Is baby food creating fussy eaters?
Fostering children's willingness to try new flavours and foods has clear benefits for the food industry - yet researchers say baby food manufacturers may be inadvertently creating picky eaters.
Archives for April 2, 2015
Improving foods works better than educating consumers, says expert
Reformulating foods to be healthier without telling consumers is a brilliant health policy, says Professor Graham MacGregor.
Edita and Mezzan food floats set stock markets buzzing
Food firms are set to be flavour of the month on regional stock exchanges, as Egypt’s Edita enjoys a bumper debut and Kuwait’s Mezzan Holding gets permission to list.
PepsiCo and Almarai plan $1bn Egypt investments
PepsiCo and Almarai have announced they will each invest US$500m in their Egyptian operations this year, following last month’s economic development conference.
Sohar Port sees food processing future
Oman’s Sohar Port and Free Zone is hoping to become a regional food processing hub, building on its plans to develop a major agro import terminal at the port.
Taste beyond the tongue: How do other senses influence flavour?
Taste is much more complex than the experience of basic flavours on the tongue – it also encompasses our other senses to a larger degree than most people realise, according to Professor Charles Spence.
Kuwait bolsters food reserves as conflicts escalate
Kuwait has announced its strategic food reserves are at an all-time high, and has warned against food price hikes, as the country prepares itself in case of conflict.
Ready meal provider launches date porridge, feeds 500,000
Saahtain Foods, a producer of meals ready to eat (MRE) in Dubai, has launched a new high-nutrition date porridge, and claims to have fed more than 500,000 people with its MREs.
Hello Consumer, says Swedish agency
Sweden has launched a new nationwide information service to provide better guidance and information to its people on all consumer-related queries.
CFIA slams union claims on food safety
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has slammed claims made by the Agriculture Union calling some of them ‘false’.