News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
South African researcher discovers the correct ratio of plant sterols and sterolins needed to balance an overactive or underactive immune system. Food manufacturers must use the exact ratio for maximum effect.
Ingredients company Danisco reports this week that the result of its 2001 beet campaign is satisfactory. Total sugar output reached 1,246,000 tonnes, close to the record-high production of 1,345,000 tonnes achieved in 2000, which was a year with...
A new product from Cargill Dow is reportedly the first commercially viable, all-natural confectionery film and rigid packaging alternative
Japan's Agriculture Ministry on Friday began checking all frozen beef stored under a government buy-back programme for false labels, following revelations Snow Brand Food Co Ltd had improperly labelled its meat products, Reuters reports.
The Institute of Food Technologists this week welcomed a new President-Elect II. On the basis of a tabulation compiled by Election.com, C. Ann Hollingsworth was elected to the role.
Chinese Star Anise (Illicium verum), also know as Chinese badian, is fit for human consumption and commonly used in foods, reports Reading Scientific Services.
US company Applied Food Sciences (AFS), announced this week that it has made yield improvements in its Coffee Antioxidant Enhancement Technology, a proprietary process that increases the quantity of natural antioxidants found in brewed coffee.