SGS boosts UK food testing capabilities
SGS has described its acquisition of SVA as fully in line with the development of its food testing network.
Archives for May 18, 2015
Dispatches from Vitafoods, Geneva
Tree-mendous: NPD boom in plant waters, with 'natural' and 'no preservatives' leading health claims
Plant waters such as aloe, birch, artichoke, maple, cactus, and almond water are starting to challenge coconut water’s pedestal, with NPD in this emerging category booming, according to Innova Market Insights.
3M Food Safety upgrades its Petrifilm Rapid Yeast & Mold Count Plate
3M Food Safety has updated its 3M Petrifilm Rapid Yeast & Mold Count Plate adding rapid plates that speed up the time it takes customers to get test results, as well as making the plate easier to work with, as it celebrates scooping bronze in the Edison...
FSAI cracks down on ‘misleading’ marketing terms
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published guidance for food companies to ensure consumers are not misled by terms such as ‘natural’, ‘artisan’, ‘traditional’ and ‘farmhouse’.
Flexitarians fuel innovation in vegetarian food
Vegetarians are enjoying a wide range of packaged food– but it's their flexitarian friends who are fuelling innovation in the taste and texture of plant-based meat alternatives.
Concerns over spread of US bird flu
Reported cases of avian influenza in the US have now reached 156 in the past six months, making the current situation the most extensive outbreak of the disease ever reported in the country.
Enzyme processing may offer new textures from egg protein
Researchers exploring the potential to create new food textures have suggested that egg protein hydrolysates could provide chefs and the food industry with solutions that aid the development of new products.
European animal welfare survey to launch this year
A Eurobarometer survey on animal welfare is to be launched by the European Commission in 2015, in the first survey of its kind since 2007.