News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
New regulations will tighten error margins on food nutrition labels as a new study claiming many UK foods, including biscuits and pizzas, are significantly higher in fat and sugar than their labels suggest, threatens to further dent consumer trust,...
Drinks manufacturers competing for market share in coffee products will welcome new technology from Swiss scientists that should shed light on the complex roasting process associated with the appeal of coffee aromas.
Pressure groups plan to use this year's Food Allergy Awareness Week to promote the need for clear and effective product labeling to the food industry as the allergy labeling legislation deadline approaches, Philippa Nuttall reports.
Genaissance Pharmaceuticals, Monsanto and the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have formed a triple alliance to draw up a genetic map of the soybean, the companies announced today, writes Philippa Nuttall.
UK sugar and dairy powder firm Napier Brown Foods confirmed rumours this week that it is in discussions that could lead to a possible takeover, writes Lindsey Partos.
Russia's ketchup market, one of the largest in the world, is beginning to attract the attention of a number of international players keen to take advantage of the sauce's perennial popularity. But while Heinz is perhaps the most high-profile aspirant,...
Russia's consumer rights authority has released details of new legislation designed to regulate the market for foods targeted specifically at children in response to claims by manufacturers that the lack of government rules was holding back potential...
Chr Hansen's innovative Eastern European marketing campaign, which kicks off today, should help the Czech Republic's dairy sector find new ways of adding value to their products, writes Anthony Fletcher.
US oilseed and cocoa processor Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) said on Monday it will post a gain of $93 million in its fiscal third quarter, due to the sale of a 27.9 million share stake in UK starch and sweeteners firm Tate & Lyle, reports Lindsey Partos.
Dr Sin Hang Lee, founder of the green tea TeaForHealth, yesterday demanded that the FDA introduce a tea flouride safety standard after recent research suggested that ingesting certain levels of the chemical could be harmful, writes Philippa Nuttall.
In the wake of the sudan 1 crisis that led to nearly 600 food product recalls in the UK in recent weeks, Brussels gives a helping hand to the food industry, publishing a guidance document to assist all players in the food chain to better understand...
In light of the current debate about the regulation of children's food, Moscow-based market analysts Comcon carried out a survey of Russian babies' eating habits, revealing that processed food products are firmly on the menu, writes Angela Drujinina.
As a pending sale looms in the background, and after a patch of fading sales and tighter margins, Danish vegetable fats supplier Aarhus United is on the up, with the company marking improved growth for 2004, writes Lindsey Partos.