Australian food ingredients producer Burns Philp & Co said on
Monday that it would sell its North American industrial vinegar
division to US private equity investor Swander Pace Capital for
A$88 million (€48.5 million).
The trade case filed by a leading North American producer of
saccharin advanced another step this week with a preliminary
determination by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) that
saccharin imports from the People's Republic...
New research published in last week's issue of Nature could
help scientists to explain the role of magnesium in regulating
blood pressure.The study shows how magnesium activates microscopic
ion channels in the membrane of a cell....
How was acrylamide first discovered in food in Sweden? What is the
UK Food Standards Agency planning to do about the problem? What are
the toxicological effects of acrylamide? A seminar devoted to this
new food safety phenomenon is...
Tin levels in UK canned foods are lower than five years ago and are
well within regulatory limits, according to a UK Food Standards
Agency survey released last week.
Australian natural food ingredients producer Clover Corp announced
this week that it has teamed up with the Food Spectrum Group to
enhance the marketing and development of its dietary supplements,
reports IndustrySearch.com.
The increasing globalisation of the food industry is creating huge
corporations with the power to harm farmers and food suppliers in
many countries, the United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) warned this week.
Belvedere, the French wine and spirit distribution company, has
registered a 59 per cent rise in sales to €106.8 million in the
first half of the year, helped by the €8.2 million acquisition of
the Polish distillery Starograd Gdanski.
Cargill's Health and Food Technologies unit has completed a
self-GRAS determination for the use of AdvantaSoyClear as a source
of concentrated soy isoflavones in foods such as beverages,
nutrition bars, yoghurt, meal replacements...
French starch company Cerestar, recently taken over by US
agribusiness giant Cargill, has launched a range of new organic
sweeteners that target the bio-organic processed foods market.
The US Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) announced this week
that it is to embark on a process of change which will
fundamentally redesign the institute, its structures, and
operations.
Starting young is the key to life-long alcohol consumption, which
is why consumers in Britain and France are ahead of the rest,
according to the findings of a recent report by market research
group Mintel.
Campina, one of Europe's largest dairy companies, and Avebe, a
Dutch starch producer, have signed a 'letter of intent' regarding
the sale of Avebe's activities in pharmaceutical excipients. The
activities are part...
The operations of large food multinationals should be more actively
regulated by developing nations heavily reliant on agriculture, the
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on
Monday, writes the Financial Times...
Ginkgo biloba has no beneficial effect on memory and related mental
functions of healthy older adults when taken following
manufacturer's instructions, according to a study in today's issue
of the Journal of the American...
One year on and the quality of soy sauce used in catering outlets
in the UK appears to have improved. The UK Food Standards Agency
(FSA) recently carried out a survey and found fewer samples
containing unacceptable levels of the chemical...
First-half net profits at the world's largest food and beverage
group, Nestle, rose 79.4 per cent to SF5.66 billion (€3.9 billion),
the group said on Wednesday, boosted by the partial initial public
offering of its eye care unit...
The incorporation of genes from other organisms into food plants
has raised concerns about possible health risks and environmental
consequences. A new report from the American Academy of
Microbiology (AAM) looks at the case of a bacterium...
A compound found in many foods and drinks could form the basis for
new drugs to defeat cancer and heart disease, scientists at the
University College London (UCL) in the UK claimed this week.
Adding vitamin E to irradiated meat could help reduce unpleasant
odours and colours that put consumers off, according to a study
presented at the American Chemical Society's annual conference held
this week in Boston, USA.
Scientists have moved one step closer to understanding the 'French
Paradox'. A recent study carried out in France claims to have found
differences in the 'good cholesterol' of red wine drinkers which
could account...
Embattled Japanese meat processor Nippon Meat Packers said on
Tuesday that its founder and chairman would step down and its
president would be demoted to help restore public trust after a
beef mislabelling scandal.
DuPont Qualicon has appointed UK-based company Oxoid as
distributors in Europe and Australia for its BAX system, an
automated testing platform for food-borne pathogens.
