News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Eating a diet with less fat and more carbohydrates could lead to a modest but significant reduction in body weight - whatever the US fad no-carbo Atkins diet claims. The question is, does the type of carbohydrate, simple or complex, make a large...
As the European Commission proposes a more sustainable form of agriculture with severe changes to the current Common Agricultural Policy, a national study in the UK is echoing the sentiment and is set to investigate ways of shortening 'food miles',...
The pressure on margins caused by the demands of the retail sector is nothing new, but a recent survey of prices charged by four supermarket chains in Spain has prompted one producers' association to warn of economic meltdown.
Research into frozen foods that took place more than 40 years ago will be recognised this week in a special ceremony to take place at the US Department of Agriculture's Western Regional Research Center. The research - known as time-temperature...
A new product will be launched later today in the US which could revamp the flagging gin market there. Wet by Beefeater is a pear-infused premium gin which Allied Domecq hopes will give it a major boost in the one area of the market where growth is...
Eating food cooked with oil need not be as unhealthy as it was before, claims US agribusiness giant ADM. The company has just launched a new cooking oil which it claims can help combat obesity, a growing problem in the US and elswhere.
It's official - despite massive efforts to promote the 5-a-day message - the average UK consumer is still not eating enough fruit and veg. According to a national survey, less than one in seven people eat the recommended five portions a day. But all...