Archives for July 14, 2009

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World Food Processing expands soy operations

By staff reporter

Iowa-based World Food Processing has purchased a stake in soy powder specialist, SoyLink Assets, for an undisclosed sum as the soy and pea player consolidates its soy operations.

Chinese flower may be anti-browning ingredient

By Stephen Daniells

Extracts from the Asian plant Osmanthus fragrans may prevent browning of foods, and offer an alternative to formulators looking to tap the ‘natural’ wave.

Health and wellness top date food list: Survey

By staff reporter

Anything that makes you look healthy, doesn’t stick in your teeth, and doesn’t give you bad breath is on the menu as a date food, says a new survey from Cornell University.

Premium consumers still drawn to natural, organic foods

By staff reporter

Wealthy consumers who have taken a hit in the recession are more likely to buy natural, organic and ethical foods than those who have been unaffected, claims a new report on psychographic responses to financial setback.

Ukrainian sunflower oil controls to ease this year, JRC

By Jess Halliday

Imports of Ukraine sunflower oil to the EU look likely to resume unhampered by restrictions imposed due to mineral oil contamination; 80 per cent of laboratories can now measure levels of the contaminant.

Lord Rooker to lead Food Standards Agency

Former Defra minister Lord Rooker has been appointed as the next chair of the UK’s Food Standards Agency, taking over from Dame Deirdre Hutton later this month.