News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Qibla Cola, the 'alternative' soft drink which gives 10 per cent of its profits to worthwhile causes, is to enter the Canadian market via an agreement with local distributor Bimex. The staunchly anti-American brand is popular with Muslim communities.
The volatile vanilla market has seen food manufacturers turning to synthetic substitutes as prices per kilo soar from double to treble figures in recent years. Danish ingredients giant Danisco - a leading extractor of vanilla in the Americas - has...
Plant closures, higher grain costs and the ongoing rationalisation of its business interests have resulted in a decline in quarterly earnings of 26 per cent for Tyson Foods.
Further proof that risk assessment is underway at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) arrived this week with an expert meeting on semicarbazide.
The European Union is to reduce testing of imported Thai poultry for cancer-causing drugs, claiming that improved checks on chicken meat products have eased food safety fears.
Swiss Delice, the confectionery manufacturing arm of Swiss group Migros, is to fast track sales of its products to China after a successful launch last year in Hong Kong.