News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The functional foods sector offers strong growth opportunities for the Irish food industry, according to Enterprise Ireland, a government-funded development body which recently organised a trade mission to Japan to assess its successful health foods...
Budgens has rolled out the first of its new-look convenience stores under the Quickstop fascia, with all 33 of its Budgens Express stores set to follow suit in the near future. But with bigger players such as Tesco and Sainsbury moving into the...
Haribo Dunhills, the UK arm of the German confectionery group, is to sponsor a motor racing team at a number of events in the UK this summer - a good means of reaching its target audience of families with children, it claims.
A nutritional energy bar, aimed at protecting prostate health in men, has been launched on the Internet market by Canadian company Food Nutrition.
Far from slowing down, our desire to push the years back and stay healthy is gaining in pace. Good news for food manufacturers seeking an opportunity for growth. Mintel reveals the latest functional drinks to hit the shelves.
Waste water from olive oil production may be used as a source of valuable bioactive antioxidants - widely believed to have a protective effect on human health - as scientists in southern Europe develop a new technique to recover the antioxidants for...
Just six weeks after it rejected a first takeover bid on the grounds that it undervalued the company, UK retailer Somerfield has today turned down a second bid from the same parties on the same grounds. But this is unlikely to be the end of the saga,...
Phytoestrogens have modest positive effects on bone tissue and on the development of osteoporosis in experimental animals. However, more well-designed human studies are needed before making general recommendations. So concludes the recently completed...
European Commissioner for agriculture, Franz Fischler - the crusader of farm reform in Europe - yesterday defended his much maligned proposed amendments to the common agricultural policy (CAP) before MEPs in the European Parliament.