Japan's Nippon Meat Packers, battered by a beef mislabelling
scandal, will give results of an investigation on Tuesday at a news
conference in which its founder is expected to resign as chairman.
In the news again - food to fight cholesterol. A new study released
this week suggests that honey contains about the same level of
antioxidants as spinach, apples, bananas, oranges and strawberries.
The British Food Standards Agency (FSA) survey has revealed that a
wide range of dietary supplements sold in the UK have been
irradiated, violating the British food legislation.
Indonesia's ambition to become the world's largest cocoa producer
by 2010 could wreak havoc on the global market, even if its beans
do not make it into the top grade, analysts said.
Further evidence to suggest that almonds could benefit our health
hit the press this week as scientists in Canada report that almonds
significantly lowered bad cholesterol levels in a study of people
with high cholesterol.
The American arm of Danish food ingredients company Danisco this
week announced the launch of a flavour concept designed to target
the ice cream and frozen novelty segment and to maximise on the
persuasion techniques of children.
Dutch chemicals group Royal DSM has denied being in talks with
Australian food group Burns Philp over the purchase of its Gist
Brocades unit, IndustrySearch.com reports.
Australasian food group Goodman Fielder ended months of speculation
on Friday by selling its flour milling and mixing business to
GrainCorp and US grains giant Cargill for A$200 million (€110
million).
Enzyme company Novozymes has announced the development of a new
enzyme for syrup production. According to the company Liquezyme X
allows manufacturers to improve syrup production with fewer
chemicals at lower cost.
Stable Micro Systems launches powder flow analyser to help
manufacturers avoid problems such as batch and source variation of
ingredients, caking during storage, bridging in hoppers and
sticking during production.
Royal Ahold, the giant Dutch retailing group, has taken 100 per
cent control of Disco Ahold International Holdings (DAIH), the
joint venture which it operated in Latin America with the Velox
Retail Holdings group.
Researchers in the US have developed a new compound, designed from
a known anti-cancer agent found in broccoli, that shows potential
for preventing breast cancer.
Dutch life science company DSM, together with Agennix, a US
developer of recombinant human lactoferrin, has opened a new
manufacturing facility on DSM's fermentation site in Capua, Italy.
Choglit - no, not the name the European Commission wants producers
of non cocoa-butter chocolate to adopt but the name of a new drinks
brand produced jointly by Coca-Cola and Nestle and launched in the
US earlier this month.
The growing levels of consolidation in the European food retailing
sector are continuing to drive sales growth, with turnover forecast
to rise 17 per cent between 2001 and 2006, according to a report
published recently by Mintel's...
Dutch food group Numico NV is the latest company this week to post
a slide in first-half profits well below expectations on Thursday.
Hit again by weak US vitamin sales, analysts were also disappointed
over the lack of a new strategy.
Leading German chemicals group Degussa released first-half year
results this week, announcing that core businesses lifted sales 1
per cent to € 5.5 billion, but overall sales dropped 3 per cent
from last year's figures to €5.9...
The belief that a fatty diet is potentially harmful to human health
gained more credence this week when a sixteen-year study found one
of the first direct links between a fatty diet and heart disease in
women, reports the science...
Danish enzyme company Novozymes claimed this week that research
into local crops in Brazil as a source of inexpensive and
nutritious food is part of a cooperation agreement between
Novozymes Latin America and Tecpar, the institute...
Pharmaceuticals giant Roche has reported a 28 per cent fall in net
profits for the first half, but stuck with its forecast of a return
to double-digit growth in 2003.
The acquisition of the Belgian-based flavour house Perlarom has
enhanced Danisco's position in the premier league of European
flavour houses, the Danish company reported this week. In May this
year Danisco acquired the Perlarom...
New diagnostic methods for obesity may soon be developed, according
to scientists working on a three-year international research
project called Nugenob. The European funded project has set out to
explore the relationship between diet,...
US food irradiation company Food Technology this week announced a
drop in revenue for the first and second quarters of 2002. The
company attributed the worsening results to the departure of one
client and increased expenses. Total...
