Andean Grain Products seeks EU novel food approval for chia seeds
Andean Grain Products has requested an opinion from the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) on novel foods equivalence for its chia seeds.
Archives for April 15, 2014
Transparency in food science
New EFSA chief-designate: ‘Our first priority is to get the science right’
The European Union’s central science agency must become more transparent to meet rapid technological change in food and agriculture, its likely next chief told the European Parliament this week. And conflicts of interest were not an issue.
dispatches from Analytica 2014
Anton Paar: Sample prep just got easier
Sample preparation can now be done faster and in a simpler way, according to Anton Paar.
Chobani generates explosive growth in Australia, unveils aggressive expansion plans in Asia, Latin America
Chobani has increased its Australian production from 25,000 cases a week to 25,000 cases a day in the past year, becoming the second best-selling yogurt brand in the nation’s top supermarket chain Woolworths, and announced ambitious expansion plans in...
US research project investigates Blackhead disease
A study on Blackhead disease in poultry has pointed to the spreading of litter from pullet houses with affected birds as a potential risk factor.
Two weeks to go! Register for FoodNavigator-USA’s Gluten-free in Perspective Forum
There are just two weeks to go until FoodNavigator’s live (and hopefully very lively) online debate on one of the hottest trends in food development: gluten-free.
Antibiotic contaminated meat not safe for human consumption
Intensively farmed livestock are raised in overcrowded and unsanitary conditions where emphasis is placed on productivity rather than animal welfare and quality of product.
dispatches from Analytica 2014
DNA extraction without contamination risk
Automation and the avoidance of cross contamination are crucial when extracting DNA, according to Analytik Jena.
dispatches from Analytica 2014
Firms RISE to put industry under the microscope
WITec and Tescan Orsay Holding have launched the RISE Microscope for Correlative Raman-SEM Imaging at Analytica 2014.
Food science under spotlight at IFST jubilee conference
Mapping the future of food science is the aim of the Institute of Food Science & Technology’s (IFST’s) jubilee conference next month, according to its chief executive Jon Poole.
The secret to healthy cereal NPD? More air, less flake...
Consumers can eat up to 34% more calories when eating breakfast cereal with smaller flakes; a physical factor cereal makers should take a closer look at, says the lead scientist of a new study.
EU whole grain label laws could take over a year to define, says expert
Industry will meet with scientists next week in Vienna to start discussions on the future of pan-European whole grain labeling, but it’s likely to take more than one year to finalize, says an expert from TNO.
dispatches from Analytica 2014
Analytica 2014: An editor's view
‘The same machines you see here are used in applications from food testing to looking at cancer’, one exhibitor told me during the 2014 Analytica Trade Show in Munich.
dispatches from Analytica 2014
Food safety question growing in global importance
The question of food safety is becoming more and more important everywhere in the world, according to Biotecon Diagnostics.
Coke’s Simply Orange escapes US orange juice squeeze
Despite Coke’s worrying soda sales slide, CEO Muhtar Kent revealed yesterday that not-from-concentrate juice brand Simply Orange brand bucked broader category declines to grow double digit in the US last year.
Halal opportunities discussed at Mexican congress
Demand for halal meat is expected to increase, alongside the growing demand for beef, according to Doctor Muhammad Munir Chaudry, president of The Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America (IFANCA).
Room for innovation, expansion in nut butters & sweet spreads: Mintel analyst
It’s hard to find an American pantry that doesn’t contain peanut butter, chocolate hazelnut spread or some variation therein. But there’s still room for growth in the $3.9 billion nut-based and sweet spread category, according to a report from Mintel.
What’s for breakfast? Depends on your gender, says GrubHub
An analysis of breakfast orders placed with 28,800 restaurants in 600+ US cities between 6-11am local time over the past 12 months reveals sharp differences between men and women, according to GrubHub, the nation’s leading online and mobile food-ordering...
BASF vitamin production returns to normal after fire
BASF’s vitamin A and E production is close to resuming normal service after a fire ripped through its German plant on March 12.
Key Insights from Food Vision
In conversation with the mastermind behind the €250,000 lab-grown burger
Last year Professor Mark Post sparked international interest with the unveiling, and tasting, of the world's first lab-grown meat. Since then he's been working to iron out technical issues so that commercially available lab-grown meat can become a reality.
Major breakthrough for Scotch in battle to beat Aussie fraudsters
Scotland’s whisky industry is celebrating a “major breakthrough” in Australia, where this the spirit was registered as a certification trademark. The move comes after a long battle by Scotch Whisky Association to counter fakes, for which Australia has...
ADM to retain cocoa presses, but chocolate factories up for sale
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has announced that it will retain the majority of its cocoa processing operations but will sell its chocolate business.
Brazilian poultry exports show marginal growth
Volume exports of Brazilian chicken increased by 0.7% in the first three months of 2014, with a total of 907,300 tonnes (t) shipped, according to the latest report from the Brazilian Association of Animal Protein (ABPA).
Analysis
FDI, combined with agri reforms, is the way to fix Indian supply chain
Everybody goes on about India’s vexing issue of food storage, FoodNavigator-Asia included. The trouble is nobody has done much about the problem in generations, and there’s little in the way of improvement on the horizon.
dispatches from Analytica 2014
ACD/Labs launches informatics platform to put data in one place
ACD/Labs has released an updated version of their software platform at Analytica 2014 in Munich.