Chip waste to biogas is viable, says Naturally Homegrown Foods
Potato chip waste converted into biogas to fuel production is a viable, eco-friendly waste reduction plan that other snack makers should consider, says the president of Naturally Homegrown Foods.
Insulation and feed changes could lower livestock GHG emissions, MEPs told
The insulation of heated livestock buildings and replacing soya with rapeseed in animal feed are some of the measures livestock farmers can use to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, a European Parliament workshop heard last week in Brussels.
Covance opens first EU nutritional chemistry and food safety lab
Covance is to open its first nutritional chemistry and food safety laboratory in Europe to be closer to customers.
Campden BRI oils up to stop food fraud
Campden BRI is to start testing the authenticity of olive oil imported into the UK.