Pectin and xanthan price rise at CP Kelco
High energy costs bite into margins for the number one pectin player CP Kelco with the company passing the prices onto the market, announcing increases for a range of hydrocolloids in its portfolio.
Archives for November 11, 2004
Convenience trend impacts girls eating behaviour
Convenience foods eaten on the run continue to experience strong growth as individuals skip the union meal for a solitary event but new findings from the US suggest that the security of a family meal could help steer adolescent girls from eating...
EU re-ignites Atlantic beef dispute over hormones
The EU has initiated a dispute against Canada and the United States in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over the continued imposition of sanctions against EU exports because of the EU's ban on hormone beef.
Benefits the path to GM ingredient acceptance?
Food formulators working in Europe will steer away from using GM ingredients in their recipes as long as consumer sceptism towards biotech foodstuffs continues but at a meeting herded by Europe's food agency this week attendees hear that finding the...