News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
A slice of nut and nut products on sale in the UK today, including peanut butter and marzipan, were found to contain harmful toxins, said the UK's food watchdog this week, following an annual survey. Retailers rush to amend the situation.
Researchers are to investigate whether a genistein-rich food, derived from soybeans and shiitake mushrooms, could help slow or even halt the progression of early prostate cancer.
The Slovakian soft drinks market has grown by a healthy 31 per cent since 1998, driven by increasing tourism and the arrival of the multinationals, says a recent market report.
A new four-roll dough moulder from APV Baker is said to provide industrial bakers with a number of benefits, not least the extension of product shelf life.
Food manufacturers must continue to be on the alert for a red devil as the list of products containing the potentially carcinogenic, and illegal, red dye Sudan I is far from tailing off. Now the UK Food Standards Agency is alerting consumers and...
German cheese maker Hochland has opened a new €35 million production facility in the Moscow area, aimed at capitalising on rising demand in the Russian market.
Europe's organic food and farming sector got a major boost this week with the adoption by the European Commission of a new action plan to promote the sector. The challenge will be to ensure, and maintain, consumer trust in premium-priced organics, but...
Further evidence to support the inclusion of carotenoids in food formulations comes from the US with a new study showing that high blood levels of carotenoids, a family of disease-beating antioxidants found in fruits and vegetables, might reduce the...
The demand for ingredients that lift fibre levels and reduce carbohydrate quantities has been a major boost for textured wheat protein supplier MGP Ingredients, recently announcing plans to expand production capacity, writes Lindsey Partos. Believing...