Proposals on the suggested amounts of artificial colourings in food
supplements are being drawn up for Codex because the current limits
are too low, according to the International Alliance for
Dietary/Food Supplement Associations...
European ingredients firm Danisco is introducing a new range of
lactitol-based sweeteners for bakery products in the Brazilian
market - a strategic decision that indicates an on-going commitment
to milk-derived lactitol.
Danisco is taking its natural food protection services to a new
level with the launch of a new label called Care4U, which combines
ingredients with advice and analytical support.
The trend towards reducing the fat content in food products is
contributing to growth in the emulsifiers market, as R&D
produces new ingredients that can help healthier products taste as
good as the original full fat versions.
The trend for 'clean label' foods containing few E-numbers is
emanating from the UK market but it is not yet a keen priority for
consumers, retailers and manufacturers in every country, says GC
Hahn.
Scientists have isolated a blue pigment from cultured soil bacteria
that could offer a natural colouring with an excellent stability
and toxicology profile for food.
The International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations
(IADSA) is highlighting the need for industry to engage in debate
over levels of additives in supplements under Codex guidelines to
prevent the setting of levels too...
The globalisation of the food industry is driving the harmonisation
of ingredient regulations, though its still a jungle out there, as
IFT conference delegates learnt last week.
The combination of common food additives could interfere with the
development of the nervous system, raising new concerns about the
health implications of children's diets, according to a new report
published today.
Tel Aviv-based additive supplier Israel Chemicals expands its
activities through the acquisition of Brazilian food additive
manufacturer Adicon Industria E Comercio De Aditivos.
Fat replacers, emulsifiers and antioxidants lead value growth in
the global €18 billion food additives market, while sweeteners and
acidulants are increasingly impacted by competition from Asia.
Post sudan 1 debacle, a UK food manufacturer defends the safety of
food additives used in its curry formulations, but receives a
complaint through the UK's advertising watchdog.
Sweetener company zuChem said today that it will launch its initial
mannitol product in the first quarter of 2005 on the back of the
FDA's recent amendment of its legslation governing the sweetener.
Clariant Masterbatches Division is installing Milliken AlphaSan
antimicrobial agent in its masterbatch operations in order to
achieve complete product safety.
At the table earlier this month in Geneva ingredients and additive
experts met to discuss the safety of a host of flavouring agents
and the construction of further principles for setting the safety
levels of food additives.
Newly-formed food agency, the Food Standards Australia New Zealand
(FSANZ), is inviting public comment on a gamut of possible changes
to the Food Standards Code, including infant foods labelling,
artificial sweeteners and GM soybeans.
Campaigners in the UK have begun a further assault on the
"artificial additives", and their potential effects on child
health, writes Frost & Sullivan. What does this mean for
food additive producers? And how can they...
Enzymes, wholegrains and esters are on the agenda as newly formed
food safety agency Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)
continues to tackle the Food Standards Code with the
invitation this week for public comment on a number...
As the science behind the food additives industry continues to
develop, so will the size of the market, according to a new report
from US market research company Business Communications Company
(BCC).
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to amend the food
additive regulations regarding the pre-market notification process
for food contact substances (FCSs) established by the Food and Drug
Administration Modernisation Act...
Hong Kong has ordered more popular Japanese snacks to be pulled
from supermarket shelves after they were found to contain an
unapproved sweetener which some studies have linked to cancer and
other health problems.
New food additives legislation covering the use of colours and
other 'miscellaneous' additives in food came into force on 15
January in England, the UK Food Standards Agency reports this week.
In response to recent concerns raised in relation to possible
contamination of soy and oyster sauce products the Australian and
New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) has set a limit for
chloropropanols 3-MCPD in soy sauce products
Recent Food and Drug Administration warnings this month to
manufacturers of food products containing herbs are founded on
misinterpretation and misuse...
