Archives for June 11, 2003

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Ingredients to reduce trans fat

As consumer groups in Europe and the US call on food manufacturers to cut the quantity of trans fats in food products, Swedish vegetable oils supplier Karlshamns has come up with a cocoa butter replacer with a low trans fatty acid content.

Inspection device unveiled

eMerge Interactive unveiled its VerifEYE Solo Handheld Meat-Inspection Device at yesterday's Tokyo's 2003 International Food Machinery & Technology Exhibition (FOOMA).

New BENEO®-branded products

The Belgian food company Orafti and its BENEO® brand will be applied to three new products. Orafi's BENEO® Programme indicates that products contain...

Carrefour increases Colombian stake

Carrefour is to increase its stake in its Colombian unit to 100 per cent by buying out the 45 per cent currently held by minority shareholders.

Salt reduction, industry must go further

Despite commitments to reduce the salt in processed food, manufacturers continue to receive criticism over the issue with the UK Food Standard Agency highlighting this week high levels of salt in ready meals.

The dynamics of Listeria

A variety of factors play a role in whether food-borne bacteria actually make people sick, and a better understanding of the infection process from food-borne bacteria could certainly lead to ways to stop such illnesses from occurring, confirm US...

Air-tight solution

Air Products has announced a global re-branding strategy which aims to make it easier to recognise its range of products and services for safety and quality within the food and beverages industry.

Scientists confirm rice-maize similarity

The smallest rice chromosome has nearly twice as many predicted genes as the draft DNA sequence had indicated, claims a rice genome sequencing team in the US.