Flavour delivery particle can cut sugar by half – and is cheaper than sugar
A proprietary carrier particle can reduce sugar content and calories by more than 50% – without a loss in sweetness or a rise in costs, says Israeli company DouxMatok.
Archives for June 8, 2015
McDonald’s responds to sales decline
McDonald’s has launched a turnaround plan to fight falling sales across the business.
Campbell Soup to acquire salsa, dips, chips maker Garden Fresh Gourmet for $231m
Campbell Soup has struck a $231m deal to buy salsa, dips and chips maker Garden Fresh Gourmet in a bid to boost its presence in the store perimeter.
Back to the Roots raises $2 million to develop new RTE products & growing kits
Back to the Roots want to go beyond providing consumers with packaged food that has a simple ingredient list – it wants to give them the exact recipe so they can recreate the product; and big names in the food and tech world want to help the company do...
Whiter than white? EU rejecting ‘unbleached’ yellow konjac
Europe needs to be educated on ‘unbleached’ yellow konjac, says Indonesian supplier with sulphur safety concerns.
Danish Crown subsidiary takes majority stake in Swedish slaughterhouse
Danish Crown subsidiary KLS Ugglarps AB has agreed a deal to take a majority stake in the slaughterhouse Dalsjöfors Slakteri near Borås in Sweden.
Poultry industry divided over bird flu vaccine
Chicken and turkey farmers and producers in the US are split over whether a vaccine should be introduced to fight the outbreak of bird flu that has killed millions of birds.
Japan
Poor returns blamed on increased VAT after vending machine sales drop
Japan’s vending machine stockers have been seeing sluggish fortunes over the last year as overall sales dropped by 5% last year, down from 2013’s US$42.9bn.
South Asia radius: Region in focus
Maggi wake: Companies in flurry of action to put affairs in order
Maggi wake: Companies in flurry of action to put houses are in order
Nutricia NZ blames 'ongoing' fallout from Fonterra botulism scare for 2014 loss
Nutricia Limited, Danone's New Zealand infant formula business, has reported a loss for 2014 - a result it attributes to the "ongoing" fallout from the Fonterra botulism scare.
Memory based dietary assessment methods such as NHANES are “fundamentally and fatally flawed”, argues researcher
Diet-health inferences that rely on memory-based dietary intake surveys such as USDA’s National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) are “essentially meaningless”, argues a new study highlighting consistent disparities between what - and how...
Raw food on the rise
The trend toward raw foods is being driven by a growing group of consumers looking for ‘clean food’ – not just those who consider themselves raw foodists, says Teresa Havrlandova, founder of raw food firm Lifefood.
Sustainable Foods Summit: ‘Being responsible can be a competitive advantage’
Denmark private label marketing strategy pays off as it moves into baby products
Coop Denmark is celebrating the success of its private label organic brand, Anglamark, but says if it expects to stay in the market it demands investment, brand protection and innovation, with plans to launch a baby product range soon.
Beef, poultry, seafood big US foodborne illness drivers
Poultry, beef, seafood, dairy and produce were the top categories at the centre of US foodborne disease outbreaks over a 10-year period, according to a report just published.
Flaxseed supplements linked to improved blood pressure: Meta-analysis
Supplements of flaxseed may effectively management blood pressure, says a new meta-analysis of 15 clinical trials.
dispatches from AOAC Europe – NMKL – NordVal Symposium
Future challenges in food analysis theme of industry event
The future of microbiology, a call to review current allergen detection methods and method validation were some of the highlights at an industry event.
Researchers urge government to ‘seriously consider’ food taxes
The UK government should seriously consider taxing unhealthy foods and drinks to reduce their consumption, a paper from the Food Research Collaboration (FRC) has urged.
Biotech in focus: Review backs enzymatic generation of natural taste enhancer divanillin
At a time when consumer demand for natural ingredients is growing rapidly, researchers suggest that that the use of enzyme technologies to produce the natural taste enhancer divanillin may hold promise.
Winston Lee: 'We're caramelizing milk and sugar together and then culturing it'
Tarte Asian Yogurt CEO: 'Greek has 47% of the market; we’re going after the other 53%'
When Winston Lee started pitching Tarte Asian Yogurt to retailers three years ago, the market had already hit peak Greek, he says: “Buyers were already looking at what's next after Greek. If you weren't already a brand on the shelf, you had missed the...
End of gestation crates for JBS SA
JBS SA, which owns Seara, Brazil’s second largest pork producer, has revealed plans to phase out of the use of gestation crates for breeding sows by 2016.
Kaneka loses CoQ10 infringement case; ordered to pay €80,000
Global CoQ10 leader Kaneka has lost a longrunning patent infringement case against French and Chinese suppliers and ordered to pay €80,000 in damages by a French appeals court.