News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The UK's food watchdog is keeping a close eye on emerging research for the chemical acrylamide, a potential carcinogen discovered in crisps and French fries two years ago and which ignited a raft of new research to assess the risk to the consumer.
The Olympic Games currently underway in Greece have provided the ideal platform for a raft of new sports drink launches, as we reported last week, but the trend towards increased consumption of these products started long before the Olympic flame...
Europe's watchdog concludes that human exposure to the potentially harmful contaminant zearalenone in the food chain is 'expected to be low'.
Despite a cold winter and spring, Russia's soft drinks market continued to grow healthily in 2003, helped primarily by the booming nectars category, where consumption is now almost eleven times greater than it was in 1994, according to a new report...
Europe's food safety body has concluded that jelly mini-cups made with a range of food additives derived from seaweed and certain gums, from xanthan gum to calcium alginate, could constitute a choking risk, reports Lindsey Partos.
Leading Polish meat processor Animex says it is investing $20 million (€16.25m) to upgrade its production facilities in an attempt to meet its projections of anticipated demands in its export markets.
Brazil, a leading exporter of soybeans and key competitor with the US, is worried that rising production costs for soybeans could eat into local farm profits next season, while global stocks rise, according to fresh figures from the US government.
Food retailers often find themselves accused of preying on other players the food chain - exerting undue pressure on suppliers, destroying local community jobs by opening new stores and impacting the environment by opening them in out-of-town...
Mothers with low levels of vitamin B12 in their blood may be at increased risk of having a child with the birth defect spina bifida, Dutch researchers report.