News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Authentic street foods with international roots that were traditionally eaten outside as make shift meals by laborers are coming inside and appealing to a wider variety of people as more consumers favor fast food over home cooking, according to Packaged...
Fage UK has launched a TV campaign aimed at changing the British consumer perception that Greek yoghurt is a “one dimensional product.”
The European Union needs to update the way it regulates biotechnology as advances are made in plant breeding – or risk disrupting trade in commodity crops, according to Professor Huw Jones of Rothamsted Research.
Around two thirds of people in the UK do not know how many calories an average person needs to maintain a healthy weight, according to a survey commissioned by two charities and supermarket Tesco.
EFSA health claim opinions
168 human publications including 48 intervention studies, 20 observational studies, 12 meta-analyses, 13 reviews, and 75 other studies (bioavailability and mechanistic studies) have failed to convince the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) that...
The recall last last year of a probiotic product found to be contaminated with a fungus should not cast a pall over the entire sector, experts say. Though they are products consisting of cultured microorganisms, probiotic ingredients are no more at risk...
The leading cocoa processors say they will support brand manufacturers to achieve fully sustainable cocoa, but decline to publicly set their own targets.
People who watch more television have a poorer understanding of nutrition that means they tend to eat more unhealthily, say researchers.
Findus Spain has agreed to buy Nestlé’s La Cocinera frozen ready meals business for an undisclosed sum, subject to approval from Spanish competition authorities.
Global sugar prices are likely to remain low in 2015 as production looks set to continue at a similar level, according to Rabobank’s Q4 sugar report.
The European Commission (EC) yesterday (7 January) published a series of legal texts and position papers, setting out EU proposals in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations with the US.
Eating one avocado a day may help lower bad cholesterol, in turn reducing risk for heart disease, according to researchers.
Global agribusiness JR Simplot Company has formed a joint-venture (JV) with Texas-based Caviness Beef Packers to build a new beef processing plant near Kuna in Idaho, US.
Japan
Japan’s novus annus horribilis continues following the recall of more than 120,000 pouches of baby food after a consumer found an insect in one package.
The European Commission has approved the addition of Kranjska klobasa – a Slovenian sausage product – on the register of Protected Geographical Indications (PGIs).
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has published a revised standard on food safety and audits against it will start in July.
Consumers want more than just cold and sweet
Guilt-free but indulgent frozen dessert brand Arctic Zero grew sales by more than 25% in 2014 versus 2013 and is “poised for significant growth” in 2015, says the San Diego-based firm, which has just unveiled a new logo and pack design.
India
While India plans to increase compensation payments to volunteers who suffer disability from clinical trials, some experts have criticised the new regime for not going far enough.