News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Although sweet, bitter and umami tastes are different, researchers are finding that information about each of these tastes is transmitted from the various taste receptors via a common intracellular signalling pathway.
The European Commission confirmed its commitment to food safety and the consumer this week when Commissioner David Byrne announced much tougher measures - including criminal sanctions - to strengthen food and feed safety controls.
The terminal decline in sherry sales continued last year with just one market - the UK - showing an increase compared to 2001. But with the major players in the drinks market clearly not interested in sherry, there seems little chance of a recovery...
The January sales helped lift revenues at French hypermarkets and supermarkets, with meat products in particular proving popular during the month.
Nestlé's proposed acquisition of the Dreyer's ice cream business in the US looks to have hit a snag with the companies announcing this week that talks with the competition authorities have been extended and that the sale of 'certain assets' could be...
Life for people allergic to peanuts might just have got easier with scientists in the UK announcing this week that they have developed a test to detect tiny amounts of peanut in processed food.
Following the declaration last week that it is to invest in the food enzyme side to its business, Danish enzyme company Novozymes yesterday reported 'the best year ever' for 2002 with sales rising 7 per cent from DKK 5,271 million (€709m) in 2001 to...