Archives for May 27, 2003

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Food complaints top advertising blacklist in 2002

The number of complaints about food and drink adverts in the UK rocketed by 175 per cent last year, with just two companies alone accounting for 568 of the 1,222 complaints, according to the Advertising Standards Authority.

Improved mouthfeel from Rhodia

Health, a driving force behind food innovation in general, is nowhere more evident than in the yoghurt segment of the market. For dairy food manufacturers looking to keep ahead of the game the choice of ingredients is a crucial piece in the puzzle of...

Nutreco and Genex merge breeding operations

International food company Nutreco and Canada-based Genex Swine Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding today. This concludes the merger between Nutreco's swine genetics company, Hypor, and Genex.

Ingredients in an enlarged Europe

Against the backdrop of imminent European enlargement the Food Ingredients Central and Eastern Europe (FiCEE) exhibition, which first took place in Hungary in 1999, will be held in Berlin next year, organisers CMP Information announced.

Food: how intolerant are we?

In response to growing concerns from the consumer about food intolerance, the food industry and food safety agencies in Europe are continuing in their quest to allay fears. The recent move by the UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) to provide information...

The future of E-numbers

Campaigners in the UK have begun a further assault on the "artificial additives", and their potential effects on child health, writes Frost & Sullivan. What does this mean for food additive producers? And how can they ensure a market share?

Hydrolysed proteins - tighter labelling

Ingredients and labelling thereof hit the news again this week following revelations in the UK that chicken has been bulked up with water and hydrolysed beef and pork proteins - without the appropriate labelling.