Quebec-based Advitech said today it has reached an agreement with
US company PhotoMedex to market and distribute its whey-derived
psoriasis supplement in the US.
Attracted by the promise of record sales and growing household
consumption, Western retailers are flocking to China's provincial
cities - but what success will they have?
French retail chain Carrefour has translated overseas success into
a total year-end sales growth of 6.1 per cent - a pattern echoed
across the European food industry.
Greenpeace, together with a former manager of Monsanto and
Limagrain in Romania, claim that Monsanto is contaminating European
agriculture with its Roundup Ready genetically modified (GM) soy.
Interest is growing in fruit juices for heart health, as Provexis
signs up another UK supermarket chain to its tomato-based Sirco
drink, and a new trial prepares to get underway in Scotland to
investigate the effects of a juice product...
The EU has ordered Greece to lift its ban on genetically modified
(GMO) maize seeds, setting the scene for yet another battle over
the controversial technology.
The world's biggest oilseed processor Bunge this week announced
that it is to expand the oilseed crusher and oil refinery capacity
at one of its plants in Canada.
The soy component genistein has been found to disrupt the normal
development of ovaries in female mice, although a similar effect in
humans has yet to be proven.
Strawberry milk-flavoured fish sausage, horseradish-flavoured vodka
and asparagus-flavoured potato chips are among a list of the top
ten new consumer products of 2005.
The growing demand for nutritional food has had a positive impact
on the demand for flavours, with consumers unwilling to compromise
on taste according to a market analyst.
Givaudan has closed two production facilities in an attempt to
consolidate its flavour operating asset base and streamline its
savoury product portfolio.
Global commodity markets will have mixed fortunes in 2006, with
China prepared to surpass India as the world's largest importer of
edible oil, according to ASA's latest report.
A deadly outbreak of avian flu in Turkey is spreading westward,
with health officials confirming that a further three human cases
have been found in the capital Ankara on Sunday, along with
infected domestic fowl.
The CIAA has urged the new EU presidency to push ahead with the
liberalisation of the global food trade in order to open new
markets and tackle the slowdown in productivity growth.
Joining the European Union may have created as many pitfalls as
opportunities for Poland's dairy industry, says a new report,
warning the sector may struggle to deal with production quotas.
A UK company has applied for approval of its noni juice products on
the grounds that it is 'substantially equivalent' to other products
that have already been authorised.
Premier Foods has delivered slow 2005 interim trading results after
acquisitions strengthened total grocery sales but failed to bolster
like-for-like sales growth.
A report into the mass outbreak of E. coli in Wales calls on the
UK's food regulator to look into whether there should be more
legislation and guidance on plant inspections.
Tesco CEO Sir Timothy Leahy has ended months of speculation by
revealing expansion plans that rule out the notoriously difficult
US market in favour of the unregulated Far East.
Israeli firm Solbar has established three new distribution channels
in France, Benelux and Scandinavia for its range of speciality soy
protein concentrates, isolates and textured products.
Just days after the demise of bankrupt meat manufacturer Canterbury
Foods, the former managing director has bought up the remaining
productive processing plants under his new Medway Foods banner.
Consumer watchdog Which? has revealed that most readymade chicken
sandwiches contain a hidden blend of additives - but Food Standards
Agency (FSA) chicken labelling policy lacks muscle to enforce
better practice.
A greener variety of black-eyed pea may well solve the problem of
color fading faced by frozen food processors, allowing them to sell
a better looking product, say scientists.
Aquanova's cutting edge nanotech antioxidant system for essential
oils and flavours is a signpost of where food ingredient technology
in the 21st century is headed.
Dutch biotech group Pharming is stepping up talks with nutritional
companies in the US to bring its recombinant human lactoferrin to
the market, after submitting safety data to the Food and Drug
Administration.
National Starch Food Innovation's appointment of Fiske as its new
distributor of nature-based ingredients to the Swedish, Danish,
Spanish and Portuguese markets extends a long-running relationship.
Leading UK-based wine merchant Majestic Wines enjoyed a 10.4 per
cent sales boost this Christmas, citing consumer demand for premium
products as the key to success.
Global trade in caviar, one of the world's most expensive foods,
has been put on hold in a desperate attempt to protect increasingly
endangered populations of sturgeon.
Consuming fizzy soft drinks is not linked to esophageal cancer as
previously thought and diet drinks may even help decrease the risk,
suggests new research on the issue.
Rewe, Europe's fourth largest retailer, has revealed ambitious
plans to increase its market share and expand internationally using
its €1billion investment budget for 2006.