News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Caffe Nero has given up its bid to take over rival coffee bar operator Coffee Republic after its latest offer was once again rejected. But the company said it would wait and see how Coffee Republic planned to improve shareholder value before...
Canadian biopharmaceutical company Forbes Medi-Tech this week reports on study results showing that chocolate, containing its cholesterol-lowering phytosterol ingredient Reducol, significanly reduced LDL cholesterol in people with slightly raised...
Poland, along with nine other countries in Central and Eastern Europe, will join the European Union in 2004, but in the meantime it will become easier for current EU food and drink producers to trade with the country following a recent agreement.
In a move to boost industry research and enhance nutritional applications of wheat and other major cereal crops, chemical giant DuPont announced this week that it is making proprietary wheat genome data available to public and private researchers...
Early next century there will be more Europeans over 60 years old than under 20. A major European funded project currently underway will examine the factors that determine food choice and acceptance for older people in a bid to improve nutritional...
Campari, the Italian drinks group, has extended its agreement with the UK's Morrison Bowmore Distillers, giving the Scotch whisky maker the UK duty free and travel retail rights to its brands. But this does not include its newest RTD product, Cinzano...
The food safety authority down under - Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) - launches the latest edition of the Food Industry Recall Protocol to assist the food industry on steps to take when a food recall becomes necessary.