News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Summer days are upon us and the ice cream temptation rises with the temperature. Meeting the consumer's desire for the perfect texture and mouthfeel has led food manufacturers on a quest for the best. Scientist in Spain are now in on the act.
A new organic programme in the US has lifted sales of organic food and drink while western Europe saw growth slowing down on 2002 figures. New report predicts drop in growth for industrialised world, but acceleration in developing countries.
BioGentec has completed a definitiveagreement to acquire InnoFood, owner of proprietary rights to a food processing technology developed by Modofood of Brescia, Italy.
UK sweeteners and starch group Tate & Lyle has completed the sale of its monosodium glutamate (MSG) production unit in France to Japanese seasonings company Ajinomoto.
New labelling rules from Europe that aim to tighten fish traceability have hit the Irish marketplace, the food safety authority confirmed yesterday.
Scientists in Taiwan find a new path to high-protein rice flour following studies on starch bioprocessing methods. They predict that other cereals could benefit from the process and even suggest that the process could end the need for commercial enzymes.
Despite emergency measures by the EU last month to block imports of chilli powder contaminated with the red dye Sudan I, the UK food safety agency has uncovered this potential carcionogen in food products.
DuPont has re-launched its BAX detection system - a genetics-based screening method that identifies bacteria and pathogens in food and food processing equipment - as a means of preventing Enterobacter sakazakii in powdered infant formula, dry dairy...
Packaging Automation has won a contract to supply heat sealing machines to Africa, where they will be used to ensure fruit exported back to Europe remains fresh.