News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
UK group Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) on Friday appointed National Starch executive Charles Knott as the new chairman and CEO of Quest International, its fragrance, flavours, and food ingredients business. The announcement comes three days after...
Yesterday we reported on a UK bread product which can help pregnant women increase vitamin levels. Today we cross the Channel to France, where a Nimes-based company is set to expand sales of its slimming baguette to the capital.
Why can vitamin A help immune systems to fight back when under attack by some food-poisoning organisms but not, for example, the common cold? Researchers in the US try to unravel the mystery.
Dupont Qualicon's BAX system - a genetics-based screening method - has been adopted by the US FSIS to detect Salmonella in meat and eggs.
Reports in last week's Wall Street Journal linking the troubled Ahold company US Foodservice with two of the biggest food companies in North America have met with fierce denials from the companies concerned - Sara Lee and ConAgra Foods.
Cargill Sweeteners North America, a subsidiary of agro-giant Cargill, has formed a marketing alliance with sugar beet processor Wyoming Sugar to sell and distribute sugar products to food and beverage manufacturers. The agreement follows hot on the...
Danish company Novozymes has launched a new competitively priced glucose oxidase for the bakery industry, the industrial enzyme specialists announced on Monday.
As discussions continue at a European level on the proposed new reform to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), farmers in the UK are to launch a cross-industry campaign that aims to bridge the gap between consumer and producer.