Regulatory definitions of 'natural' are not in line with consumer understanding of the term, a discrepancy that is causing big headaches for the food and drink industry, according to one senior executive at Coca-Cola.
Scotland is continuing its drive to attract more people at the start of their careers to work in the food and beverage sector ‘from farm to fork’, with a new initiative to help youngsters understand what goes into making a product.
The UK food and drink sector is getting creative about its efforts to redress the shortage of engineers, scientists and technologists – including opening eyes to the range of careers on offer and training initiatives.
Pure Circle, supplier of stevia-derived Reb A, is expecting to report a 420 per cent increase in profit in its full year results due to good reception for the first products launched in the US.
Market analysts say the organic market trend is here to stay,
despite rising food prices. In fact, issues surrounding these price
hikes - the globalization of food and environmental factors - may
actually bolster this market.
The refusal by regulators to provide a formal definition of the
term 'natural' will ultimately lead to confusion for consumers and
a legal headache for manufacturers.
The food industry must face up to the challenges of modern
communication if consumer confidence is to be regained - and costly
mistakes are to be avoided, writes Keith Taylor.
Reading Scientific Services Ltd (RSSL) has reorganised several of
its analytical services to create a specialist department dealing
with functional ingredients.
Pursuit Dynamics, the UK-based creators of novel sonic wave food
and drink processing technology, will announce at its AGM today
plans to expand even faster this year after its breakthrough in
2005.
Children in the UK spend more than a third of their pocket money on
sweets, snacks, drinks and takeaways, find new statistics from the
country's national number crunching body, reports Lindsey
Partos.
British children aged 7-14 receive a massive £1.5 billion in pocket
money each year, spending a large share of this on food and drink.
But with manufacturers scaling down their marketing efforts amid
accusations of contributing to...
Results from an ongoing Irish initiative to boost product
innovation - new ingredients and finished food and drink products -
unveiled at an industry food event this month in Ireland imply that
investment could be paying off.
Lingering consumer suspicion of synthetic colours, coupled with the
rising preference for all-natural products, is driving uptake of
natural food colours within Australia and New Zealand, report
market analysts Frost & Sullivan....
The presence of botanical ingredients in beverages and foods is
certainly an increasing trend that looks set to continue in the
near future. A conference to be held by UK food research
organisation Leatherhead Food RA will address...
Dutch food company Wessanen reported sales of €1,449.5 million for
the first half of 2002. Net sales remained close to figures for
last year's first half, while EBITA decreased to €36.6 million from
€43.2 million in the same...
A new report by Leatherhead Food Research Association in Britain
says that innovation in product development is crucial for today's
global food and drink markets.
On Wednesday 4 July the Institute of Food Research (IFR) in the UK
will launch the Food and Health Network. According to the Institute
the Network aims...