News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The European Commission has sent a warning letter to the Polish government saying that the country must do more to bring food safety standards relating to meat production in line with current EU regulations if it is to ensure a smooth ascension into...
The British chomped their way through £1 billion worth of organic products in one year, making the UK the number three outlet - behind the US and Germany - for organic foods in the world.
Belgian retail group Delhaize has raised its growth forecasts for fiscal 2003 after an excellent third quarter performance hampered only by adverse currency exchange rates. A rapid turnaround for a company badly affected by adverse US market...
The milk industry churns over new findings in the US that claims a simple supplement can dramatically boost the content of unsaturated fatty acids in cows' milk
The Big Food Group, owner of the Iceland and Booker chains, posted a slight improvement in first half sales as it continues to overhaul the business. Most noticeable was a return to profitability at Iceland, helped by improved sales through refitted...
ADM Natural Health and Nutrition has expanded its Novasoy soy isoflavone further, with launch of the product in a directly compressible form to make processing easier.
Leading Irish food ingredients company Kerry brushed off currency fluctuations and testing market conditions to post a stable set of figures for the first six months of the year. The following paper from Irish stockbroker Goodbody takes a closer look...
The regional parliament of Upper Austria announced this week that it is to appeal against the EC's decision not to allow the region to declare itself a genetically modified(GM) free zone, reports CORDIS.
Dumeco has been ordered to retrace 78 tonnes of beef this week following the failure to test a cow for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Some 700kg is thought to have been consumed.
Prompted by demand from the Philippines, Danish ingredients company Danisco has designed and launched two new citrus fruit flavours onto the Asian market.
Tekes, the national technology agency in Finland, is currently funding an investigation into the use of rare sugar components - previously deemed as unimportant by-products - as a useful raw material in food and pharmaceutical industries.
Carmel, Israel's biggest wine producer, is joining forces with six boutique wineries to mount a joint marketing campaign in the UK and other important wine markets. The companies will hope to shake off their kosher-only image and emphasise their...