News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The European Commission's Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) has released its opinion on the safety of carrageenan, mainly in response to work published by Tobacman in October 2001, reports Reading Scientific Services this week.
Two years after its launch, the 'virtual' Spanish supermarket capraboacasa.com, is going from strength to strength. Sales through the online business now account for 1 per cent of the chain's total turnover, and grew nearly 80 per cent last year.
Carrefour, the leading French food retailer, has operations in many other countries, three of which have reported growth this month. In Spain, sales grew 9 per cent, while in Greece the company posted a 16 per cent increase. Carrefour's Polish...
Is it possible that soy foods could influence human reproductive development? A new study released this week reports that male rats whose mothers were fed diets containing genistein - a chemical found in soybeans - developed abnormal reproductive...
A new study from Germany suggests that cutting back on meat could help us live longer. Researchers, studying the impact of vegetarian nutrition, highlighted the benefits of a vegetarian diet.
As food allergies and intolerances continue to surge in the western world a new report reveals that the market has grown by some 165 per cent since 2000. Valued at £55.6 million in 2002, a number of key factors have driven this sector, including the...