Archives for June 12, 2005

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Highway to health

Parked on the hot coals of public opinion, the food industry can lose no time in proving how healthy its products are.

Cargill innovation taps health market growth

Cargill has developed an ingredient that enables manufacturers to add the healthy benefits of whole grain nutrition to foods while preserving the sensory qualities of foods made from enriched corn flour, reports Anthony Fletcher.

Food industry must adapt to ethical consumerism

The increase in ethical consumerism means that food makers should seriously consider the commercial implications of eco-labels, though tighter regulation is still needed, writes Anthony Fletcher.

People on the move

It's all change at the top at Archers Daniel Midland, while Con Agra has announced several hundred job cuts.

Morrisons issues warning; M&S to deliver groceries

While William Morrison Supermarkets is reportedly on the hunt for a new chief executive, it has issued another warning that it is having a hard time digesting its £3.35bn (€5bn) acquisition of Safeway last year, reports Ahmed ElAmin.

Bisphenol-A linked to recurrent miscarriages

Scientists in Japan said a small sample study indicates a link between recurrent miscarriages and Bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical that has been previously fingered as a possibly cause of breast cancer, reports Ahmed ElAmin.

Sweet drinks starve Americans of nutrition

A study showing that sweet drinks have overtaken white bread as the leading source of calories in the American diet may mean that the nutrition gap is even wider than previously thought, reports Jess Halliday. But according to the lead researcher,...