News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Mainstream food retailers in Germany need to do more to combat the growing threat of discount chains such as Aldi and Lidl, claims a recent report by consultancy firm KPMG. But companies offering more convenient stores with a wider variety of products...
With the takeover of Safeway finally completed this month, UK supermarket group Morrisons is preparing for a busy 2004 of store refits, closures and disposals. But at least it starts the new financial year in good shape, with double digit increases in...
Flavours giant International Flavors and Fragrances and subsidiary Bush Boake Allen must pay out $20 million in damages as an American court rules that a US popcorn factory worker sustained harm to his lungs from mixing flavouring oils. With more...
An industry expert claims that food safety in Europe is lagging behind the US because supermarkets here don't care enough and manufacturers don't have enough money to implement adequate systems. As a result the European food industry needs to think...
Allergen labelling, resistant maltodextrin, ciacylglycerol oil and the celebrated French raw sheeps milk cheese Roquefort all fall into the comment zone, said the Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) this week.
A key discovery about how prions - mysterious morsels of protein thought to be the cause of mad cow disease and similar brain disorders - infect healthy cells is being hailed by scientists as a breakthrough in the quest to understand the role of these...
Britain's drinks industry has warned that an increase in beer duty and the ongoing threat of tax stamps designed to cut down on duty evasion, both announced by Chancellor Gordon Brown yesterday, will simply increase the cost burden on the UK trade and...
The failure by UK Chancellor Gordon Brown to take any measures to lift some of the administrative burden on the UK food retail sector - or to give it any incentives to stimulate growth or reward it for innovation - has been heavily criticised by the...
UK scientists are hoping to confirm that components in the artichoke can lower cholesterol, a major risk factor for the world's biggest health problem, heart disease, writes Dominique Patton.