Fruit

Packaging you can eat

Packaging you can eat

Edible wraps made of fruit and vegetables and plastic wrapping that
incorporates basil are being developed. Is this the future of
packaging, or will the concept fail to catch on or meet stringent
EU health and safety regulations?

Fruit target from WHO

Fruit target from WHO

Global stategies to improve the diet of the world's population
continue with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the UN Food
and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) unveiling a 'unified approach to
promote greater consumption...

Smucker in a jam?

Smucker in a jam?

Labelling issues have come to the fore for US jam maker JM Smucker
with a Californian woman suing the company over 'Simply 100 Per
Cent Fruit' that might actually be less than 50 per cent fruit.

Yeast combats apple mould

Yeast combats apple mould

The US Department of Agriculture says it is seeking to patent a
biocontrol yeast that fights the apple nemesis 'blue mould', a
fungus which leaves a telltale sign of soft, watery, light-brown
rot.

IFT in for a Treatt

IFT in for a Treatt

Flavour ingredients company Treatt will unveil its new selection of
natural vegetable distillates at the IFT exhibition opening this
weekend in Chicago, USA.

Pectin power

Pectin power

Food ingredients giant Danisco invests further in Mexico, and
pectin, with the announcement this week that is to construct a DKK
40 million production plant for speciality pectin in Tecomán,
Mexico.

Figging it up!

Figging it up!

A special orchard in Northern California is home to more than 100
different kinds of figs from around the globe. This fig genebank
ranks as one of the world's largest living assortments of edible
figs, writes the US Agriculatural...

All gone pear-shaped

All gone pear-shaped

The mysteries of peculiar shaped fruits and vegetables appear to
have been revealed. Scientists in the US have found that disabling
one gene in a tomato can make it pear-shaped. Squash, aubergines
and pears, they claim, probably owe...

Safety in the can

Safety in the can

Tin levels in UK canned foods are lower than five years ago and are
well within regulatory limits, according to a UK Food Standards
Agency survey released last week.

A kiwi? A bean?...

A kiwi? A bean?...

UK flavour ingredients company Treatt this week launched a new
addition to its range of TNF water-soluble distillates - Kiwifruit
Treattarome 9770, a new kiwifruit distillate. The company claims
that the new flavour can contribute...

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