News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
New techniques to minimise the risk of harmful food pathogen E. coli in fermented dry sausages could be on the way as scientists find acidic conditions encountered during the digestive process may not be enough to inactivate some harmful bacteria in...
Azerbaijan's largest dairy company is set to double its production capacity after securing outside funding worth nearly €4.4 million to help the firm hold off competition from imports and safeguard domestic farmers' incomes, reports Chris Mercer.
Food makers can expect to see the price of hydrocolloids continue to move upwards as suppliers, knocked by squeezed commodity supplies coupled with higher energy and transport costs, pass rises onto the market.
Fortification is a growing trend in soft drinks and the dairy sector, and played a role in 8 per cent of all new food and drink products introduced last year, according to David Jago, director of Mintel's Global New Products Database.
Food makers can expect to see the price of hydrocolloids continue to move upwards as suppliers, knocked by squeezed commodity supplies coupled with higher energy and transport costs, pass rises onto the market.
Job cuts and production consolidation for the number four flavours group Symrise as the equity fund-owned firm says nearly 600 jobs will go by the end of 2006.
Soy suppliers could see a boost to sales if fears of a second case of BSE in the US lead to a full ban on meat and bone meal.
Colorado company Penford Food Ingredients has recently introduced what it believes to be the first potato-based starch.