Naturex seeks new sustainability pathways
A year after publishing its 'Sustainability Principles' Naturex reveals its targets for the coming years in the 'Pathfinder', the company’s sustainability report.
Archives for October 5, 2014
Taiwan
Minister quits as Taiwan gutter oil investigation reaches conclusion
Taiwan's health chief, Chiu Wen-ta, has resigned in the wake of the gutter oil scandal that has embroiled the country over the last month.
FoodNavigator 2015: What’s on our editorial calendar?
From developments in fats and flavours, to the latest trends in fighting obesity, food for kids, and protein, FoodNavigator's special editions calendar for 2015 spans the hottest topics for the European food and drink industry.
Tate & Lyle unveils Claria, a functional clean label starch that performs like a modified one
Tate & Lyle has unveiled CLARIA, a new range of functional clean-label starches that are claimed to perform as well as their modified counterparts, enabling firms to deliver cleaner labels on a broader range of products without compromising taste,...
Nestlé CEO: ‘We have more headwinds; we just have to wake up half an hour earlier’
Tough markets and cautious optimism were among the main themes in presentations from the biggest food and consumer goods companies in Europe last month, according to investment analysis firm Sanford C. Bernstein.
Canada’s agriculture minister strengthens relations with India and China
Canadian agriculture minister Gerry Ritz has completed "successful" missions to China and India, where mutually beneficial relationships were strengthened and new partnerships were developed.
New agriculture commissioner to review supermarket ‘unfair practices’
Nominated European Union (EU) agriculture commissioner Phil Hogan has promised an urgent review of "unfair practices" by supermarkets, which can hold meat producers to price ransom when negotiating with farmers.
Sodium acid pyrophosphate (SAPP) doesn’t belong in foods labeled ‘all-natural’, FDA warns baker
Leavening agent sodium acid pyrophosphate (SAPP) doesn’t belong in products making ‘all-natural’ claims, even if they are USDA certified organic, the FDA has told a Massachusetts-based baker.
New Zealand
Kiwis gaining six hours’ life expectancy a day, but are still too fat
New Zealanders have never been healthier in terms of heart disease, with death rates plummeting since the 1960s, according to Kiwi cardiac epidemiologist, Professor Rod Jackson.
Protein from dairy, but not soy, activates key target for muscle synthesis: Study
Breakfasts rich in protein from dairy, but not soy, could stimulate mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin), which is known to cause muscle cells to increase protein synthesis, says a new study.
GanedenBC30 granted approval in four Asian markets
Four Asian markets have now approved Ganeden Biotech’s GanedenBC30 for use as an ingredient in food and beverage fortification.
Repeat exposure: No need for low salt diet to alter salt preferences
Multiple exposures to lower salt foods could encourage consumers to prefer them, even when they are consuming a high salt diet, according to new research.
Mondelēz abandons Kenyan manufacturing
Mondelēz International will stop manufacturing from its Cadbury Kenya plant at the end of this month as it shifts capacity for Cadbury Drinking Chocolate to Egypt.
Study estimates global burden of listeriosis
‘Urgent efforts’ needed to fill Listeria data gap in developing countries: WHO study
Listeriosis caused 23,150 illnesses, 5,463 deaths, and 172,823 disability-adjusted life-years in 2010, according to estimates in a study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal.
Rabobank report gives positive new for global beef industry
Rabobank’s Beef Quarterly Q3 report provided "largely positive news" with global beef supply continuing to tighten.
UK's traffic light label is 'negative', says Commission
The UK’s traffic light label has incited more objections than the Nordic keyhole system because the former is more negative in its nutrition guidance, says the European Commission.
Thermo Fisher Scientific boosts checkweighing for food can lines
Thermo Fisher Scientific has unveiled a checkweigher targeting high-rate food can lines.
Can an apple a day keep obesity away?
Non-digestible compounds found in some types of apples, and especially in Granny Smith apples, could help to fight obesity by re-establishing the balance of a disturbed microbiota, say researchers.
Wine Vision probes risks and rewards of new wine markets
Wine Vision organizer Andrew Reed says the 2014 conference will explore how to attract new consumers to wine and tap emerging market growth with margins are squeezed elsewhere.
Ingredion ties up with Desert King International to take natural foaming agents to a global audience
Ingredion has struck a deal with Desert King International (DKI) to become the exclusive global distributor of DKI's natural foaming agents from Quillaja saponaria (the soapbark tree) and Yucca schidigera (the Mohave yucca plant) for use in food and...
Albania’s control of egg production backed in FVO audit
Albania’s official controls on egg quality for EU export are satisfactory but the certification system requires refining, according to a Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) audit.
Special edition: Snacking Trends
WOATS founder says he's taking oats into new snacking category
The founder of a company marketing a product called WOATS Oatsnack says he has a found a new niche for oats in the healthy indulgent snacks category.
Guess who’s back? Crispy M&M’S to return after 10-year hiatus
Mars Chocolate North America will relaunch M&M’S Crispy Chocolate Candies next year following a 10-year lull.
Patent Watch
Chocolate for the summertime: Hershey develops heat resistant chocolate
Hershey has developed its own method to produce chocolate that can withstand hot climates following similar moves from Mondelēz, Mars and Nestlé.
Sri Lanka suspends sale of Fonterra milk powder batches over illnesses
Sri Lanka has suspended the sale of three batches of Fonterra-made Anchor milk powder after complaints of illness in children.