News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
When representatives from around the world gather this week in Montreal to debate an international convention on biotechnology, the US will be making its case that current testing methods to detect trace amounts of genetically modified substances in...
The US Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is debating whether to create a new set of food standards in order to encourage more nutritious food formulation, writes Anthony Fletcher.
Indian food industry continues to show a strong commitment to oil imports following drop in domestic demand, says industry body.
Strong branded milk lines stepping away from generics, and a rise in porridge, tea and coffee consumption are helping to turn around figures for milk use in Britain.
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The UK government must introduce a compulsory new supermarket code ofconduct if it is to make up for past mistakes and save the food industryfrom a spiral into anti-competitive practices.
As the country cautiously introduces GM imports, China has ratified the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, a global protocol signed by over 130 countries that aims to regulate international trade of genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
Finnish bakery group Fazer has bought its way in to Moscow to take advantage of the growing demand among restaurants for bake-off bread products and frozen dough, reports Chris Mercer.
Leading US supplement retailer GNC is rolling out the first product containing the satiety ingredient Olibra, a combination of palm and oat oil fractions developed by Sweden's LTP Lipid Technologies Provider, reports Dominique Patton.
India's dairy industry is priming the country's research centres with funds in a bid to mechanise the region's indigenous foods sector ahead of moves to apply international food safety standards, Hridyesh Pandey reports.
The leading US food maker Kraft Foods is putting its weight behind the increasingly popular South Beach diet, launching a new line of foods for people following the regime, reports Lorraine Heller.
A patented grape seed extraction process shows how mainstream beverage makers can increasingly take advantage of the growing niche market for health drinks, writes Anthony Fletcher.
The EU's restrictive position on biotechnology food products is closely connected to domestic political reversal in key countries such as France and the UK and concerns over the power of multinationals and globalisation, according to two researchers...
In light of new European 'one up-one down' rules on traceability, Finnish food safety receives a 'special focus' in 2005 with the government announcing a clampdown on fruit and vegetables.
Canada's failure to grant a key biotechnology expert a visa in order for him to attend this week's Cartagena Biosafety Protocol meeting has angered activists, writes Anthony Fletcher.