News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
In issuing a set of successful procedures on reducing acrylamide formation during manufacturing processes, the EU's food industry association is attempting to help its smaller members get on the right side of public opinion.
A leading manufacturer of hydrolyzed vegetable proteins for the food industry has reformulated its product line in order to meet non trans-fat label requirements.
The decision to adjust the maximum sodium levels permitted for foods that bear the implied nutrient content claim 'healthy' underlines continued consumer reticence towards low-salt products.
The kids' version of the USDA's food pyramid is as ineffective as the adult version in conveying sound nutritional advice, according to a major public health body.
The US is on its way to lowering processing times for Parmesan cheese - a move bound to inflame producers in Italy, threaten their sales and encourage further battles over rights to the name.
Nutrition profiling proposals from the UK's food watchdog would put milk in the same health bracket as diet coke and make breast milk unsuitable for children, claims a dairy industry body critical of the scheme.
Pressure on prices for cereal ingredients will continue as revised figures show a draw down in global cereal stocks in 2005.
Australian ingredients and food group Burns Philp cashes in on value creation to fund future investments, spinning off its baking, spreads and oils divisions into a separate firm.
The appeal of salt-reduced food formulations confirmed as fresh figures reveal salt sales are on the decline, finds a new report.
Marketers would be wise to target the male shopper as new opportunities open up with new research revealing men have overtaken women on food spending.