News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should require food manufacturers to limit the amount of the potential carcinogen acrylamide in their products, said the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a nonprofit US organisation, this week...
Germany's Tengelmann group has swapped 22 Kaisers supermarkets for 22 Spar outlets in Hungary, which it will convert to its Plus discount format, which will now be the main focus of its international growth.
Marking a crucial step towards the full implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) yesterday reached an agreement on the movement of genetically modified organisms.
The Food Standards Agency is to investigate exactly what goes into salamis and similar meat products being sold in the UK, to see whether they contain horse or donkey meat.
French supermarket group Casino has announced that its US arm Smart & Final is to sell its Florida-based foodservice and store businesses in order to concentrate on its core operations in the western United States.
Danish ingredients company Danisco will expand its flavour creation centres in The Netherlands and Belgium as part of the restructuring of the flavour research and development facilities to improve capabilities and efficiency.
Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork processor, has announced fourth quarter sales of $1.9 billion (€1.6bn).
Building on the progress made in 2002, British sweeteners and starch group Tate & Lyle continues to move forward, reporting an 18 per cent rise in annual profit on Thursday for the year ended 31 March 2003.
Consumers are increasingly looking for products which are inherently cool, and while clothing and footwear may be more obviously fashionable than consumer packaged goods, marketers in the food and drink industry are increasingly recognising the...
Just a few months old, the recently formed alliance between US agribusiness giant Bunge and DuPont Protein Technologies - Solae - has already filed a complaint with a court in the US claiming that the companies Archer Daniels Midland and Amerifit...