News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
National governments and food producers right along the supply chain must step up collaboration on the issue of food waste, according to Ren Wang of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
Food testing remained strong with further expansion of market share in new and existing markets, according to Eurofins.
Media controversy around the discovery that UK supermarkets and restaurants have been selling meat that could be classified as halal, but is not labelled as such, is deceptive and hateful, according to the Sharia Halal Board.
DISPATCHES FROM VITAFOODS EUROPE 2014
Norwegian brown algae is an attractive natural salt replacer for bakery because of its fat-busting punch, says developer Valagro.
Consensus was real innovation was difficult to perceive with the naked eye at Vitafoods Europe this year. But that doesn’t mean it didn’t exist, says Healthy Marketing Team president and expert consultant, Peter Wennstrom, in this guest article.
Dispatches from Vitafoods Europe 2014
Growing interest in the potential for insects as a source of healthy and sustainable protein was demonstrated again at Vitafoods Europe, where 4ento CEO Ana Day told us that insect consumption needs to become 'sexy'.
DISPATCHES FROM VITAFOODS EUROPE 2014
Packaged bread is typically boring and lifeless but clever labeling and flavor innovation should reinvigorate the category, says a Mintel analyst.
A new environmental report has suggested that both greenhouse gases and nitrogen emissions could be cut by up to 40%, if European consumers halved their meat consumption.
The former plant operations manager at the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) has pleaded guilty to seven counts related to an Salmonella outbreak five years ago which killed nine people.
New research that pinpoints the evolutionary genetics that have enabled polar bears to adapt to a high-fat diet may also provide insights in to how to help protect humans from the effects of high-fat diets, say researchers.
Sertun hand and surface sanitation towels from ITW change colors to indicate when they contain insufficient sanitizing chemicals.
The steady climb in worldwide obesity rates is often dually attributed to an increasingly sedentary lifestyle and the energy content of modern diets, with a growing body of research linking increased sugar consumption with higher body weight (see here...
The amount of people diagnosed with coeliac disease has increased at a “staggering rate” over the past two decades, according to the boss of Allergy UK.
BASF’s Nutrition & Health division is carrying out a number of changes aimed to strengthen its competitiveness in Asia-Pacific’s fast-growing flavours and fragrances market.
The first soft drinks made with sweeteners to enjoy a promotional “healthy discount” could persuade more manufacturers to wean consumers off sugar, according to a nutrition expert.