News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Greencore Group, the Irish food ingredients and convenience food company, this week reported a leap in operating profit together with strong sales growth and a reduction in net debt for the year ended 27 September 2002. Strong growth for convenience...
Starch ingredients company National Starch and Chemical, a subsidiary of the chemical giant ICI Group, has moved further into human nutrition with the announcement yesterday that it has acquired the resistant starch business from Penford Australia, a...
Europe may remain reticent over the use of irradiation by food manufacturers but other countries across the world are making steps towards increasing the use of this controversial food preservation technology. Canada made moves this week.
Pop a supplement of sip a juice - where are the benefits? New research suggest that the juice of the concord grape has powerful antioxidant effects that may offer extra benefits that supplements do not.
The average food ingredients company in the UK over the past three years has seen sales decrease, a fall in profits, and contractions rather than growth marking many areas of business. On a positive note, the food ingredients industry has succeeded in...
The decision by the Navarra regional authorities to allow the term 'bio' to be used to describe non-organic dairy products has been upheld by the local courts, the latest twist in the ongoing battle between Spain and the rest of the EU over the use of...
New report confirms the growth of the non-dairy drinks sector as the health and nutrition trend gains pace growth. Competition in the burgeoning sector is set to increase, with the big players turning to new product development as a means to capture...
The discovery of potentially dangerous bacteria by the Georgia Department of Agriculture in the US has led a New Jersey company to voluntarily recall a brand of imported cheese.