News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
President of the American Dietetic Association Judith Rodriguez has called on the organization’s members to “change, adopt, adapt” to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA).
Heinz has dismissed claims that it is misleading consumers in the way it markets its Classico pasta sauces after finding itself at the receiving end of criticism from the National Consumers League (NCL) along with Del Monte and several other leading...
A pioneering new multi-screening allergen method is more effective, accurate, quicker and cheaper than existing methods used in the food industry, said Eurofins.
Special edition: Risk communication
Prompt public communication, acknowledgement of real and perceived risks, and control of stigma are key to effective management of food safety crisis, says a team of experts investigating lessons from two dioxin crises.
Understanding and quantifying different aspects involved in the dynamic changes of foods during oral processing is essential to improving food texture, according to a new review.
Givaudan is working towards sourcing decisions based on qualitative, sustainability-related factors rather than just quantitative, economic factors, and is asking suppliers of 80 per cent of its raw materials to join SEDEX by 2015.
More than 29 per cent of people in North America never buy private label cereal, citing taste as the main reason for not choosing such products, according to a study of 6,100 participants by research firm, Market Force Information.
An innovativemicrobial glucan known as Salecan may be useful as thickening agent, according to new research.
Canadian regulatory authorities and food manufacturers are not doing enough to ensure a safe Canadian food supply, claims an editorial in the latest Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ).
The Consumer Price Index for food at home rose 1.1 percent in March, bringing the total rise for food to 2.7 percent over the past three months, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday.
The Victorian Department of Health has posted information on its website backing the ability of antioxidants to battle free radicals.
Three deaths from nitrite tainted milk in China show that the country still has some way to go to clean up its dairy industry. One of the authors of a new study1 on the 2008 China melamine milk scandal explains what has gone wrong and what reforms are...