News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Ending a long running lawsuit the US unit of UK starch and sugar group Tate & Lyle will pay out £55 million (€89m) to settle an anti-trust lawsuit on high fructose corn syrup, a popular sweetener used by soft drinks giant Coca-Cola and PepsiCo.
Four former executives of Dutch retail group Ahold have been indicted by the US authorities for fraudulent activities at the group's US Foodservice division - the first charges brought against employees in an investigation which has lasted for more...
Marketing and sales strategy pays off for UK-based firm Muntons Malted Ingredients (MMI) with turnover increasing more than three times in as many years.
Backed up by strong growth in the Czech and Slovakian markets, soft drinks manufacturer Kofola has announced a 30 per cent increase in sales turnover as it launches a series of new brands and extends its reach into other markets in the region.
Unilever, currently the world's third largest food company, has announced flat quarterly and half yearly results in Europe. But despite the disappointment the results highlight a number of sectors in central and eastern Europe where sales are...
Food makers need to write clearer food labels so that consumers can easily understand the ingredients used in the food formulation, finds a new report released in the UK this week.
The food included in children’s menus at a large number of UK restaurants and cafés is systematically failing to meet the nutritional guidelines set out for school canteens – which themselves are hardly paragons of healthy eating – claims the Food...
French retailer Casino saw a slight downturn in growth in the second quarter of the year, impacted by fewer shopping days and the cost of revamping its convenience business. But a solid performance from the discount business in France and at a number...
Polish meat processors have been reporting increased sales following the country's accession to Europe, but despite the good news not everyone in the industry believes that this will have long term benefits. Indeed pig producers believe that it will...
Celebrity branding could be the answer to increasing sales of fruit and vegetables in the UK, suggests a new report. Chris Jones reports.
Overproduction by New World wine producers has pushed down prices over the last few years, taking a major toll on producers' margins. But a growing trend towards premium wines could save the day, in both established and emerging markets, suggests a...
A US cancer prevention expert says that if government required calcium and vitamin D to be added to foods, it could achieve a 20 per cent reduction in colon cancer deaths and osteoporosis-related fractures.
Law makers, consumer groups and industry continue to clash over the use of GM ingredients in the European food chain, but a major UK-based food science body asserts this week that genetic modification has the potential to offer strong benefits -...
Czech brewer Ostravar says it is planning to enter into the Polish market in the coming months. The brewer says it wants to start exporting Ostravar beer to Poland, where it will concentrate on the Warsaw metropolitan region from September of this...
Meat production could become a whole lot safer and more hygienic if the findings of a current research project into a dangerous strain of E. coli prove conclusive.