News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Weak sales of fruit preparations hit European sales for number two flavours group International Flavours and Fragrances (IFF) with the firm reporting an overall drop in sales for the region but growth elsewhere keeps firm on track for rest of 2004.
Food companies involved at every step of the food chain are obliged to maintain a clean, safe environment to beat food pathogens, but food scientists from the US report that strains of the deadly pathogen Listeria monocytogenes can persist for up to a...
Pace for flavoured alcoholic drinks slowing down in Europe's largest market - the UK - after the explosive growth witnessed in 2001, with the FABs moving into mainstream and as such losing the more discerning consumer.
Consumption of fresh fruit is on the rise in the UK, shows new government data, leading to a notable increase in intake of vitamin C. But a decline in other foods such as milk means calcium, iron and other nutrients are still lacking in the average...
Flavoured alcoholic beverages (FABs) took the UK market by storm in the late 1990s, and while recent rumours of their death have been greatly exaggerated, growth in the market does appear to be slowing as consumers switch to more sophisticated...
A major European food science body has asserted this week that genetic modification has the potential to offer strong benefits - quantity, quality and acceptability - for the world's food supply. With the booming population of the Asia-Pacfic region,...
Soft drink and snack maker PepsiCo might not spring immediately to mind when thinking about healthy food products, but the US company clearly believes it has a role to play in this fast-growing market - and has added a new logo to those products which...
The annual mass exodus of city-dwelling French citizens to the coastal resorts has already begun, and as usual it was preceded by the grunts and groans of French people trying to squeeze into last year's swimming costume. It should come as no...
Regular consumption of lutein-enriched eggs could provide the body with protective levels of this antioxidant widely believed to help fight degenerative eye diseases, suggests a small study from the US.