Daily tomato juice eases diabetic symptoms
Drinking tomato juice everday reduced the blood's clotting ability in people with type 2 diabetes, report Australian researchers this week, reports Dominique Patton.
Archives for August 19, 2004
Grape extract - a future tool for extending shelf life?
As food processors race to meet demands for more natural means of preserving foods, Turkish researchers believe they may have found one solution in grape extract, which is said to provide an excellent antimicrobial agent for a variety of processed foods.
Dairy continues to drive Nestlé results
Dairy products remain an important growth driver for Swiss food and beverages group Nestlé, despite the disposal of a number of assets and poor weather conditions which affected sales during the first half. But organic growth was down compared to last...
Italian water market far from saturation point
Italy is western Europe’s biggest bottled water market, with both the highest overall volumes and the largest per capita intake. But despite this flood of water, the market is far from reaching saturation as Italians turn increasingly to bottled water...
Small and large stores to drive UK growth
Convenience stores and hypermarkets - formats at opposite ends of the retail spectrum - will be the main drivers of growth in the British food retail market over the next five years, according to grocery think tank IGD. The UK market - one of the most...
Grape pomace extract, a natural food preservative to destroy pathogens
Natural alternatives to commonly used food preservatives in processed foods are growing in demand as consumers shy away from synthetic food additives in favour of a natural equivalent. An anti-microbial agent sourced from grapes will target this...
New enzyme from Danisco-Genencor targets cake market
After four years in development the Danisco-Genencor partnership has come up with an enzyme that claims to double the shelf life of cakes.