Sugar and starch producers cash in on bioplastics
Food packaging boasts the largest share in the total plastics market and has the greatest opportunity in terms of volume sales, according to Rabobank.
Archives for January 28, 2014
Aerated foods could help increase satiety: Study
Increasing the amount of air in a foods by creating highly aerated products could help to increase satiety and reduce intake, according to new research.
Blood money: World Bank found lacking in palm oil investment review
An internal report on the World Bank’s multimillion dollar loan to a palm oil company embroiled in human rights allegations has concluded that the investment bank should have been more diligent in its assessments.
Special edition: Plant-based diets
Step aside soy! We’re having neatballs for dinner…
“This isn't meat,” said Phil Lapp’s nine-year-old daughter Morgan after wolfing down some home-made meat-free tacos one evening in 2011. “This is neat”.
Meat growth promoters decrease life expectancy, argue Russians
Consumption of meat containing growth promoters, such as ractopamine, can lead to functional disturbances in the human body and cardiovascular disease, according to the results of a recent study from Russian state sanitary service Rospotrebnadzor. This,...
Chobani gets Fage fright, loses ‘Greek Yogurt’ appeal
Chobani today failed in its attempt to overturn an injunction imposed by bitter rival Fage that stops it using the term ‘Greek yogurt’ to market products in England and Wales.
Congress reaches agreement on a new Farm Bill
Congress has finally reached an agreement on a new Farm Bill.
Special edition: Polyphenols
Polyphenol science needs to catch up to better inform regulators and consumers, say experts
A paradigm shift is needed in the study of polyphenols to better understand the bioavailability, bio-activity, and the role of the gut microbiota in polyphenol metabolism and health benefits, say experts from academia and industry.
Tackling claims, regulation in the growing Brazilian functional foods market
Health and wellness packaged food and beverages continue to chart strong growth in South America, driven largely by Brazil’s fast-growing middle class.
Special edition: Polyphenols
Global tea polyphenols market set to hit $368 million by 2020
Tea polyphenols are poised to enjoy strong growth over the next decade, with a new market report calling for the global market in the ingredients to hit $368 million by 2020. That makes sense to observers, who say the popularity of tea, green tea in...
Costa Rica eyes Japan opportunity
Costa Rica’s pork sector has welcomed Japan’s declaration that the central American country is free of Classical Swine Fever (CSF), opening the doors to its pigmeat exporters to tap into the lucrative Japanese market.
The circle of snacks: Chip waste to biogas is viable, says Naturally Homegrown Foods
Potato chip waste converted into biogas to fuel production is a viable, eco-friendly waste reduction plan that other snack makers should consider, says the president of Naturally Homegrown Foods.
Wells Fargo: New natural sweeteners won’t save ailing soda category
It’s been a grim year in the carbonated soft drinks aisles for the sector's three biggest guns, but will things look up in 2014? And will new all-natural sweeteners reverse the downward trend in the diet soda sector?
Special Edition: Polyphenols
Callebaut: More specific cocoa flavanol content claims will increase
Despite the growing body of research extolling the health benefits of flavanols found in cocoa, chocolate product manufacturers have yet to fully embrace front-of-pack claims calling out these compounds—with many still opting for more general...
Special edition: Polyphenols
Polyphenol use rises 69% in 5 years (but do people get it?)
Polyphenol use in functional food and drink marketing has shot up 69% since 2009 even as consumer understanding remains low and approved global health claims extremely limited. But can it continue?
Insulation and feed changes could lower livestock GHG emissions, MEPs told
The insulation of heated livestock buildings and replacing soya with rapeseed in animal feed are some of the measures livestock farmers can use to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, a European Parliament workshop heard last week in Brussels.
Covance opens first EU nutritional chemistry and food safety lab
Covance is to open its first nutritional chemistry and food safety laboratory in Europe to be closer to customers.
Hong Kong bans chicken imports from China after new bird flu discovery
Hong Kong’s food safety and health authorities have shifted gears and initiated counter measures after the discovery of the H7N9 bird flu virus in a batch of live poultry from mainland China.
MNCs targeting Indian food processing; packaging next on the horizon
Following the news that multinational food processing companies invested over US$2bn in India operations between April and October last year, a senior government official has heralded food packaging as the latest segment to be ripe for development.
Kellogg Australia makes kids cereal pledge
Kellogg Australia has pledged to donate at least two million servings of cereal to kids in 2014.
Campden BRI oils up to stop food fraud
Campden BRI is to start testing the authenticity of olive oil imported into the UK.
What’s wrong with personal responsibility when it comes to obesity?
Despite improving numbers among US adults in recent years when it comes to daily calorie intake, quality of food eaten and use of nutrition labels when available, the country’s collective weight is still a major concern, as more than a third (35%) of US...