News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Network selling giant Amway has launched an integrated weight management program based on genetic testing. The program uses a simple test kit to help consumers determine which of several weight loss regimens will work best for them.
The president and CEO of a US food manufacturing company has outlined his confidence in the industry’s ability to feed nine billion people by 2050.
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Rather than relying solely on licensing deals for commercialization, San-Diego-based flavor innovator Senomyx will in future sell some of its flavor ingredients directly to flavor companies for re-sale to food and beverage companies, says the company.
Flavour firm Firmenich and Amyris have expanded their collaboration to develop and commercialise renewable ingredients for flavours and fragrances, the companies have said.
The European Parliament has backed a proposal to list endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) as “substances of very high concern” under the REACH legislation.
Texture is one of the defining attributes of foods and beverages and influences our eating and drinking experience – but how is it important in product development?
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has welcomed the decision of the world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund to pull investment from certain palm oil companies – but has disagreed with its divestment from firms that are on the path to RSPO...
Consuming high-fat dairy products following diagnosis with breast cancer could lead to a higher risk or worse outcomes, according to new research.
Seattle tofu and soy processor Chu Minh Corps has suffered the loss of its food manufacturing licence and a fine of $17,800 after repeated sanitation problems.
QK Meats knew last summer that some products it sourced from Poland contained horse DNA, according to an Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine report.
Lindt & Sprüngli’s operating profit rose 10.3% in 2012 and the company has declared itself “partially unaffected” by the continuing economic downturn as consumers still seek quality chocolate in tough times.
Establishing some kind of intake recommendations for polyphenols and carotenoids will spur innovation and allow for rational synergies of phytochemicals with specific health outcomes, says Prof Jeffrey Blumberg from Tufts University.
The United Nations (UN)-recommended new protein measurement system would be beneficial to the developed, as well as the developing, world, dairy industry giants Fonterra and Arla Foods have claimed – rebuffing earlier suggestions by the European soy...
US meat production company Smithfield Foods has been ranked second among food production companies on Fortune magazine’s annual list of the World’s Most Admired Companies.
Eurofins has acquired a majority stake in a food testing provider in Latin America to boost its footprint in the region.
Flavored almonds have a bright future as snacks and food ingredients, says Blue Diamond Growers as it opens a new innovation in Sacramento and plans to increase new almond product sales growth five-fold over the next five years.
The European Parliament (EP) has backed budget cuts to the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) agreed last month by European Union (EU) heads of government and the move is expected to have a negative impact on EU livestock farmers.
It’s too early to say when Devil Dogs and Ring Dings will be back on shelves, but they - and other brands in the Drake’s snack cake portfolio - will likely be produced in plants in Collegedale, Tennessee and Stuarts Draft, Virginia, says new owner McKee...
New-Jersey firm Butterfly Bakery must shut down operations until it complies with regulations after it made false claims about sugar and fat content.