News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Foodex 2014
The consequences of the horsemeat crisis, filling the yawning skills gap, lean and green manufacturing and social media were just some of the topics tackled by the Food Manufacture Group at Foodex 2014, at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham...
Heinz has installed “advanced” barcode readers at a British infant formula plant to ensure the premium products it manufactures for Chinese consumers aren’t confused with the standard powder destined for the Czech Republic.
A key stakeholder in Australia’s booming wine industry has revealed that the country’s winegrowers are not going to take the lead when it comes to genetically modified (GM) wine production.
The Australian government has said that it will look into the current system of country of origin food labelling, attempting to uncover and then clamp down on the misuse of the ‘Made in Australia’ label.
Consumers are baffled by ambiguous messages about healthy eating and need help to unravel the labelling conundrum, warns the UK Chartered Institute of Marketing.
dispatches from Analytica 2014
Analysing food products using Near Infra-Red (NIR) spectroscopy is crucial to get accurate measurements on physical and mechanical properties, according to Bruins Instruments.
Lactalis has teamed up with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in an attempt to increase the quality of milk in Bosnia-Herzegovina to European Union (EU) standard.
The annual Food Safety Event brings together brand owners, food processors, and other professionals to tackle top safety problems and concerns.
MINTEL'S 'BIG CONVERSATION': ORGANIZED DISRUPTION, SOFT DRINKS INNOVATION
Beverage brands can blur the lines both within the category and steal outside cues to create novel products such as beer-flavored ice cream that arrest the consumer’s attention, according to Mintel.
US meat companies have lost their bid to suspend new country of origin labelling (COOL) legislation coming into force.
The Nicaraguan government has raised fears that the planned reopening of the US market to Brazilian beef could risk spreading foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) to north and central America.
As the focus has switched from fat to sugar as public enemy #1 in the battle against obesity and diabetes, juice - once promoted as a healthy alternative to soda - has been unfairly caught in the crossfire, claim manufacturers.
The energy drinks market has become more segmented in recent years, but relentlessly negative PR, a flurry of lawsuits and an FDA-probe have not dampened consumers’ enthusiasm for the original caffeine-fuelled formulas, says one beverage industry veteran.
Special edition: Nuts, pulses and legumes
Pea protein may be moving in from the food and beverage fringes, however formulating with the fast-growing ingredient is 'no picnic' according to functional confectionery firm Carmit.
Capri-Sun will launch in India this month via a partnership with SDU Beverages, and the brand says it has tremendous potential to tap fruit juice growth of 49% over the next five years.
A government panel has said that even though India doesn't allow commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops, its citizens are knowingly or unknowingly consuming GM processed foods.
Systems Integration (SI) and Dimaco have launched ‘Smart Check,’ a combination of technology that puts information on packaging and checks it before it leaves the factory.
UK mineral water firm Navson has developed a low price-point energy gum fortified with taurine and B vitamins.
Reducing meat and dairy consumption is crucial to bringing down agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and meeting UN climate change targets, according to new research.
"Meat can be transported at temperatures higher than the current maximum of 7°C," according to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).