News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Dutch life science company DSM today posted a net profit of €959 million. Although DSM Fine Chemicals posted slightly lower sales and a lower operating profit, attributable to the pharma products and aspartame businesses, DSM Food Specialties and DSM...
By all accounts DSM presented a less than rosy set of second quarterly figures this week with sales and operating profit figures both plummeting. The company predicts a further downward trend in the third quarter but should rebound by the end of the year.
A sustained marketing effort which helped add more than 60,000 customers over the last year is beginning to pay off for Toupargel, the French frozen food retailer. And the fresh food arm is finally beginning to make headway as well.
The Foss Group has launched SoxCap, a new fat analysis system that combines superior performance with low investment.
The 21st century must rebalance the excesses of the 20th century - from pollution to food. This month there were visible signs that Europe is trying to get to grips with the labelling of health-related products with the Commission tabling tough rules...
The actual feasibility of linking consumption data to health outcomes came to light this week following investigations into the buying and eating of novel - to include genetically modified - foods.
The British company best known for its Cream Crackers, has entered the fast-growing snack market with the launch of a new cracker brand, JacoBites. The group will invest £5m in promoting the new crackers, which come in three different flavours.
With Europe's population getting steadily older - and wealthier - food companies should do more to target Senior consumers across the continent, claims Datamonitor. But getting the right message across in the right way is not always an easy task.
The World Health Organisation continues on its mission to reduce global obesity, hosting further meetings with food manufacturers from around the world to discuss the role the trade can play in tackling the problem.
Food manufacturers are failing to cash in on the 'new-age of senior consumerism', overlooking the highly disposable incomes of the third generation when it comes to product, marketing and advertising.
The €435 billion US food industry has welcomed a move by the Bush administration to inject more cash into food security. "Both Secretary Thompson and FDA Commissioner McClellan emphasised that the focus of this new food security research will be on...