News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The 10 new Member States due to join the EU are on course to meet the EU's food safety standards, said Commissioner David Byrne, on the same day the EU's sugar confectionery body predicts soaring sugar rises in the zone.
In a new move to drive sales and carve a position in the growing health foods market, US supplier of ingredients to the bakery industry FACT corporation will directly target the consumer through a line of bakery mixes.
RFID has the potential to provide customers with more product information than ever. But a new report claims that food manufacturers and retailers will have to be careful that the technology is not used against them, writes Anthony Fletcher.
Lycopene, the carotenoid found in tomatoes, may reduce the risk of prostate cancer by inhibiting the male hormone's effect on the prostate, report researchers from DSM this week, writes Dominique Patton.
Sugar prices look set to rise in the accession countries by up to 60 per cent, warns the European chocolate and confectionery body CAOBISCO this week, predicting major set backs for food manufacturers installed in the zone. The warning comes in the...
The European Commission has introduced TRACES, a new IT system designed to improve the management of animal movements both from outside the EU and within the EU. The system is designed to simplify existing systems and create better tools for managing...
Risk management helped US firm Cargill achieve a 7 per cent rise in profit for the three months to February this year despite tougher trading conditions that saw raw material prices rising, a knock in demand for soy through Asian bird flu and soaring...