News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
While the meteoric growth of plant-based beverages such as almondmilk is well-documented, WhiteWave Foods has identified $2.7bn worth of business in other plant-based categories in the US retail market, including yogurt, creamers, and frozen desserts,...
The EU has lost the opportunity to provide safer food to its people by setting maximum arsenic levels in food too high, says one researcher - but a legal expert welcomes the levels for providing guidance and legal certainty.
Plant-produced colicins could be used to kill pathogenic E. coli, according to researchers.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published the first two final rules under the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA).
'Nowadays, a food crisis starts when the Food Babe is on line two'
In an era of shorter consumer attention spans and heightened suspicion about food science, the packaged food and beverage industry can take a page from the world of pop culture and bring food science down to earth with humor and proactive transparency.
Givaudan – the world’s leading manufacturer of flavors and fragrances - has donated $1m for the endowment of a chair position at the University of California, Riverside, to support its citrus variety collection.
The US National Pork Board has announced that Dave Pyburn has been named the new senior vice-president of science and technology. Pyburn joined the Pork Checkoff staff in 2013 and was serving as assistant vice-president in the science and technology...
Coca-Cola-backed high-protein milk brand fairlife isn’t sharing any numbers, yet. But if you’re wondering how it’s performing, the answer is very nicely, says communications director Anders Porter, who says the firm is also working on a suite of products...
Pocky Sticks maker Ezaki Glico will release another Japanese snack, Pretz, on the US market.
A group of Iranian investors has commissioned a major slaughterhouse near Masis city in the Ararat region of Armenia.
Alfa Laval Food Technology & Life Science segment has won a $9m order to supply two process lines for edible oil refining in China.
Two US companies have pleaded guilty to conspiring to export falsely labelled halal beef products for sale in Malaysia, Indonesia and elsewhere.
Governments must to stop food manufacturers and distributors producing and selling unhealthy, cheap, salty junk food, warns World Health Organisation (WHO) advisor Professor Francesco Cappuccio.
The outlook for the global poultry industry is strong, despite concerns over avian influenza (AI), according to the latest Poultry Quarterly Q3 report from Rabobank.
Poor diet and high blood pressure are the top two contributors to early death around the world, with high salt intake a ‘key component’ in raising blood pressure, according to a study published in Lancet Journal.
Florida-based probiotic specialist Viva 5 Corporation has launched an ‘immunobiotic’ ingredient in a gummy delivery system for the US market.
Japanese supplier Kaneka has secured an extension for the Novel Food status of its liquorice extract Glavonoid, which is now approved for use in medical foods and energy-restricted diets.