News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Wholegrain flours that can be used to produce white baked products are proving a hit with US bakeries looking to meet new healthy eating guidelines, but colour is still proving a challenge, writes Lorraine Heller.
Archer Daniels Midland has reported a fourth-quarter profit, with lower costs offsetting a decline in sales.
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Whether it is a pork pie from Melton Mowbray or olive oil from Nimes, every Tom, Denis and Haemon seems to believe their local food deserves the EU's protection from big, bad corporations.
A new collaboration between government and private industry has been initiated in order to protect the nation's food supply from terrorist threats.
AB Enzymes will launch a new product to replace potassium bromate in time to cash in on an increased Asian demand for substitutes, after the substance was banned in China early this month.
The rising success of low-GI foods may be down to their promise of longer lasting satisfaction compared with the deprivation associated with low-calorie or reduced fat foods, reports Dominique Patton.
The UK's Food Standard Agency announced the withdrawal of three food products last week due to the presence of Sudan I, undeclared irradiation and contamination.
EFSA executive director Geoffrey Podger is stepping down to take up a new post as chief executive of the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE) on 28 November 2005, writes Anthony Fletcher.
In a bid to meet the skill shortage in the food and drink industry the UK has set up a system to provide employers with an accredited system for checking the qualifications of potential employees.
American consumers rate themselves as the world's most savvy shoppers when it comes to understanding nutrition labels on the foods they buy, but it's fat content and calories, not additives and preservatives, that concern them, according to a new report.
More acquisitions may be on the cards for Balchem, the company that last month bought Loders Croklaan's encapsulation and agglomeration business, reports Jess Halliday.