Food manufacturers must continue to be on the alert for a red devil
as the list of products containing the potentially carcinogenic,
and illegal, red dye Sudan I is far from tailing off. Now the UK
Food Standards Agency is alerting...
A new four-roll dough moulder from APV Baker is said to provide
industrial bakers with a number of benefits, not least the
extension of product shelf life.
New research funded by the UK's Food Standards Agency could help
food manufacturers ensure that the meat-free food eaten by
vegetarians and people from certain ethnic groups is not
contaminated by meat.
British promoters of carbohydrate-rich foods such as bread and
potatoes have repeatedly stressed that the low-carb Atkins diet fad
has had little or no impact on sales of their products. But this
has not stopped them from going to...
Energy and sports drinks continued their rapid rise up the soft
drinks rankings last year, driven by new product launches and an
increasing trend towards convenience and on-the-go consumption. But
while most of the growth has come...
The UK food safety watchdog has 'provisionally reached a view' that
the sweet, purple saskatoon berry recently available to consumers
will have to apply for pre-market approval before being allowed
back on the shelves, writes...
Japanese scientists have found that red pepper, also known as
cayenne pepper, suppresses fat and energy intake when added to the
diet but they say that this is not a result of the spice's
sensation on the mouth. The multi-use...
Eastern Europe will prove pivotal to future palm oil demand.
According to the Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council both Russia
and Ukraine will be driving demand, which is expected to top growth
of ten per cent in the coming years,...
As food makers increasingly turn to nutrients to fortify and
'functionalise' their food products for a growing consumer market,
a new study out of the US find that high doses of vitamin C
increase the severity of spontaneous...
Japanese sweetener and seasonings giant Ajinomoto plans to ramp up
production of its Masako flavoured seasoning in Indonesia, reported
the Nihon Keizai Shimbun yesterday.
If the biotech industry had first launched foodstuffs bursting with
health benefits for the consumer it is likely that shoppers might
have more readily accepted genetically modified foods, so claims
the former head of the US Food...
The European food industry awaits as the European Commission
huddles together to assess possible changes to the current
nutrition labelling rules governing food products, reports
Lindsey Partos. Industry is concerned that amendments...
As the anti-GM feel gains pace in Europe Britain's third largest
retailer Sainsbury has seized the moment launching onto the
supermarket shelves a milk produced from cows 'guaranteed to have
been fed a GM free diet'....
Exercise is more influential than calcium intake in determining
bone strength in young women, say US researchers, who found that
daily calcium intake had no significant impact on bone gain during
adolescence. They say that taking...
Europe can consider itself almost free from the contagious
foot-and-mouth disease but must be remain vigilant - the FMD virus
is stable in chilled products and can be transmitted through the
movement of meat.
Following approval in Australia and New Zealand for the
increasingly popular low-cal, prebiotic sweetener tagatose,
licensee Arla Food Ingredients has farmed out the rights for
distribution for the two countries to fellow ingredients...
Food makers opting for sugar rich recipes for their soft drink
formulations are under constant attack from consumer groups
claiming that the sugar content is harmful to teeth. But a new
study from the US finds that flavour additives...
A better insight into how harmful food pathogens such as E.coli and
Salmonella survive on fresh fruits and vegetables is the key to
stemming the rising tide of human disease outbreaks linked to fresh
produce.
Kesko Food, part of the Finnish Kesko Group, and ICA Baltic AB, a
company belonging to the Swedish ICA AB Group, have signed an
agreement to set up a 50/50 joint venture for the Baltic food
market.
Sun Interbrew has confirmed that it is preparing to invest
significantly in a number of its production facilities in Russia
and that the programme will focus considerably on its Omsk facility
in Siberia.
Heineken has reached an agreement with its Kazakhstani
co-shareholders to increase its stake in Kazakhstan based Dinal LLP
from 51 per cent to 97 per cent, in a move that aims to capitilise
on a growing market.
According to figures recently released by the Russian Economic
Trade Development and Trade Ministry, food production is expected
to grow by 7.2 per cent in 2004. Simon Pitman spoke to the
Russian Ministry and found out that, although...
Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods, one of Russia's leading dairy and soft
beverage companies, has announced a fall of 25.4 per cent in its
net quarterly income due mainly to the rising price of milk and
depreciation of equipment.
France's finance minister Nicolas Sarkozy has called on the
country's leading food retail groups to cut their prices in return
for a relaxation of some of the more restrictive legislation, in
particular the rules governing...
