Food makers alert to the levels of a potentially carcinogenic mould
commonly found on crops as scientists back an extension barrier
levels for ochratoxin A to grape juice, coffee and wine.
Risk assessment and market predictions translate into new pectin
opportunities for Danisco that will break ground on a new pectin
plant in Brazil, to be up and running by 2007, reports Lindsey
Partos.
Scientists at the Emory University Health Sciences Centre are
hoping to widen the understanding of an enzyme that breaks down
caffeine into theophylline, using bacteria that need the breakdown
product of the enzyme for survival.
The UN-backed health body today calls for consumers to use
prevention as a tool in the battle against heart disease, a move
that underlines opportunities for food and beverage makers
formulating products for heart health.
Ongoing research into the impact on consumer health of the popular
beverage coffee finds that four cups or more a day could increase
the risk of bladder cancer in men, and that the risk increases with
the amount consumed.
After a highly successful Fairtrade Fortnight earlier this year,
Britain's number two food retailer Asda is to increase the number
of ethical products on its shelves - further evidence of the
popularity, and profitability, of...
Cheaper processing methods could be on the way for makers of
decaffeinated coffee as scientists in Brazil identify naturally
growing caffeine-free coffee plants. As the global coffee market
remains dogged by rock bottom prices through...
The British are the biggest consumers of instant coffee in Europe,
driven by the desire for speed and convenience. But new research
from Mintel shows that many of the new instant coffee products
launched over the last year were not...
Nestle Russia has started construction of a €100 million coffee
processing plant in the Krasnodar Territory. The full-cycle
facility is Nestle's first processing for coffee in the region and
is an attempt to muscle in on fast...
Coffee contains similar levels of antioxidants to black tea and can
be just as beneficial to health, according to Scottish scientists
that have found coffee's antioxidants are highly absorbable by the
human body.
Roasted ground coffee is still by far the biggest category in the
German coffee market, but sales dropped by 2 per cent last year as
consumers switched to more exciting variants such as Cappuccino and
Espresso, writes Chris Jones.
Roasted ground coffee is still by far the biggest category in the
German coffee market, but sales dropped by 2 per cent last year as
consumers switched to more exciting variants such as Cappuccino and
Espresso, writes Chris Jones.
French drinks maker Marie Brizard is hoping to tap into growing
consumer demand for cocktails with an agreement which will target
supermarkets and off-licences in the UK. But are British consumers
ready for 'do-it-yourself'...
Bottled water, new age beverages and energy drinks are driving
growth in the global soft drinks market, but carbonates are losing
their appeal, according to a new report from market analysts
Datamonitor.
If you want a short sharp shot of coffee with an added antioxidant
boost the torrefacto roast is the answer, according to scientists
in Spain who set to work on the art of making a simple expresso
cup.
A hot cup of cocoa - that stalwart of cold winter nights and an all
time favourite for children - could actually boast more
antioxidants than green tea and red wine, say researchers in the
US.
Ongoing rumours that the Irish food and ingredients company Kerry
Group had bought up a US fruit flavour operation were at last
confirmed with the ambitious food ingredients business broadcasting
that it has purchased US-based Da...
The spread of cola brands from the US to the rest of the world
could be copied by the spread of health drinks and iced tea and
coffee westwards from Japan, claims a new Datamonitor report. But
if cola growth is slowing, reports of...
Convenient breakfast cereals, soluble Spanish coffee, snacks you
can eat with one hand and confectionery bubbles all feature in
Mintel's latest monthly round up of new product innovation.
Can it be true ? Are the British - the nation of tea-lovers -
really turning down a cup of tea in favour of alternative beverages
? According to a new report from market analysts Datamonitor,
although the average Brit sips their way...
In our second flavour news of the day, Danish ingredients giant
Danisco reports on the two new flavour concepts it developed for
the Specialty Coffee Association of America's (SCAA) annual
conference in April this year.
The latest round-up from Mintel's GNPD reveals that innovation in
the food and drink industry is still going strong. Evidence that
innovation remains a number one priority for food manufacturers is
all apparent in the latest...
