News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
You are what you eat…and also what your mother ate, according to new research in the UK that sheds new light on the obesity issue and the impact a maternal diet can have on an offspring's life expectancy.
International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) reports continuing job cuts and a drop in profits for fourth quarter. But stronger flavour sales in North and South America helped offset a weaker scenario in Europe.
Kraft Foods has said that it will close down its only production facility in Hungary and move production elsewhere. The company has hinted that production of confectionery and coffee could shift to Slovakia and Austria.
Despite higher raw material prices Corn Products International, a US maker of corn syrups sweeteners, saw profits and sales rise for the year, citing sales in North America and a better price-product mix as key factors responsible for the rise in figures.
An end to Europe's unofficial five-year ban on new biotech crops could be imminent as the Commission backs proposals to import a new GM sweetcorn. Ministers in the EU 15 have three months to decide on the fate of the biotech foodstuff. If they say no,...