Consolidation in the European salt industry continues as German
firm K+S mounts discussions with Belgium's Solvay to buy its
minority stake in Europe's largest salt producer, the European Salt
Company (Esco).
Beleaguered British retailer Marks & Spencer has rejected an
initial takeover bid from Philip Green, preferring instead to put
its faith in a new management team. But the retail entrepreneur is
thought unlikely to give up so easily,...
Improving the quality and texture of beef for consumer tastebuds
could lift sales for a US beef industry knocked lately by the BSE
scare. In a recent link up, US agri-giant Cargill and life science
firm MetaMorphix have completed...
In a close vote cranberry co-operative Ocean Spray on Tuesday
snubbed a joint venture proposal from soft drinks giant PepsiCo,
instead opting to continue as a farmer-owned co-op.
Number one global xanthan gum supplier CP Kelco is on the auction
block as majority stakeholder merchant bank Lehman Brothers opts to
sell its slice in the leading hydrocolloid company, reports
Lindsey Partos.
In response to the Codex Alimentarius committee on deep frozen
foods that has come up with a revised code of practice for the
processing and handling of quick frozen foods the European
community this week issued a raft of comments.
As food manufacturers keen to jump on the low-carbohydrate train
continue to roll out a raft of new food products, US researchers
reveal the 21st century potato developed with a massive cut in the
low-carb content. The new spud will...
Stora Enso's Russian subsidiary Stora Enso Packaging VR has
inaugurated its second Russian corrugated packaging mill at Arzamas
in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, situated some 400 kilometres east
from Moscow. The mill has been built...
Long term investments in added-value products contributed to
British starch group Tate & Lyle's end of year results with
strong US performance offsetting squeezed margins due to surging
raw material prices. A lift in demand...
Whey protein is more effective than red meat in reducing body
weight gain and increasing insulin sensitivity, shows a new study
on rats. If the findings are confirmed in people, they could have a
significant impact on manufacturers...
A third of companies have been impacted by material health, safety,
social and environmental (HSSE) issues following an M&A
transaction, according to a recent report. And when an
environmental issue is discovered post-deal, 42...
China will continue to pull on tightening world oilseed and grain
supplies as the country's highly stretched agriculture sector
struggles to keep up with surging domestic demand.
Australian scientists say that adding soy to low-fat dairy foods
may offer consumers some of soy's health benefits without the
strong taste that many find unappealing.
Sweden's voluntary health claims code has approved a claim for a
cholesterol-lowering cheese made by dairy firm
Skanemejerier,reports Dominique Patton.
Food fortification, health claims and genetically modified foods
were tabled at a recent meeting of ministers in Australia and New
Zealand gathering together to tackle food policy. The ministers
agreed on a policy guideline for food...
Australian scientists say that adding soy to low-fat dairy foods
may offer consumers some of soy's health benefits without the
strong taste that many find unappealing.
During a Council meeting on 2 June, EU health ministers recognised
that cardiovascular diseases in Europe were 'the largest cause of
death of men and women in the European Union' and encouraged both
Member States and the...
French starch supplier Cerestar, a subsidiary of US agri-giant
Cargill, will tackle the stagnant European bakery market rolling
out a new generation of cold water swelling starches targeted at
bakery products with fruit, cream or...
French scientists say they have discovered how polyunsaturated
fatty acids like omega-3 fats work to protect against certain
neurological disorders, such as epilepsy, depression and strokes.
Bread may be the most traditional of staple foods, but there is
still plenty of life in the international baked goods market,
driven by growing convenience trends and a proliferation of new
products, claims a recent report.
Shopping for food while using your mobile phone might be one way of
defeating the obesity problem - or at least of getting the healthy
eating message through to a wider audience - claims a UK analyst
this week.
A green tea compound from DSM Nutritional Products could help
manufacturers of diet food and supplements looking to gain a share
of the increasingly important market for fat-fighting products.
Researchers in the US are to investigate the link between livestock
wellbeing and the risk of foodborne disease, a move which could
have widespread implications for animal husbandry and food safety.
Fast food producers are frequently criticised for promoting
unhealthy eating habits and contributing to the growing obesity
problem, but a company in Sweden has recently created a new fast
food concept which shows that convenience...
A novel technique for analysing food samples to detect the presence
of Salmonella, Listeria and E. coli pathogens has been developed.
Whereas most conventional rapid techniques only analyse a fraction
of the standard 25 g sample,...