US food ingredients company Applied Food Sciences announced last
week that it has begun shipments of its green coffee bean extract
product - Green Coffee Antioxidant (GCA) - to customers.
The local coffee shop has evolved radically over the past few years
in the UK and the US. Gone are the days when the consumer is
presented with a watery cup of lukewarm coffee. Today, not only do
we have a plethora of styles - cappuccino,...
Innovative or unusual packaging can certainly help a product to
stand out from the crowd. Our latest look at the Mintel Global New
Products Database focuses on just a handful of the new shapes and
materials being used to market food...
US fast food group McDonald's, reporting huge losses for the last
quarter of 2002, is the latest multinational to jump onto the
organic bandwagon in the UK. The international fast food chain
announced earlier this month that...
Carbonate sales might be fizzing, but a new report from beverage
analysts Canadean shows that the growth in sales of still drinks is
even greater - and that the rate of growth is likely to continue to
gather pace for the next few...
A new company, Advercan.com, has been formed in the US to tackle
the problem of drinks can hygiene while simultaneously providing
another means of can advertising.
A prepared curry, presented in minimal packaging, washed down by a
cup of white tea, followed by a citrus sorbet anyone? According to
the Global New Products Database of market analysts Mintel, these
are some of the trends we could...
Last week we reported on a study that suggested the buzz we get
from coffee may not, unlike the widely held belief, actually be
from caffeine. This week, new reaseach finds that brewed coffee
raises homocysteine levels and risk factors...
The 'caffeine' buzz we get from our regular cups of coffee might
not actually be caffeine after all. Researchers in Switzerland
reporting on a recent study found that when occasional coffee
drinkers drank a triple espresso,...
Year-to-date sales at French soft drinks group Teisseire declined
by 3 per cent, but this is only to be expected as it reorganises
itself as a producer of innovative juice drinks and revamps its
traditional cordial business.
A new energy bar with guarana has been launched by UK confectionery
group Cadbury Schweppes, the first 'mainstream' chocolate bar to
enter the energy market. Boost Guarana is said to offer as much
extra energy as an energy...
German researchers have found traces of the cancer-causing chemical
acrylamide, in coffee, although not in as high concentrations as in
fatty foods such as potato crisps, french fries or bread.
A compound found in many foods and drinks could form the basis for
new drugs to defeat cancer and heart disease, scientists at the
University College London (UCL) in the UK claimed this week.
US functional flavour company Blue Pacific Flavors has opened a
state-of-the-art finished beverage R&D application facility for
the development of functional beverages.
The US market for energy supplements is estimated to be worth more
than $1.2 billion (€1.37bn) in retail sales in 2001, and while
young, male consumers are the target audience for most energy
supplement producers, market research...
Scientists at Denver's AMC Cancer Research Center claim that they
have invented a new coffee-roasting process that preserves the
disease-fighting antioxidant present in green java beans, reports
Jim Erickson, PRNewswire.
Coffee was flavour of the weekend as scientists met in Florida
recently not only to share the latest research into this popular
drink but to enjoy latest consumption statistics.
US company Applied Food Sciences (AFS), announced this week that it
has made yield improvements in its Coffee Antioxidant Enhancement
Technology, a proprietary process that increases the quantity of
natural antioxidants found in brewed...
The EC has cleared the proposed restructuring of Coca-Cola Nestlé
Refreshment Company, an existing beverages joint venture in the
field of iced tea and coffee between The Coca-Cola Company and
Nestlé SA.
Coffee contains four times the amount of health-boosting
antioxidants as green tea, reveals a new study that examined the
effects of green tea, cocoa, herbal teas and coffee on antioxidant
activity.
A new study from Norway has found that coffee drinkers who quit
drinking caffeinated filtered coffee cut their blood levels of
cholesterol and the protein homocysteine, which are known risk
factors for heart disease.
The Swedish National Food Administration reported that "energy"
drinks containing caffeine and taurine should not be used as
thirst-quenchers or mixed with alcohol.
Coca-Cola, the American beverage company, announced on Friday it
had bought Mad River Traders, a maker of tea, juice and soft
drinks, based in Connecticut,...
