Obesity caused by parents, not social or economic factors: Study
Up to 40% of obesity in children is inherited from parents - irrespective of wealth and social status, new research has found.
Archives for February 27, 2017
LIVE Beverages Founder: ‘Drinking vinegars are where kombucha was 4 years ago’
LIVE Beverages founder and CEO Trevor Ross sees great potential for the drinking vinegar category. He started the brand by launching a line of kombucha back in 2013, what he saw would “become a pretty crowded category.”
Animal business drives up profit for Thai food firm
Net profits soared by 33% at Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) in the past full financial year, powered mainly by recovery in Thailand’s shrimp industry and its Thailand terrestrial animal business operations.
Post Mexico’s sugar-sweetened beverage tax, purchases of levied beverages have fallen 7.6%, says study
Mexico’s sugar tax may have influenced beverage purchase decisions of Mexican households in urban areas, according to a follow up study by University of North Carolina Chapel Hill researchers.
SCIENCE SHORT
Stevia’s stability affected by light
The stability of stevia’s sweet-tasting molecule rebaudioside A is adversely affected by light exposure, say researchers, but light-protective packaging could be the answer.
Irish cooked meat business creates 150 jobs
Dawn Farms’ multi-million euro investment in its Meat Science and Innovation lab in Co Kildare, Ireland, will create 150 new jobs over the next five years, the company has claimed.
FSSAI lab staff trained to test mycotoxins, pesticide and veterinary drug residues
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and the Global Food Safety Partnership (GFSP) will continue training lab staff to test mycotoxins, pesticides and veterinary drug residues.
Soapbox
Death by 1,000 regulations: China’s policy of legislative attrition
China accession to the WTO was granted in 2001 and built on the foundations of the previous generation's great sacrifice during the industrial and agricultural revolutions, and the great economic reforms and opening-up of the 1980s. The final acceptance...
VIDEO: Talking trends – Chr. Hansen on the probiotics and healthy dairy boom driving growth across Asia Pacific
Probiotics, functional dairy and natural colours – combined with Asia’s rapidly changing lifestyle and health needs – are among the top factors driving industry growth in the region.
Hershey’s next CEO shakes up executive team
Hershey’s incoming president and CEO Michelle Buck has named her executive team.
Consumer waste and livestock biggest inefficiencies in food production: Study
People waste a fifth of finished food products either through discarding or over-consumption, according to a new study, with livestock production also responsible for massive inefficiency.
‘Risk averse’ EU industry shunning fermented food trend
Growing public interest in fermented foods in Spain and France is not being seized upon by European food companies and retailers because they are too “risk averse and conservative”, according to the author of a new report into the trend.
Mead Johnson sets up agreement in Australia with Bega Cheese
Mead Johnson Nutrition Company has announced an agreement to acquire spray drying and finishing capabilities in Australia from Bega Cheese Limited.
China direct
Dairy firms missing out on retail as China's cheese market booms
China’s cheese manufacturers are missing out on an important market segment as they vie for position in a lightning-fast cheese market.
Lychee and Alzheimer’s: Saponins boost rats’ cognitive function 'almost as effectively as drug'
Saponins extracted from lychee seeds helped improve cognitive function and prevented neuronal injury in rats induced with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), a new study reports.
One hurt as firefighters tackle blaze at US meat plant
One person has been injured after an overnight fire damaged a US meat factory in North Carolina.
Will the ConAgra 100% natural case end up in the Supreme Court?
POM v Coke got there, but will another high-profile food litigation case – this time over GMOs and 100% natural labels on cooking oil (Briseno v ConAgra) - also end up in the Supreme Court?
New York lab ups imported food sampling and starts fish speciation test
The New York State Food Laboratory increased testing of food and beverage samples for health hazards, purity and accuracy of labeling by 10% last year.
Media’s role in cocoa sustainability
Stop the white noise: How can chocolate makers be tempted to bite into cocoa's poverty and child labor crisis?
Reporting effective approaches to tackle deep-rooted poverty and child labor in the cocoa sector should take precedence over shock headlines, writes ConfectioneryNews’ editor.
JRC drops rights to host three EURLs from next year
The Joint Research Centre (JRC) is to stop its work as the European Reference Laboratory (EURL) in three areas from January 2018.
Poultry drives record Finnish meat production
Meat production in Finland reached record levels in 2016, driven by poultry growth.
Tetra Pak and Lahore University sign dairy sector agreement
Tetra Pak Pakistan has joined forces with Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) to sign a dairy sector agreement.
DuPont gets Indonesian approval for bakery enzymes
DuPont Danisco has received regulatory approval by the Indonesia food watchdog for a range of bakery enzymes.