News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Ahold's worries have hit the headlines throughout 2003, and while it now appears to be on the road to recovery after revelations of fraud and losses of €1 billion, it is still not all plain sailing for the Dutch retailer.
Lactimilk, the subsidiary of Spanish group Ebro Puleva which produces the Leyma, Ram and El Castillo brands, is to invest between €36 and €45 million over the next three years in relaunching all three brands.
The EU Council of Ministers has adopted a regulation on the identification and registration of sheep and goats as part of its ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of animal diseases. The body believes that stopping animal disease epidemics requires...
An attempt by US-based brewing giant Anheuser-Busch to keep Czech brewer Budejovicky Budvar from registering its name as a European Community trademark was foiled by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market of the European Union (OHIM)...
In response to an increasing worldwide demand for pectin, Danish ingredients company Danisco is to expand its Czech production capacity by 40 per cent to accommodate an expected growth rate of 5-6 per cent on the world market.
Potatoes with low levels of reducing sugars could be the answer to fighting the formation of the potentially carcinogenic compound acrylamide in foods.
As the European Parliament delivers slices of the €99 billion budget pie for next year, €45 bn earmarked for CAP and €400 million for health and consumer protection, funding for science projects confirmed.
Slovakia's sole salt producer Solivary, which is based in Presov, in eastern Slovakia, has confirmed that it is to invest Slovak crowns 700 million (€17 mn) in a new salt plant in Zbudza, near Michalovce in eastern Slovakia.
Scientists warn this week that our traditional christmas snack of brazil nuts might not be for much longer if intensive harvesting practices continue in 'persistently exploited' areas.
Food products made with GM maize could soon be on the European supermarket shelves despite the cynical consumer if policy-makers, soon to take a decision on the sale of Syngenta's Bt11 GM maize , take a yes vote. A recent breakthrough in analysis used...
Last week's dismissal of three executive board members at leading Slovenian food manufacturer Droga has caused some degree of consternation amongst the company's workers.