Diet, and specifically the type and amount of lipids (fats)
consumed, may have a role in the development of Alzheimer's
disease. An EU-funded research project called 'LIPIDIET', with
researchers from seven countries,...
After fighting off two hostile bids, including one which would have
seen 171 of its stores pass into the hands of rival Sainsbury, the
future of UK retailer Somerfield looks more stable. But the company
is likely to remain a takeover...
German retail group Kaufland is to buy 35 hypermarkets trading
under the Familia fascia from compatriot group Bremke &
Hoerster. The future of the latter's supermarket operations will be
decided soon.
In our second flavour news of the day, Danish ingredients giant
Danisco reports on the two new flavour concepts it developed for
the Specialty Coffee Association of America's (SCAA) annual
conference in April this year.
In a bid to encourage a closer collaboration between citrus growers
and juice manufacturing customers, Cargill Citro Pure - a joint
venture between Cargill Citro-America, a subsidiary of agri-giant
Cargill, and 83 partners - has formed...
Air Products has announced a global re-branding strategy which aims to make it easier to recognise its range of products and services for safety and quality within the food and beverages industry.
The smallest rice chromosome has nearly twice as many predicted
genes as the draft DNA sequence had indicated, claims a rice genome
sequencing team in the US.
The Belgian food company Orafti and its BENEO® brand will be
applied to three new products. Orafi's BENEO® Programme indicates
that products contain...
Despite commitments to reduce the salt in processed food,
manufacturers continue to receive criticism over the issue with the
UK Food Standard Agency highlighting this week high levels of salt
in ready meals.
Rewe, the German retail and wholesale operator, has acquired its
Swiss counterpart Bon appétit, a move which will help Rewe
consolidate its position as the number three food retailer in
Europe.
As consumer groups in Europe and the US call on food manufacturers
to cut the quantity of trans fats in food products, Swedish
vegetable oils supplier Karlshamns has come up with a cocoa butter
replacer with a low trans fatty acid...
A variety of factors play a role in whether food-borne bacteria
actually make people sick, and a better understanding of the
infection process from food-borne bacteria could certainly lead to
ways to stop such illnesses from occurring,...
eMerge Interactive unveiled its VerifEYE Solo Handheld
Meat-Inspection Device at yesterday's Tokyo's 2003 International
Food Machinery & Technology Exhibition (FOOMA).
Dow Corning has launched a line of synthetic gear oils that is said
to extend drain intervals by three times over conventional mineral
oils while reducing power consumption by as much as 17 per cent.
Spanish olive oil processor Koipe is facing censure over alleged
price fixing after the country's competition authorities agreed
this week to investigate a claim made by the OCU consumer group.
Dutch-based contract research organisation Nizo food research
claims to have taken the cold gelation method a step further,
opening the way to control stability, gel strength and flavour
conservation of heat induced gels.
The wheels of European bureaucracy continue to turn with the
European Commission this week granting approval to two novel foods
for use as food ingredients. The move comes after an agreement
between member states in the Standing Committee...
After several difficult years, Marks & Spencer is now focusing
on innovation to sustain its recovery. Its successful Simply Food
format is to be trialled in motorway service stations, while the
self-checkout system will be rolled...
With a production value of over €600 billion, the responsibility of
up to 3 million employees, and the main user of Community
agricultural produce, the European food and drink industries this
week encouraged ministers to back CAP...
Ahead of testing negotiations, aimed at reaching a decision on the
reform proposals to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), that
start today at the Agriculture Council in Luxembourg, Agriculture
Commissioner Franz Fischler confirmed...
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca continues to focus solely on its
pharma business with the news last week that it will sell UK Marlow
Foods - the producer of meat substitute Quorn - for £70 million
(€98.5m).
The UK arm of the German confectionery group Haribo is to launch a
new product, Maoam Mini's, and introduce a major promotion for fove
of its other major products during the key school holiday period.
The ultimately strong taste of salty liquorice, widely popular in
Scandinavian and North European countries, presents manufacturers
with an on-going problem, writes UK microencapsulates company
TasteTech this week.
Tesco's global ambitions are well known, and the British retailer
has today taken a further step on the road to world domination with
its first entry into the Japanese market via the acquisition of the
C Two-Network.
The issue of a tax on high-fat foods has hit the headlines again
this week with the British Medical Association expected to give its
support to calls for the introduction of VAT on products such as
biscuits or ready meals. But would...
French starch ingredients company Cerestar Food & Pharma
Specialties Europe, a business unit of US agri-giant Cargill, has
added a new spray-dried n-OSA starch to its C*EmCap product range.
The Food Standards Agency is to investigate exactly what goes into
salamis and similar meat products being sold in the UK, to see
whether they contain horse or donkey meat.
Marking a crucial step towards the full implementation of the
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Members of the European Parliament
(MEPs) yesterday reached an agreement on the movement of
genetically modified organisms.
Consumers are increasingly looking for products which are
inherently cool, and while clothing and footwear may be more
obviously fashionable than consumer packaged goods, marketers in
the food and drink industry are increasingly recognising...
Just a few months old, the recently formed alliance between US
agribusiness giant Bunge and DuPont Protein Technologies - Solae -
has already filed a complaint with a court in the US claiming that
the companies Archer Daniels Midland...
Danish ingredients company Danisco will expand its flavour creation
centres in The Netherlands and Belgium as part of the restructuring
of the flavour research and development facilities to improve
capabilities and efficiency.
Building on the progress made in 2002, British sweeteners and
starch group Tate & Lyle continues to move forward, reporting
an 18 per cent rise in annual profit on Thursday for the year ended
31 March 2003.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should require food
manufacturers to limit the amount of the potential carcinogen
acrylamide in their products, said the Center for Science in the
Public Interest (CSPI), a nonprofit US organisation,...
Germany's Tengelmann group has swapped 22 Kaisers supermarkets for
22 Spar outlets in Hungary, which it will convert to its Plus
discount format, which will now be the main focus of its
international growth.
French supermarket group Casino has announced that its US arm Smart
& Final is to sell its Florida-based foodservice and store
businesses in order to concentrate on its core operations in the
western United States.
European Commissioner for agriculture, Franz Fischler - the
crusader of farm reform in Europe - yesterday defended his much
maligned proposed amendments to the common agricultural policy
(CAP) before MEPs in the European Parliament.
Haribo Dunhills, the UK arm of the German confectionery group, is
to sponsor a motor racing team at a number of events in the UK this
summer - a good means of reaching its target audience of families
with children, it claims.
The functional foods sector offers strong growth opportunities for
the Irish food industry, according to Enterprise Ireland, a
government-funded development body which recently organised a trade
mission to Japan to assess its successful...
Phytoestrogens have modest positive effects on bone tissue and on
the development of osteoporosis in experimental animals. However,
more well-designed human studies are needed before making general
recommendations. So concludes the...
Far from slowing down, our desire to push the years back and stay
healthy is gaining in pace. Good news for food manufacturers
seeking an opportunity for growth. Mintel reveals the latest
functional drinks to hit the shelves.
Waste water from olive oil production may be used as a source of
valuable bioactive antioxidants - widely believed to have a
protective effect on human health - as scientists in southern
Europe develop a new technique to recover the...
Budgens has rolled out the first of its new-look convenience stores
under the Quickstop fascia, with all 33 of its Budgens Express
stores set to follow suit in the near future. But with bigger
players such as Tesco and Sainsbury moving...
Just six weeks after it rejected a first takeover bid on the
grounds that it undervalued the company, UK retailer Somerfield has
today turned down a second bid from the same parties on the same
grounds. But this is unlikely to be...
