News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
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 Euromonitor...
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 against leakage.
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.
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.
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.
New research from the US suggests that extracts of red berries, and in particular chokeberry, can help protect the arteries from dangerous free radicals.
Food authorities and health organisations responding to the release of unpublished research which links frequently consumed carbohydrate foods to a cancer-causing chemical, are seeking to reassure consumers.
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 several other foodstuffs...