‘Free-from’ may become industry standard in snacking, Mintel analyst says
“Free-from” snack products are closer to becoming an industry standard, according to a report from Mintel.
Archives for September 8, 2015
‘Fortress detectors are ‘Fort Knox’ of inspection world’
Fortress metal detectors are the ‘Fort Knox’ of the inspection world according to the engineering manager of a sauce company.
Weight loss water: Drinking before each meal aids weight reduction
Drinking 500 ml of water around 30 minutes before main meals could help obese and overweight people to lose more weight, according to new research.
Scottish food and drink growing at twice the UK rate
Scotland’s food and drink sector turnover has grown at twice the UK rate since 2008, taking it to a record £14.3bn in 2013, according to the Scottish government.
Heinz drops healthy claim from sugary baby food
Heinz has removed the word ‘healthy’ from adverts for sugary biscotti for babies – but the campaigner who filed the complaint has slammed the powerlessness of advertising regulators and impunity of Heinz as the word will remain on the packaging.
MEPs vote for 'comprehensive' cloning ban
MEPs voted yesterday to ban imports of food from cloned animals and their descendants - but the European Commission has called the amendments 'disproportionate' and even 'legally impossible'.
Anton Paar enables powder flow measurement
Anton Paar has launched a device to simulate and determine powder flow under different conditions.
Cloning vote splits EC and European Parliament
The European Commission (EC) has attacked the European Parliament’s vote today (September 8, 2015) to completely ban use of cloned animals and their descendants for domestic and imported food across the EU.
PURE ‘confident’ of success with FCN for produce
PURE Bioscience is to resubmit a Food Contact Notification (FCN) for its antimicrobial in produce processing and has estimated the market opportunity for such processing aids is in excess of $300m.