Nestle Japan is seeking to reassure consumers who discovered that
the company is using surplus stocks of old instant coffee products
to make new products.
The largest US food company Kraft Foods has approached the
consortium of shareholders that owns Britain's United Biscuits with
a buy-out plan, according to British paper The Business.
A new method that establishes genetic markers for bacteria in
water, food, and biological and medical samples could be used to
detect terrorist contamination, or simply the bacterial
contamination that causes food poisoning.
Crustless bread, tubular snacks and single-serve drinks -
convenience is driving innovation in the food industry, finds a
report on recent US product launches.
US company Nutraceutical Clinical Laboratories International
Incorporated (NCLII) has begun selling its NuPreserv product to one
of the leading American bakery groups.
The fragrance technology company, Senomyx, has signed an exclusive
research and license agreement with Swiss food group Nestle to
discover and produce new ingredients to enhance the taste of some
of its consumer food products.
Lemon, old-fashioned vanilla and cherry seem to be the most popular
flavours with the drinks giants who have all sought to innovate
with new flavourings in the last year. An industry report
highlights the reliance on new flavours...
A survey of 10,000 adults suggests that people who get enough
folate in their diets have a lower risk of stroke than those who
eat fewer folate-rich foods.
Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, the US private equity group, has
bought several of Nestle's ambient food businesses for an estimated
120 million pounds (€192 million).
A compound used as a dietary supplement for centuries in India but
which is not well known in the West has been shown to have a
significant effect on cutting cholesterol.
Anglo-Dutch consumer products group Unilever announced on Thursday
that it intends to sell its international speciality oils and fats
business, Loders Croklaan Group, as part of its 'Path to Growth'
strategy, a drive to...
As the integration of Central and Eastern European candidate
countries into the European Union draws closer the Confederation of
the Food and Drink Industries of the EU (CIAA) this week welcomed
the Slovakian food and drink federation...
Swiss flavour and fragrance company Givaudan on Thursday announced
the completed acquisition of Nestle's savoury flavour business,
Food Ingredients Specialities for €515.2m.
Almost half of all consumers questioned in a recent European survey
cited stress as a motivation for treat purchases. According to a
recent research consumers are willing to spend an average of 9 per
cent more on a treat purchase.
The controversial debate surrounding supposed added health benefits
attributed to organic food looks set to continue this week as the
results of a comprehensive review of international studies were
released in New Zealand.
Producers of the meat alternative Quorn claim it tastes like
chicken, while a consumer group is insisting that Americans be told
it is a fungus and that the FDA should carry out a complete review
of the product's safety.
Tate & Lyle, a leader in carbohydrate ingredients, this week
announced that it has completed the sale of its Western Sugar
Company to the Rocky Mountain Sugar Growers Co-operative (RMSGC).
German chocolate manufacturer Stollwerck AG is working at about
half its production capacity, new parent, Switzerland's Barry
Callebaut, said on Monday
Lax security and dilapidated federal laboratories that test animals
for deadly diseases like anthrax and mad cow disease are putting
the livestock industry at risk, US scientists and government
officials said this week
A second dairy report released this week reveals that European
sales of organic dairy products grew by 26.2 per cent in 2001 to
top €1.2 billion. Future growth looks healthy for organic dairy
products but a number of challenges are...
An increase in health awareness and the consumer trend towards
snacking has driven dairy volume sales to an all time high, claims
a recent survey from market analysts Euromonitor International.
Degussa Texturant Systems, a business unit of the German Degussa
Health & Nutrition Division, this week reported an upward trend
in sales with a 6 per cent progression in 2001 to €297 million.
Eating wholegrain oat cereal every day could help cut blood
pressure or reduce the need for blood pressure medication,
according to researchers from the US.
Food authorities and health organisations responding to the release
of unpublished research which links frequently consumed
carbohydrate foods to a cancer-causing chemical, are seeking to
reassure consumers.
The Dutch group reported a rise in operating profit for the first
quarter of 2002 from the fourth quarter last year, an increase of
€27 million to €93 million, although net profit was still 36 per
cent below the same period last year.
US industrial packaging company Greif Bros. said this week a new
range of water bottles, manufactured in the United Kingdom, should
help spring water producers to more effectively transport filled
containers and offer better protection...
An adviser to the European Union's highest court has given UK
supermarket chain Asda permission to carry on slicing its Parma ham
outside of the Parma region in Italy, a ruling which, if confirmed,
could have implications for...
New research from the US suggests that extracts of red berries, and
in particular chokeberry, can help protect the arteries from
dangerous free radicals.
The global confectionery market reached 12.7 billion tonnes in
2000, increasing by 8.5 per cent globally from 1996-2000, and
proving resistant to the much-hyped rise of health-conscious
eating, according to a report from market analysts...
The UK Consumers' Association sought to "name and shame" food
manufacturers who use misleading labelling this week when it
revealed details of food products which are confusing consumers.
Barry Callebaut, the world's top manufacturer of cocoa and
chocolate products, has confirmed that it will buy German chocolate
firm Stollwerck from Imhoff Industrie-Holding in a CHF256 million
(€174.9m) deal.
Growing evidence of the nutritional benefits from eating almonds
has been highlighted by six different studies presented this week
at the 2002 Experimental Biology (EB) conference in New Orleans, US
Daily supplements of the omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oil has
been shown to improve insulin function in overweight individuals
who are vulnerable to type 2 diabetes.
Bread, biscuits, crisps and french fries, foods frequently eaten by
millions of people around the world, contain alarmingly high
quantities of a cancer-causing chemical, according to Swedish
research released this week. The research...
Pinot Meunier, a variety of grape used in champagne production,
could see enhanced production after the discovery of a new gene by
Australian scientists.
Last week's US Senate resolution to declare this week, 21-28 April,
2002, National Biotechnology Week, has been welcomed by The
Alliance for Better Foods. The organisation said that the
unanimously passed Senate Resolution 243...
In a bid to combat increasing diversity of food-borne pathogens an
on-going European funded 'Quality of Life' project is investigating
a simple method for purifying DNA from bacterial cultures.
