News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Laurus, the Dutch retail group, last week reported sales of €3.8 billion for 2003, a decline of 8.5 per cent on the previous year and a disappointment for the company which was beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel after several...
Supermarkets are forever seeking new ways of driving up sales - expanding their product ranges, introducing new services such as banking and insurance, developing online shopping services - but building growth essentially boils down to one key factor...
Silk, allergies and convenience - a few of the directions that food formulations might take in 2004, according to market analysts Mintel.
The antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant and anti-carcinogenic properties attibuted to essential oils can be used as natural additives in a range of foods. New research into basil and thyme essential oils reveals their ability to curb Shigella, a...
Bioengineered food and feed sold in the European Union will have to be labelled with a unique identifier code beginning in April.
Shemen Industries, Israel's leading producer of edible oils and soya meals, is in negotiations with US agri-giant Cargill over a future partnership with its soy isoflavones division, according to a report in the Globes Online.
NSF International (NSF) has unveiled a new protocol that establishes product safety and performance requirements for microbiological water purifiers. Protocol P231: Microbiological Water Purifiers is based on recommendations from the US Environmental...
Ways for industry to avoid losing billions of euros and dollars through mad cow disease could find their solutions in maths and physics, claim researchers at the University of California.
With the failure of WTO talks in Cancun last year, pressure has intensified on Europe's heavily subsidied sugar regime - trading at three times the world price- to change. While critics want to see a fairer regime with Europe flinging open the doors...
Thailand's tardy admission that its poultry industry is being decimated by an outbreak of Avian 'flu brought forth a swift EU response. A ban on Thai imports into the bloc was put in place almost immediately.
A report last week suggested that Spanish hypermarkets were on track to recover some of the market share lost to supermarkets in recent years as a result of store opening restrictions. But new data suggest that the supermarket sector still has plenty...