News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
All packaged foods sold in the US will be required to label their trans-fat content from 2006 following an FDA ruling this week. While the food industry has broadly welcomed the move - for a variety of different reasons - some organisations say it...
UK arm of Nestle will cut type of fat linked to heart disease. The move reflects increasing pressure on food manufacturers to reduce the levels of trans fatty acids (TFAs) and comes in the same week that US government announces all food labels will...
Alfa Laval is launching the Solid C series centrifugal pumps, a new series of centrifugal pumps for standard sanitary duties.
A Cargill subsidiary has won the distribution rights for trehalose in Europe.
Starter cultures are at the heart of dairy research in Europe. A network of scientists will identify new tools to give Europe's dairy industry the competitive edge over USA, New Zealand and Australia.
The global food standards body Codex Alimentarius Commission has adopted a landmark agreement on how to assess the risks to consumers from foods derived from biotechnology, the FAO and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said this week.
Proposals to resolve a three-month dispute at ADM's citric acid plant in east Cork, Ireland are expected shortly. Workers and management have been in discussions since March following a decision by ADM to change working conditions at the plant.
Two new adverts for the group's delicatessen and packaged meat and ready meals units helped France's Fleury Michon to an 11 per cent increase in sales in the first half of 2003.
Leading consumer groups in the United States, Canada and Italy have condemned the weakening of international food irradiation rules, which will allow any food to be irradiated at any dose, regardless of how high.