News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
You say tomato…and Sainsbury's says 'kumato'. Six years in R&D, the super-sweet, nutritional black tomato has arrived on the supermarket shelves to meet increasing consumer demand for novel, exotic food products.
Countdown to new rules for the labelling of allergen ingredients begins with national governments and stakeholders in Europe getting to grips with the small print before enforcement next year. The Scottish food watchdog updates the food industry this...
Parmalat Hungary has reported that its production is now starting to increase, a sign that it is over the worst, perhaps. News that the group has secured a $128 million US loan might also give the division further backing.
The European Commission says that Polish food processing companies are now making good progress towards reaching EU hygienic standards. However, the latest reports from the country Agriculture and Food Ministry suggest that the meat processing sector...
A test has been developed that can reveal the presence of meat from 32 different kinds of animal species. The DNA-based scheme is currently being examined by European food regulatory bodies as a possible means of ensuring that a food product contains...
Chipping away at heavy debt the Australian ingredients firm Burns Philp & Co will spin off its US herbs and spices unit - Tones North American - following 'expressions of interest' for the division, the company said yesterday.
The US could see its share of the wheat market in Indonesia, southeast Asia's biggest buyer, cut by half this year as a result of surging freight tariffs. Rocketing prices are transforming global food export markets as importers look for the cheapest...
Opportunities for food manufacturers in Australia may well be rooted around innovative flavours and health ingredients, say researchers at CSIRO on the day the Australian government earmarks millions of dollars to invest in R&D for the food industry.
Scientists at Europe's budding food watchdog have given the green light to a genetically engineered food crop from biotech giant Monsanto.
A recent market survery reveals that the growth of the Polish discount store market is continuing apace, with the market share set to grow significantly in the course of the next two years.