Swedish oils and fats firm Karlshamns, which saw its profits slip
at the end of 2003, has acquired UK flaked fats company Kelanco,
and with it a drive into value-added speciality fats for the
booming UK convenience food market.
Vegetable oils will take the lion's share of the oils and fats
market in the US as food makers continue to turn away from animal
fats in favour of vegetable alternatives. But as consumers increase
their health concerns, dietary...
A common, but increasingly expensive and popular, food ingredient
is the focus of a new global initiative to protect production.
Ingredients firm Aarhus United has linked up with other
stakeholders in the food industry to push a plan...
New research funded by the UK's Food Standards Agency could help
food manufacturers ensure that the meat-free food eaten by
vegetarians and people from certain ethnic groups is not
contaminated by meat.
A green tea compound from DSM Nutritional Products could help
manufacturers of diet food and supplements looking to gain a share
of the increasingly important market for fat-fighting products.
Intensified competition in the ingredients marketplace and
disappointing orders for Cocoa Butter Equivalents (CBE) following
the new chocolate rules leads to job losses at Danish fats and oils
firm Aarhus United.
A diet of rapeseed oil fed to dairy cows can produce healthier milk
and butter to beat their artery-clogging equivalents, find British
scientists, signalling future gains for suppliers of ingredients to
the animal feed industry.
Russian agribusiness group Aston says it has acquired a controlling
stake in the Millerovo oil extraction plant in the Rostov region,
which, after modernisation, will be used to increase the company's
foothold in the edible oils...
Working to bring low fat lamb products to the European marketplace
scientists in Spain are set to add value to the end product with
new research focusing on boosting the presence of the disease
fighting 'friendly fat? conjugated...
Leading Japanese emulsifier supplier Riken Vitamin is set to boost
production at its subsidiary in Malaysia with the opening of a new
plant this week. High hopes to increase market share.
Zaporozhye Fat-and-oil Works, currently considered to be the leader
in the market for Ukrainian margarine products, has announced plans
to double its margarine production capabilities in an effort to
meet rising demand.
The German city of Frankfurt will look on as 12,000 food and drink
industry professionals hit the exhibition centre to eat up the
latest innovations and visit 1000 exhibitors at the 16th edition of
Fi Europe.
Scientists have developed a new cattle-feed supplement, which
dramatically boosts the content of unsaturated fatty acids over
saturated fats in cows' milk. It could also be used to reduce
saturated fat in meat, suggest the US-based...
Only months after buying Unilever's Indian fats business Hindustan
Lever, US agri-giant Bunge carves deeper into the Indian oils
market acquiring the India-based assets of private edible oils
company Prestige Foods this week.
A patent battle has ended with a US court giving chemicals giant
DuPont the commercial rights for a patented gene that could one day
lead to healthier vegetable oils for food preparation, according to
reports in the US press.
Our run up to the Food Ingredients Europe exhibition in Frankfurt
continues with a look at the selection of ingredients nominated by
the jury for the most innovative food ingredient award. Winners
will be announced at the show.
Long term sustainable growth is the key aim for a far-reaching
development process at Swedish fats and oils company Karlshamns,
the company confirmed recently when it announced its first half
results for 2002. An increasingly competitive...
UK arm of Nestle will cut type of fat linked to heart disease. The
move reflects increasing pressure on food manufacturers to reduce
the levels of trans fatty acids (TFAs) and comes in the same week
that US government announces all...
Small batch crisp manufacturer Jonathan Crisp claims to be the
first UK crisp manufacturer to produce cholesterol-free crisps,
looking to gain market share in the 'healthier' foods market.
Diet, and specifically the type and amount of lipids (fats)
consumed, may have a role in the development of Alzheimer's
disease. An EU-funded research project called 'LIPIDIET', with
researchers from seven countries,...
Last week we reported on a new study that highlighted, once again,
the benefits to our health of regularly consuming oily fish. New
research from the UK suggests that the Sikh population, and
potentially other Asian groups, could...
Yesterday we reported on a UK bread product which can help pregnant
women increase vitamin levels. Today we cross the Channel to
France, where a Nimes-based company is set to expand sales of its
slimming baguette to the capital.
Women who eat more eggs as teenagers may be less likely to develop
breast cancer later on, say researchers at Harvard University. They
also found that butter tended to raise the risk of the disease
while people who use vegetable oil...
Nutritional lipids company Loders Croklaan USA is set to hit the
courts with the news this week that it has filed a patent
infringement lawsuit against US company Natural.
Danish vegetable oils and fats company Aarhus Oliefabrik announced
yesterday that together with Astion, it will increase the
development portfolio of BSP Pharma principally using oil from the
African shea nut.
Danish vegetable oils and speciality fats company Aarhus Oliefabrik
this week reports a drop in consolidated operating income for the
third quarter as intense price competition and the impact of global
recession takes its toll.
Netherlands-based edible oils company Loders Croklaan Lipid
Nutrition announced this week that the US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) has confirmed GRAS status for its omega-3
fatty acid product Marinol C-38.
Take a look in the mirror, what do you see? An apple, a pear?
Obesity is a growing problem in Europe and currently one of the
main risk factors for Type 2 diabetes. Scientists have suggested
that the type of fat in your diet may have...
New European-funded research could be moving science a step closer
to understanding the complexities of obesity development in Europe,
which in turn would help health professionals to provide effective,
evidence-based dietary advice.
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), a leading agricultural
processor and supplier of food ingredients, marked its 100th
anniversary at the IFT Annual Meeting and Food Expo taking place in
Anaheim, California this week.
Danish food ingredients company Aarhus Olie launched a nutritional
oil at the Vitafoods International trade fair in Geneva this week.
The product marks the companys first foray into the functional
foods markets.
Cargill, the US agribusiness group, is looking to build one of
India's largest vegetable oils refinery in the coastal state of
Orissa, the Financial Times reports this week.
Common baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is best
known for helping to ferment beer and leaven bread. ARS scientists
are working to expand on its applications.
According to Australian researchers, campaigns to reduce heart
disease by promoting polyunsaturated margarines and cooking oils
could be partly responsible for the recent dramatic increase in
childhood asthma in the developed world.
A perceived increase in allergies among children in the
industrialised world has been blamed on everything from
environmental pollutants tosanitizing...
An advert that claimed salted peanuts had the same health benefits
as for olive oil has been criticised by the UK advertising
watchdog, the BBC reports....
