Traditionally high cholesterol is known to be harmful, now a recent
study has found that too low cholesterol is associated with adverse
behavioural effects...
Japanese dairy goods producer Snow Brand Milk Products Co Ltd said
on Monday it will close a total of five domestic milk plants as it
tries to rebuild...
High levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) are present in some
overweight children, a new study finds. CRP is a substance that
indicates to doctors the presence...
A new report into the dietary recommendations for iron stresses the
importance of including meat, fish and poultry in the diet as the
best readily-absorbed...
Cerestar USA, part of the French Cerestar Group, and manufacturer
of starch and starch derivatives's for the food industry, has
received GRAS (Generally...
Ajinomoto, the Japanese food seasoning giant, apologised to the
Muslims of Indonesia this week in several major newspapers over the
use of pig enzymes...
An advert that claimed salted peanuts had the same health benefits
as for olive oil has been criticised by the UK advertising
watchdog, the BBC reports....
A cow resistant to the damaging mastitis disease might save the
dairy industry millions of dollars. Researchers at the University
of Vermont (UVM) in...
Britain's milk supply is running at historically low levels and may
fall short of the quota set by the European Commission, the
National Farmers Union...
Geest, the UK prepared foods group, said on Wednesday that it had
completed the acquisition of Cinquieme Saison, a French prepared
salads business ahead...
Canadian dairy food company, PurNutra Inc., is due to launch this
week a new Omega-3/ DHA enriched cheese. The cheese line,
distributed in the U.S under...
Transora.com, the eMarketplace for the consumer packaged goods
industry, and GlobalNetXchange (GNX), the business-to-business
online marketplace for the...
Amid increasing BSE fears in Germany, fast food giant McDonalds has
launched a new burger made entirely from pork. In a bid to protect
sales the fast...
According to researchers at Banyu Pharmaceutical Co. a healthy
human body must have between 180 and 240 milligrams of cholesterol
per 100 millilitres...
The Belgian government has sought an explanation from Stephen
Byers, UK tradeand industry secretary, for his decision to order
Interbrew, the Belgianbrewer...
Maternal diet can influence a babies taste for certain foods,
recent researchpublished in the New Scientist, suggests. A team of
scientists at the EuropeanCentre...
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural
ResearchService (ARS) have investigated a variety of broccoli to
discover if theyinduce...
Australian wine makers BRL Hardy Ltd revealed this week that its
new Reynellawinery in South Australia has been awarded Hazard
Analysis Critical ControlPoint...
In December the International Hazard Analysis Critical Control
Point Allianceelected new officers for 2001. Serving on the
executive committee are:
DonDalton,...
Amid stagnating sales of carbonated beverages, Coca-Cola Co. is
working on developing a line of milk-based beverages for children
under 12, according...
The Health and Welfare Ministry in Japan confirmed on Wednesday
that U.S.-grown genetically modified corn banned for consumption in
Japan has been mixed...
Nestle SA, the Swiss foodmaker, announced this week that it is in
talks to buy the50 per cent stake that it does not own in an
ice-cream joint venture...
BioProgress Technology International, Inc. announced this week that
it has signed a Product Development Agreement with Swiss food group
Nestle to develop...
Avocados may help our liver, so announced a group of Japanese
researchers thisweek at the Pacifichem 2000 in Honolulu, hosted by
the American ChemicalSociety....
Beer, our ertswhile companion, apparently contains powerful
anti-oxidants thatmay reduce the risk of cataracts and heart
disease, according to two newstudies....
Eating honey may help the seasonal hangover, according to the
NationalHeadache Foundation. " Honey on a cracker or piece of
toast, before or afterdrinking,...
BASF, the German chemicals giant, announced recently that it will
build newvitamins capacity in Europe and expand its plants,
providing it withfacilities...
A daily bowl of "tom yum gung", Thailand's celebrated spicy shrimp
soup, mighthelp keep the doctor away, the Bangkok Post reported
this week. According...
The most radical shake up for 25 years of the European Union's food
hygienerules was announced by Ireland's Commissioner last July. By
Raymond O'Rourke.
British men and women eat differently, according to a new survey
announcedthis week. Researchers at the University College in London
studied the dietsof...
Increased intake of folic acid and B-12 through diet or supplements
may helpreduce the "bad" amino acid homocysteine and help us live
longer, recentresearch...
A new report has found the incidence of mad cow disease in France
is moreprevalent than previously thought. France's Food Safety
Board said in apreliminary...
A blend of 18 Chinese herbs may help erectile dysfunction, a recent
studysuggests. Scientists at the UC San Francisco School of
Medicine tested theherbal...
U.S. beverage marketer Tropicana Products Inc. is to use the
Internet topromote the new health claim that potassium-rich foods,
such as Tropicana PurePremium...
Henkel KGaA, the German-based industrial and consumer products
group,announced recently that it will combine its 50 per cent stake
in theHenkel-Ecolab...
A process to make ground meat more tender may also make it safer to
eat,according to researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture,
AgriculturalResearch...
Kraft Foods, Inc., the US food group, recently announced its plans
forintegrating operations of Nabisco with its Kraft Foods North
America and KraftFoods...
Coca-Cola on Thursday said earnings for fiscal 2001 are likely to
fall belowexpectations and could be further weakened by the weak
European currency,...
French supermarket giant Carrefour unveiled this week its first
hypermarket inJapan, the South China Morning Post reports. The
company plans to open...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening to January 19,
2001, the comment period for a document published in the Federal
Register of November...
A consumer activist group urged U.S. regulators on Tuesday to halt
what it said were misleading claims by health-food makers that
garlic supplements will...
Diageo, the global spirits company, and Pernod Ricard of France
announced yesterday that they had signed a joint venture agreement
covering their bidding...
A scientific advisory panel to the US Environmental Protection
Agency has found that there is a "medium likelihood" that the
genetically-engineered StarLink...
Danone SA, the French food company, is to pay 123 million euros
($108.6 million) to buy out minority shareholders in
Brussels-listed Mecaniver SA, the...
Annual domestic turnover for herbal drinks in Thailand is expected
to reach Bt2.7 billion this year, indicating a 10 to 15 per cent
growth, reports The...
Garlic could help combat cancer, a new study suggests. Researchers
at UK Wolverhampton University have been looking into the plant's
healing powers and...
Eridania Beghin-Say, the French foods company, is to split into
four separately listed companies to help create a clearer and
simpler structure for their...