The US nutraceuticals market had a value of $30,441 million
(€34,120 million) in 2000 and is expected to grow at a faster pace
than the overall food industry.
Italy and Spain have infringed an EC Treaty by prohibiting
chocolate products from being marketed under the name 'chocolate'
where, in addition to cocoa butter, they also contain other
vegetable fats.
Markbeech Products, a UK food ingredient importer, processor and
distributor, has sold its flavours business to Flavex
International, a UK company based in Hereford.
Fortification of grain products with the B vitamin folate may help
reduce memory loss in the over-60's. These are the latest findings
from data compiled by a recent nationwide health and nutrition
survey, NHANES III, carried...
The global organic banana market is growing rapidly and could
account for three per cent of sales in the next three years, the
United Nations food body said on Wednesday.
The European Union said on Tuesday it would seek agreement in the
World Trade Organisation (WTO) for all food aid to poor countries
to be in the form of cash payments for purchases in local markets.
One in seven elderly Britons suffers from malnutrition, even though
Britain is one of the world's richest nations, according to a
report published on Wednesday.
European-based starch producer Cerestar announced recently that,
together with Chinese company, the Jiliang Group, it is to open a
maize processing plant in Northern China.
Common baker's yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is best
known for helping to ferment beer and leaven bread. ARS scientists
are working to expand on its applications.
US grain company Archer Daniels Midland Co. said that it expects
big price increases for corn sweetener next year as tightening
capacity and industry consolidation give them more bargaining
power.
The European Commission said on Wednesday it had fined five
companies a total of 135 million euros ($120.5 million) for
participating in a price-fixing and market-sharing cartel in citric
acid.
US President Bush this week signed into law the H.R.2333- otherwise
known as the "Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002.
The Philippines' leading food and beverage firm, San Miguel Corp
said on Wednesday it would take a second look at acquiring RFM
Corp's processed meats and poultry unit, Swift Foods Corp.
Japanese investigators searching on Sunday for the cause of an
outbreak of mad cow disease zeroed in on a milk substitute which
may have been fed to all the animals involved.
Government scientists at the centre of a botched study in which cow
brains were used in a test for BSE in sheep were most likely
confused by badly labelled sample bottles, an independent auditor
said on Friday.
The UK meat industry has witnessed a general reduction in
non-compliances in meat hygiene teams this year, a Food Standards
Agency report reveals this week.
Scientists at the US Agriculture Research Service (ARS) are cooking
up a new kind of french fry for health-conscious consumers who can
not resist the fast-food favourite.
The Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) this week released
a new consumer pamphlet explaining the new labelling rules for
genetically modified (GM) foods which will come into effect on the
7 December 2001.
The U.S. ethical nutrition market is divided into four very
distinct categories: the infant formula market, adult enteral
formula, parenteral formula and ethical nutrition supplies and
equipment markets.
America's soybean growers are launching a new searchable database
that will provide a way to evaluate nutrition research and programs
using soy for those living with HIV/AIDS.
US almond co-operative Blue Diamond Growers is to issue cheques
totalling $40 million to its nearly four thousand member growers on
January 4, 2002, the group announced this week.
Spice acreage in Saskatchewan continues to increase, as research
scientists at the Crop Development Centre (CDC), at the University
of Saskatchewan continue to help growers improve their crops.
The head of the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday asked the
Bush administration how it will prevent price-fixing in the dairy
industry, now that a law allowing New England states to set minimum
milk prices has expired.
Parents are concerned about misleading health claims made for foods
targeted at children, according to research commissioned by the UK
Food Standards Agency.
The British palate has matured in the past decade from tea and
tomato ketchup to more exotic flavours - and the proof is
splattered across the nation's shirts, skirts and trousers, a study
showed on Thursday.
Food manufacturers are being warned that they need to spend money
on tracing where ingredients come from before the commercial
release of genetically modified foods is allowed.
Lithuania's top court ruled on Thursday that a government move
clearing the way in 1998 for Danish sugar group Danisco to buy
stakes in local producers was unconstitutional due to technical
reasons.
UK sweets and soft drinks group Cadbury Schweppes on Wednesday
shrugged off weakness in the U.S. beverages market to say it was
confident of meeting its earnings target this year.
Montedison food subsidiary Cereol said on Wednesday it planned to
focus its strategy on oilseeds and suggested it could sell its
Carapelli olive oil unit.
A major concern of food processors is the inadvertent cross-contact
of food products, with allergenic residues, such as eggs.
Scientists in Nebraska may have the answer.
Agribusiness processing giant Archer Daniels Midland Co.'s
prospects have brightened as the outlook for its mainstay soybean
products and high-fructose corn syrup improves amid favourable
commodity trends, analysts said.
Japan's Prima Meat Packers Ltd said on Tuesday it would slash its
workforce by about 30 per cent by March 2005 to help it weather
damage from price falls and the outbreak of mad cow disease in
Japan.
One out of every three loaves of bread produced around the globe by
a commercial bakery contains emulsifiers from Danisco, the company
claims this week. An increasing demand for emulsifiers worldwide
are helping the statistics.
People in Parma love food and many live by producing it so they see
every reason why their city should be picked to host the European
Food Safety Agency.
The outlook for the dairy market is concerning, although payouts
would hold at forecast levels in the short-term, New Zealand dairy
processor Fonterra Cooperative Group said on Wednesday.
Flavour company Quest International continues to develop products
for the ice-cream and the dairy industry. The company announced
this week a new ingredients range, Sherex, with improved taste and
texture characteristics.
A European Union ban on meat-based livestock feed, imposed over
fears of mad cow disease, could in future be relaxed for certain
types of animals, E.U. officials said on Monday.
Cuban President Fidel Castro's government was expected to buy more
U.S. food products this week, as executives of major poultry
producers headed to Havana, a group that tracks U.S.-Cuba trade
relations said on Monday.
Brazilian beverage leader AmBev, the world's fourth-largest brewer,
said on Monday it would issue $500 million (568 million euros) in
bonds to pay off short-term debt and make other investments.