News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Russian edible oils producer Solnechnie Produkti has reported sales growth in excess of that for the market as a whole, the second major producer to do so in as many weeks. As with market leader NMZhK, Solnechnie Produkti's growth has been helped by...
Gellan CP Kelco, bought by JM Huber last month, has launched Kelcogel HM-B gellan gum, a hydrocolloid system designed to provide suspension of cocoa and minerals in ready-to-drink dairy based beverages, writes Philippa Nuttall.
Russian confectionery group Mechta has launched a new premium product line - the latest in a growing number of local producers entering an upmarket segment which was once the sole domain of western companies. Angela Drujinina reports.
EU health commissioner David Byrne has expressed his confidence in the food chain as a contamination scare highlights the value of traceability and the progress made in reducing risks to the complex food production industry.
Contamination of potato by-products at a Dutch potato processing company was discovered last week, raising immediate health and safety concerns.
The recent move to ban beer advertising in Russia is just one of a number of challenges facing brewers there, but a recent survey of the country's leading operators suggests that most of them are relishing the challenges to come. Angela Drujinina reports.
Red, potentially carcinogenic, dyes continue to dog the UK food chain with the food watchdog last week highlighting a further batch of products for recall.
A large sample study in the US finds that obesity could more than double an older woman's risk of acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML), an often fatal cancer of the bone marrow and blood.
Mounting evidence backs the role red wine may play in promoting heart health but a new study from Spain finds this increasingly popular beverage might offer some protection against lung cancer.
Dutch chemicals group DSM is axing 200 jobs at its vitamin C plant in Dalry, Scotland in the next wave of a company-wide cost-cutting programme.