News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Food historians credit China with inventing ice cream and Marco Polo for bringing it to Italy. Skip forward to the 21st century, and the rate at which Western ice-cream makers are looking to the East for inspiration promises to see renewed momentum—with...
The juiciest cuts of sirloin, rib-eye and fillet were enjoyed at World Steak Challenge 2017 last week and here you can enjoy highlights of the event with this exclusive video reel.
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The probiotics sector is forecast to soar by 23% in China to 2020 and even greater long-term growth beckons if the industry unites to better educate consumers and regulators.
A whopping 65% of a representative sample of Brazilian consumers, representing the world’s fifth most populous country, said they wanted to have less sugar in their diets.
Flavour house Givaudan is to acquire Dutch supplier of cheese ingredients, meat and plant extracts Vika in line with its 2020 target to expand its natural portfolio.
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Food regulator FSSAI has come out with a draft regulation to ensure that products advertised as organic actually conform to organic standards.
Health officials in the United Arab Emirates have moved to clamp down on 11 'dangerous' supplements, which they say pose a serious health risk to the public.
India has again extended Canada’s exemption on pulse fumigation regulations.
Microbes can convert sugar into the red anthocyanin pigments found in fruits via a fermentation process that – when perfected – could prove to be much more efficient than extracting commercial quantities of these pigments from plants, claim researchers.
Exports of pork and beef from the US saw a strong performance in May, according to data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the United States Meat Export Federation (USMEF).
USDA will publish a draft of its proposed federal GMO labeling rule in the fall of this year (which will be subject to public comment) and says it is “working hard to meet the schedule in order to issue a final rule on the law in July 2018.”
China’s commercial capital has offered an amnesty to unlicensed food operators that will allow them to operate legally if they register their businesses with local authorities over the next month.
The Philippine Board of Investments (BOI) has approved San Miguel Foods Inc’s (SMFI) application for two proposed meat processing plants in Sta Cruz, Davao del Sur and Pagbilao, Quezon.
Ferrero France has opened a new logistics and co-packaging center in Saint-Quentin Fallavier near Lyon, which will be operated by SPI Logistic.
The differentiation of whey proteins continues with a new offering that claims greater bioefficiency.
The Minneapolis-based food manufacturer has released its line-up of products to be launched around the world.
DSM is seeking approval to sell fermented stevia in Europe. We caught up with the director of its stevia platform to discuss how it could be labelled, consumer acceptance and when it expects EFSA to give the green light.
Countries competing in next year’s World Butchers’ Challenge are now being given another chance to battle it out on the global stage.
Undercooked pork is the commonest source of hepatitis E infection for EU consumers, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has confirmed.
Trichinellosis was responsible for two past outbreaks associated with eating raw or undercooked walrus meat in Alaska.
Anton Paar has acquired the particle size analyzer (PSA) product line from CILAS.
Higher priced milk can be fraudulently adulterated with that of a lower price from other species like cow, according to ProGnosis Biotech.
Australian researchers have created the world's first golden orange-fleshed banana, which is rich in pro-vitamin A and will help tackle micronutrient deficiency in Uganda.
Milk production is expected to accelerate worldwide especially in India where it will grow 49% by 2026, contrasting with the steady decline of milk consumption in developed markets like the US, according to the OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2017-2026.
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As the lines between channels continue to blur and sales increasingly shift to untracked channels, CPG companies will have to think about growth opportunities in a more holistic manner, the CEO of PepsiCo told analysts and investors this week.