News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Food companies involved at every step of the food chain are obliged to maintain a clean, safe environment to beat food pathogens, but food scientists from the US report that strains of the deadly pathogen Listeria monocytogenes can persist for up to a...
Pace for flavoured alcoholic drinks slowing down in Europe's largest market - the UK - after the explosive growth witnessed in 2001, with the FABs moving into mainstream and as such losing the more discerning consumer.
Weak sales of fruit preparations hit European sales for number two flavours group International Flavours and Fragrances (IFF) with the firm reporting an overall drop in sales for the region but growth elsewhere keeps firm on track for rest of 2004.
Farming in China needs serious investment if domestic food production is to keep up with rising food consumption. But with a growing emphasis on food quality and safety, future investment in the sector looks seems an inevitable route towards the...
US ingredients giant ADM saw double-digit sales growth for the year but overall profits were dragged down by a volatile soybean market in China. The company said that many cancelled orders from soy meal buyers there had particularly impacted results...
The annual mass exodus of city-dwelling French citizens to the coastal resorts has already begun, and as usual it was preceded by the grunts and groans of French people trying to squeeze into last year's swimming costume. It should come as no...
A major European food science body has asserted this week that genetic modification has the potential to offer strong benefits - quantity, quality and acceptability - for the world's food supply. With the booming population of the Asia-Pacfic region,...
Regular consumption of lutein-enriched eggs could provide the body with protective levels of this antioxidant widely believed to help fight degenerative eye diseases, suggests a small study from the US.
Soft drink and snack maker PepsiCo might not spring immediately to mind when thinking about healthy food products, but the US company clearly believes it has a role to play in this fast-growing market - and has added a new logo to those products which...
Consumption of fresh fruit is on the rise in the UK, shows new government data, leading to a notable increase in intake of vitamin C. But a decline in other foods such as milk means calcium, iron and other nutrients are still lacking in the average...
The Philippines-based San Miguel Corporation has broken ground on a non-alcoholic beverage facility in South Vietnam. The move comes as part of the company's plans to increase its operations outside the domestic market - aims that have already seen...
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) says that it has come across lead contamination in cornflour milled from imported corn following routine food safety tests on a number of food products. The organisation says that it has now traced the...
Unilever has reported a small fall in sales for its operations in the Asia Pacific region during the first half of the year, as overall results are dragged down by even worse performances in the European and North American markets. The company said...
Mirroring China's record economic growth, mergers and acquisitions activity has boomed to record levels this year. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers M&A activitity in both Hong Kong and China grew 168 per cent in the first half of this year to $26...
Flavoured alcoholic beverages (FABs) took the UK market by storm in the late 1990s, and while recent rumours of their death have been greatly exaggerated, growth in the market does appear to be slowing as consumers switch to more sophisticated...