Archives for December 6, 2002

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Retailers reap benefits of in-house media

Euromonitor continues its analysis of UK retailers with a look this week at media means and private brands. According to the report, UK retailers Tesco and Sainsbury's are leveraging the trust consumers have in their brands to launch a series of...

Dairy: challenges of a mature market

Healthy eating may be a burgeoning market but consumers still need, and will pay for, a treat, reveals a new report on the UK dairy market from Datamonitor. The report finds that although the consumption of fats and spreads will decrease, the UK...

Oily cheese cuts the cholesterol

Changing consumption of normal cheese to cheese made from vegetable oils can reduce cholesterol levels in some people, report scientists in Finland who found that rapeseed oil-based cheese could be a healthy alternative to normal cheese.

Cheese under the knife

Hispanic-style cheese made in Mexico may provide US scientists at the Agricultural Research Service with a better scientific understanding of how to improve the overall quality of cheese in general.

Solutions for coeliac sufferers

We reported last week on the work of a group of European scientists that is jointly developing a biosensor for the detection of gluten in food in order to help sufferers of coeliac disease - currently affecting some 1 million Europeans. Today we...

Drop in PAHs

Food safety issues may be increasing in Europe but according to a recent study of people's diets, levels of a group of harmful chemicals have fallen in food during the past 20 years.