Beer with a caffeine boost
Anheuser-Busch has created a beer for those who fancy a night on the tiles but need that little extra something to pep them up.
Archives for October 6, 2004
Cargill-Monsanto to market trans-fat alternative
Cargill, the largest private firm in the US, will link up with biotech giant Monsanto to bring food makers an alternative source of soybean oil, used to reduce the artery-clogging trans fats in food products.
UK releases Chinese retail guide
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) will be releasing a 'Chinese Simplified' translation of its groundbreaking Global Standard for Consumer Products on 26 October 2004.
Sales 'sustained' at Givaudan
Number one flavour group Givaudan sees beverage and dairy sales pulled down in Europe but despite slow-down in flavour operations sales for the division offset a dip in fragrance for nine months to September.
Aspartame defence courts reaction
An editorial in the British Medical Journal this month that concludes criticisms of aspartame are 'unfounded' adds fuel to the ongoing debate surrounding this popular sweetener used widely in food and beverage applications.
Food scientists design listeria detection sensor
Food scientists continue to roll out tools in the fight against foodborne pathogens as researchers in the US design a new biosensor to detect the potentially deadly bacteria Listeria monocytogenes.
Advertising watchdog upholds complaint on breakfast cereal
Food makers need to be alert to nutritional claims as UK advertising watchdog comes down on number one breakfast cereal supplier Kellogg's, claiming a recent cinema advertisement for its Frosties brand was 'misleading' because it implied the cereal...
Individual taste profiles to drive future formulation?
Foods of the future may well be anchored in individual taste profiles as fundamental research by scientists at the Swiss food giant Nestlé details the diversity of bitter taste receptors in monkeys, chimpanzees and humans, writes Lindsey Partos,...
Tomato leads genome project
Resources are being poured into research on a health promoting ingredient used widely in the food industry as scientists set to sequence a portion of the gene-rich regions of 12 tomato chromosomes.
Aspartame defended as safe
An editorial in the British Medical Journal this month that concludes criticisms of aspartame are 'unfounded' adds fuel to the ongoing debate surrounding this popular sweetener used widely in food and beverage applications.
Prodi attends ASEM meeting in Vietnam
European Commission president Romano Prodi and commissioner Pascal Lamy are attending this week's ASEM 5 Summit in Vietnam, which represents a landmark in Asia-Europe relations.