PepsiCo ups investment in coconut water firm to majority stake
PepsiCo has increased its investment in coconut water company O.N.E. despite supply issues that have affected the market in 2010.
Archives for December 9, 2010
PureCircle receives new patents for stevia production methods
PureCircle has announced that it has been granted three new patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office for the methods it uses to produce its stevia-derived sweetener ingredients.
Ulrick and Short plans Q1 sweet potato starch production
Clean label functional starch supplier Ulrick and Short expects to harvest and produce its first ingredients from sweet potato in early 2011; and is investigating new nutritional combo offerings.
Competition laws need over-haul to protect producers, UN rapporteur
Competition law should be geared towards protecting suppliers up the food chain, not just end consumers, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food.
Soy protein ingredient offers better whole muscle meat yields
Soy ingredients company Solae has introduced a new hydrolyzed soy protein product to increase the yield of whole muscle meat products such as hams, roast beef, corned beef, turkey breast, and bone-in poultry.
Salts levels may affect lipid emulsion stability: Study
Salt plays an important role in governing the structure and textures of lipid emulsions, due to electrostatic interactions between sodium chloride and lipid particles, according to new research.
UK: No labelling or regulation required for food from cloned animal offspring
There is no evidence to justify the regulation of food from the descendants of cloned animals on safety grounds, the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) will tell Government chiefs.
Prebiotic wheat bran extract gets FDA GRAS no objection
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a letter of no objection for the wheat bran extract Brana Vita, giving manufacturers a new prebiotic for a range of food and beverage products.