Emerging markets drive record Barry Callebaut half year net profits
Strong performance in emerging markets and a strategic focus on customer segmentation rather than individual products have driven Barry Callebaut to record half year profits.
Archives for April 3, 2011
Sensory optimisation must be matched by nutritional boosts: Review
The food industry’s focus of optimising the sensory characteristics of foods must be matched by an optimisation of nutrition, according to a new review.
FDA proposes calorie labeling on vending machines and menus
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed calorie labeling on food sold from vending machines, as well as on restaurant menus, in an effort to fight back against the nation’s obesity problem.
Chocolate price hikes won't put off consumers, predict analysts
Confectioners will probably get away with increasing prices on chocolate bars without significantly denting demand because they are generally low ticket items bought as treats in an area with high brand loyalty, analysts have predicted.
International food risk communication center seeks more international involvement
The newly formed International Center of Excellence in Food Risk Communication (ICEFRC) is looking to attract more international partner organizations, its chief facilitating organization has said.
EFSA seeks experts for scientific panels
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said it is seeking independent experts to serve on a raft of its scientific committees and panels.
Naturex set for “one or two” acquisitions in 2011: President
Naturex will expand again in 2011 with several “€5-20m” targets, 1.5 years after completing the €110m integration of Spanish supplier Natraceutical that made the French botanical extracts supplier the biggest in the world.
Food makers build in health ‘from the ground up’
Reformulation is not the only route to healthier foods and beverages, as manufacturers increasingly are seeking to build healthy products from the ground up, according to a research chef at IFF.
Novel foods progress may mean removing clones
All is not well down on the novel foods farm. If food innovation in Europe is to thrive anew, MEPs and the Council need to get past the recriminations over the failed talks and remove the troublesome question of cloned foods from the negotiating table.
NutraCea: Defatted rice bran could provide key to lower-fat nuggets
A raft of higher-value products targeting humans rather than animals - from an ultra-potent antioxidant-rich rice bran oil to rice lecithin and food grade defatted rice bran – will help NutraCea puts its troubled past behind it in 2011/12, bosses have...
New enzyme aims to take the haze out of iced tea
Biocatalysts has launched a new enzyme that it claims can remove haze in iced tea products without affecting flavour.
Intelligent film changes colour to indicate spoiled food - Fraunhofer
The Fraunhofer Institute has developed a cost-effective colour-changing intelligent sensor film that can be integrated into meat or fish packaging to indicate if the food has spoiled.
Growth boom expected for Indian confectionery market, Datamonitor
The Indian confectionery market will see rapid growth over the next three years, according to the latest Datamonitor research, with an increasing premiumisation trend leading to a hike in chocolate purchases.
China orders closure of up to half its dairies after safety inspections
Nearly half of China’s 1176 dairies have been forced into temporary closure after failing to pass safety inspections.