News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) has said it will support Food and Drug Administration (FDA) efforts to reduce sodium in foods – but called for further research into the health impacts of broad-based reduction programs.
Agricultural processing giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has reported a huge boost in net profit during the third quarter, although lower prices for sweeteners and starches reduced earnings from corn processing.
Food from cloned animals must be excluded from draft legislation on ‘novel foods’, Environment Committee MEPs said yesterday - in direct opposition to a position adopted by EU environment ministers just weeks ago.
The Federation of European Specialty Food Ingredients Industries (ELC) elected a new board at its extraordinary general assembly yesterday, with Beneo’s Markwart Kunz voted president.
A new study on children’s willingness to eat fruit indicates that they are prepared to eat twice as much when it is visually appearing, findings that could help inform food producers’ strategies as well as parents’.
The next generation of gluten-free products may be achieved with sourdough technology and better processing of oats, according to the EU’s HealthGrain project.
The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation has partnered with major media companies Discovery Education and Meredith Corporation in an effort to further its anti-obesity agenda.
The food industry has received ringing praise from the EU’s director general for health and consumers are it charts five years of progress towards helping make a healthier, more balanced diet and lifestyle attainable by consumers.
Danisco has been collaborating with a spray equipment manufacturer to offer bakery manufacturers in the US a tried and tested unit for applying its antimicrobial on baked goods such as flat breads and muffins.