News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
US food companies can seek federal approval to avoid using the word "irradiation" on labels of foods treated with the disease-killing process, and instead use language such as "cold pasteurisation," the US Food and Drug Administration said yesterday.
Sales at Iceland continued to decline in the 13 weeks to the end of September, but the Big Food Group's overall results were buoyed by a solid performance from its Booker wholesale unit. M&S, meanwhile, saw good food sales growth during the same period.
Ahold has clarified the terms under which it would be obliged to buy out its joint venture partners in Scandinavia and Central America following a similar move in Argentina which took its toll on the group's latest results.
The sharp rise in sales in advance of the Millennium, and the subsequent drop in turnover in 2001, have made life hard for Champagne producers over the last few years, but things appear to be getting back to normal in 2002, says the CIVC.
US FDA moves to update its health advisory on risks associated with eating all raw sprouts due to the recent outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 associated with alfalfa sprouts.
The InterMopro dairy show in Duesseldorf this week was the ideal platform for Dutch dairy group to showcase a number of new products destined for the German market. The company is also planning to quicken the pace of the introduction of its own brand...
French starch and derivatives producer, now under the aegis of agribusiness giant Cargill, has launched a new sweetener that 'could help manufacturers of sugar-free sweets to revolutionise packaging solutions, ' claims the company this week.
Early results from a new study show that adults who eat raisins prior to and during intense workouts may modulate their levels of oxidative DNA stress.
France's Danone group has added the country's third-largest supplier of home and office water coolers to its already dominant Canadian business.
Germany's Eckes group has announced plans to sell its alcoholic beverage business in order to focus on its fruit juice operations, citing increasing competition and declining margins as its main reasons for the sale.
US food and household goods company Sara Lee on Tuesday raised its first-quarter earnings outlook, citing lower costs, improved sales of higher-margin items and more favourable currency rates.