News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
German speciality chemicals firm Degussa is investing €10 million in a new research and development centre in Shanghai, where its numerous business units, including food ingredients, will seek to develop products targeted for the Chinese market.
A high intake of calcium-rich foods may reduce young women's risk of developing kidney stones, report US scientists this week, but taking calcium supplements is unlikely to offer any benefit.
New sources of GM ingredients are set to enter the European food supply chain as EU agriculture ministers failed to reach a qualified majority yesterday on the biotech maize Bt11 and its entry into the bloc.
Only about half the meat and poultry recalled in the United States because of suspected health hazards between 1998 and 2002 was actually recovered by the manufacturers, according to a new study. This suggests new federal food safety regulations that...
Kraft Foods is to close its Terry's confectionery manufacturing plant and warehouse in York, UK, and transfer production to alternative facilities in Western and Central Europe. The closure is expected to take place in the second half of 2005 and will...
The impact of EU expansion for processors and traders in both the current and new member states of the European Union is the focus of a new report that predicts the new member states are well positioned in the long term because of the low cost of...
The countdown begins to new food allergen labelling rules in Europe that herald an end to the 20 year old '25 per cent' rule. Taken together with escalating incidences of food allergies, new opportunities have arisen in the marketplace for ingredients...
Tomatoes could hold the key to preventing the onset of age-related diseases as UK scientists find the gene responsible for producing the CGA antioxidant protects the celebrated Mediterranean food against bacterial disease.
Icelandic-Lativian confectionery producer Laima has confirmed that it is about to start caramel production in Uzbekistan in an attempt to fend off increased competition once enlargement has taken place.