News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Suppliers of the food colouring carmine are taking a cautious approach to new customers, as the industry continues to feel the impact of supply shortages, which this year sent prices for the ingredient soaring six fold.
UK food safety watchdog, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) is to review strategies designed to reduce the shedding of E. coli 0157 by ruminant livestock.
Sugar beet growers are concerned that there may not be adequate supply of conventional seed to ensure a reliable US sugar supply in 2011, the American Sugarbeet Growers Association has told FoodNavigator-USA.
Olam International is planning to invest $43.5m to build its first, large greenfield cocoa processing plant in the Ivory Coast as well as additional primary processing and warehouse facilities.
SensoryEffects Flavor Systems, US Foods and Diehl Food Ingredients have unified under the SensoryEffects brand name in order to communicate an integrated approach to formulation.
Novel hypoallergenic foods that could benefit consumers with serious allergies are being overlooked by current legislation warn researchers from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Further risk-benefit studies are needed to remedy that problem,...
The UK government is looking to set up a food analysis system, which would test for the levels of sweeteners found in certain products to ensure their safe use.
Researchers testing the theory that caffeine consumption is related to an increased risk of certain cardiovascular events have indicated that their findings actually reveal a potential benefit rather than a risk.
The world’s first 100 percent biodegradable chip packet attracted a lot of noise last week, but not the buzz that SunChips’ maker FritoLay had been hoping for.
Global food and drink giant PepsiCo has pledged to invest $250m in its food and beverage business in Vietnam over the next three years.