News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
At the beginning of the year Israel-based soy proteins specialist Solbar, announced its move into the soy proteins in China. Simon Pitman spoke to the company about the project and discovered that soy protein demand is a major driving force behind the...
US Agro-food giant Cargill has confirmed that a $24 million class-action lawsuit accusing the US food giant of price-fixing will be settled following federal court approval. The end is now in sight for a law suit that dates back nine years.
A new study conducted by the FDA says that acrylamide found in fried and baked goods is unlikely to cause reproduction problems if the general public consume it as part of the average daily diet - but research is ongoing for its carcinogenic properties.
Even children who eat two or fewer servings of fruit each week are less likely to experience recurrent abdominal pain (RAP), a common condition in children and adolescents that can interfere with school activities, said researchers this week.
A new process to kill bacteria spores in the manufacture of formula milk and milk concentrates has been launched. Developer Invensys claims that the process destroys a substantially greater number of bacteria spores than traditional methods.
Netherlands-based Pharming has increased its stake in Australian company ProBio and is now hoping to accelerate the commercialisation of recombinant human lactoferrin in Asia, writes Phil Taylor.
The European Commission has given the nod to Sygenta's Bt11 genetically modified sweetcorn, granting authorisation for it to be sold within the European Union over the next ten years. Although the Commission says that the sweetcorn should be clearly...