Parma ham tops EU support for agricultural products promotion
Parma ham consortia in northern Italy are to share €2.7 million in European Union (EU) funds over three years for a major €5.4m promotion in the USA.
Archives for April 30, 2014
Stain on your coffee cup, and conscience? Study slams ‘unsustainable’ production
Modern 'intensive' coffee production is unsustainable and risks destroying soil within a couple of decades, rendering it useless, US researchers claim.
FoodNavigator-USA Gluten-free Forum Highlights: ‘Fad dieters are not buying gluten-free products - they are just avoiding bread’
If the size of the US gluten-free market is hard to pin down as everyone measures it differently, few doubt that its double-digit growth seems set to continue - at least for the next 2-3 years - according to experts at the FoodNavigator-USA Gluten Free...
Focus on New Zealand - Water works
A forum to plan the future for New Zealand’s fresh water is just one initiative bringing together interested parties for a positively green future.
Abbott rejects shareholder call for GMO labeling on its products
An Abbott Laboratories shareholder proposal to label genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) in its Similac infant formula range received about 5% of the vote, and has been rejected by the company.
Bubblegum berries: UK retailer to sell 'bubbleberries' that taste like gum
UK retailer Waitrose will stock a variety of fragrant heritage berries that look like small strawberries but taste like bubblegum, the firm has announced.
Interview with Dan Belliveau, creator of coffee flour and co-founder of CF Global
Coffee flour inventor: We’re finally beyond the stage where people just call us crazy'
A longtime executive at the likes of Starbucks, Frito-Lay and General Motors used his experience in improving supply chain efficiency to create a groundbreaking food ingredient traditionally left to rot as a byproduct of the roughly 17 billion pounds of...
Danish Crown gains new CEO for beef
Danish Crown has announced the new chief executive of its beef operations, following the announcement that the company’s ‘Mr Beef’, Lorenz Hansen, was stepping down from the role.
Tart cherry juice may help insomniacs sleep: research
Could two glasses of tart cherry juice a day keep the sleepless nights away?