Food ingredient developer Danisco Cultor recently launched a new
polyglycerol ester of polycondensed ricinoleic acid (PGPR) for the
confectionery world....
UK supermarket chain Tesco is set to confirm its position as one of
the UK's most profitable retailers when it unveils its results on
Tuesday, the Financial...
American cranberry giant, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., has begun
nationwide distribution of its complete line of juices and juice
drinks in a new "flagship"...
In the US this week the National Food Processors Association (NFPA)
released an industry "Code of Practice" for managing food
allergens. Coincidence or...
Gum manufacturer TIC Gums has added a new Agaroid RS-520 product to
its line of readily soluble agars. TIC Pretested Agaroid RS-520 is
a hydrocolloid...
Dutch supermarkets group Koninklijke Ahold NV announced on Friday
that it is to sell the tea and wine activities of its unit Marvelo,
which manufactures...
Danish sugar, food ingredients and packaging group Danisco
announced this week that is is to sell its flexible packaging unit
to a new joint venture led...
French dairy and biscuits Groupe Danone said it has halted
construction of a global research center in Palaiseau, near Paris,
after the Ile-de-France...
U.S. agrifood giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. this week took
control of the cocoa assets of Sifca, Ivory Coast's last big
locally controlled commodities...
Despite labelling regulations as many as 25 per cent of
manufacturers failed to list common ingredients that can cause
potentially fatal allergic reactions,...
Nestlé has pulled its probiotic LC1 Go! live yoghurt drink from the
supermarket shelves less than three years after it was launched
with a £2m TV ad campaign,...
The European Commission this week cleared the acquisition of
Unilever's European Culinary Brands Businesses (ECBB) by US group
Campbell Soup Co. The sale...
A combination of grape seed and grape skin extract may be more
beneficial to the health than when consumed independently. So
suggested Dr. John D. Folts...
Consumer products giant, Unilever NV, is considering an end to its
64 year old production operations in Sri Lanka as rising costs and
labour action choke...
Further evidence to support the health benefits of cranberries and
cranberry juice beyond maintaining a healthy urinary tract was
revealed recently at...
In a bid to improve the nutritional image of chocolate milk the
American Dairy Council is to launch a media campaign that will
emphasise the potential...
French dairy and biscuit company Groupe Danone SA, announced on
Thursday plans to shut down six factories and to cut almost 1,200
jobs to trim costs and...
British high street chain Marks and Spencer is to close all its
overseas stores the company announced on Thursday. The company made
the move to halt falling...
US laboratory ConsumerLab.com announced this week that it will
start evaluating foods and food ingredients. As an independent
evaluator of the quality...
The meat and poultry industry have yet another new internet
marketplace online.Provision X opened for business on Thursday with
five suppliers including...
A fortified powder coffee mix that provides a low fat vitamin and
mineral fortified coffee drink when reconstituted with water has
been patented by Abbott...
Leading Philippines' milk firm, Alaska Milk Corporation (AMC), said
on Tuesday that from April it will terminate a cereal distribution
deal with Quaker...
Leading ingredients company National Starch announced this week a
global restructuring of its business activities from April 2001.
Two new divisions will...
Franco-German giant Aventis SA (AVEP) is near completetion of its
animal nutrition business. The business is to go for around 300
million euros ($268...
Despite vigorous preventive measures by the French government, the
second case of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) was confirmed in France
on 23 March, 10...
Food giant Nestle announced thiw week the fortification of one of
its leading brands. Ready-to-drink (RTD) Nesquik flavoured milk
varieties are now fortified...
Nearly one third of high school girls and 16 per cent of high
school boys show symptoms of an eating disorder, US researchers
announced on Thursday. These...
Australian ingredients company Clover Corporation announced this
week that five of its products have been endorsed for sale in the
United States, opening...
Cranberry giant Ocean Spray is to launch a line of cranberry and
grapefruit beverages in the People's Republic of China within the
next six months, the...
Denmark faces legal action in the European Court of Justice over
its refusal to allow food enriched with vitamins to be marketed in
the country unless...
Canadian dairy producer PurNutra Inc., announced on Tuesday the
launch of a line of all natural omega-3 / DHA enriched cheese. The
product,under the...
UK-based TasteTech, announced this week a new application for their
Controlled Release Encapsulation (CR100) technology. The company
has been working...
Tropical fruit, Asimina triloba, more commonly known as the
pawpaw, may be the next low-fat alternative for the
health-conscious consumer. Researchers...
Nutritional supplements do not pose the threat of "mad cow" disease
to U.S consumers, the leading trade group for the industry assured
the public on Friday.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced this week that
food products imported from European Union (EU) countries that had
been detained in...
Britain started to kill tens of thousands of healthy sheep, goats
and pigs on Friday in an effort to end the foot-and-mouth outbreak.
It is predicted...
