News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Imminent changes to EU law could result in a flood of intelligent packaging, says Alan Reilly, acting chief executive of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI). But he warns that legislation must ensure that new forms of packaging meet stringent...
The UK's environmental regulator has cautioned food and drink manufacturers that if they fail to comply with essential environmental legislation they risk hefty fines. The warning comes as a website is launched to help small businesses understand...
A plant-wide control system has been installed at an industrial bakery in the UK. The firm, BakeMark, wanted to replace its existing system and to expand production of its bread improver ingredients - predominantly cake mixes - from 17.5kt to 27kt per...
British researchers have created a vegetable with high levels of healthy fatty acids, normally found only in fish and poultry products.
Israeli flavours and ingredients group Frutarom benefited from the recent merger with Swiss counterpart Flachsmann to post a 55 per cent increase in first quarter sales. Growth in the functional foods sector also contributed to the strong Q1 growth.
Chemi Nutra has gained exclusive rights to a new patent on its soy-derived phosphatidylserine product relating to its ability to suppress cortisol, a catabolic stress hormone that can inhibit the use of protein by muscles and impair recovery.
As Europe continues to relax the rules which for six years have effectively blocked the development of genetically modified foodstuffs throughout the EU, new research suggests that the consumer antipathy towards GM goods - usually cited as the...
Wal-Mart claims that its initial roll-out of electronic product codes (EPCs) in select distribution warehouses and stores suggests that the concept will be a long-term success.
Britain's third largest supermarket group Sainsbury today confirmed that it had slipped into the red in 2003 as it continued to feel the impact of its three-year structural overhaul. The company had already warned that margin pressures in an...
The alleged link between the advertising of junk food and rising levels of childhood obesity in the UK has never been completely proven, but the growing body of evidence to support claims of a direct correlation appears to have been enough to win...
The European Union has today relaxed its six-year ban on the approval of new genetically modified foodstuffs, paving the way for canned GM sweetcorn to hit the supermarket shelves for the first time. But will the Commission's decision mean much of a...