News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Brussels will fight to appeal against a new decision by the World Trade Organisation that rules the EU illegally subsidises exports of sugar, ruling in favour of a legal challenge by Australia, Thailand and Brazil, the world's largest sugar producer.
An international team has demonstrated that women with a higher intake of dietary fibre have lower circulating oestrogen levels, a factor associated with lower risk of breast cancer.
Powerhouse antioxidants contained in three or more pieces of fruit and vegetables a day could severely reduce the risk of developing cancer of the lymphatic system with broccoli and cabbage showing particularly strong benefits.
The honeymoon may be over for Polish hypermarkets, as a new report claims their soaring growth in the last decade will soon start to slow, forcing companies to adapt their strategies. Chris Mercer reports.
The New Jersey based food technology company Prime Favorites, has started marketing a product to remove the bitter taste of potassium chloride in foods.
Fonterra has built a new processing plant in New Zealand as part of its strategy to move its dairy business away from commodification and towards producing more value-added products.
Greater market penetration is expected for Avebe starch products as Fiske Food Denmark, a distributor of food and beverage ingredients, links up with the potato starch firm to distribute products from the Dutch farming co-operative.
The final frontier opens up opportunities for food makers and Europe's space agency pushes its latest technologies at the massive food fair in Paris this week.
An excess of omega-6 fats in the diet appears to accelerate breast cancer by altering the activity of a group of genes, report Spanish researchers.