News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Strong sales growth at a young, up-market coffee and sandwich chain in Poland, Latvia and the Czech Republic reveals opportunities for suppliers and retailers as rising economic prosperity points to a growing eastern European 'Starbucks generation',...
Swiss Research believes it has created the "holy grail" of sweeteners, a natural alternative to the synthetic varieties frequently lambasted by the media, it officially announced on Tuesday, Philippa Nuttall reports.
Merrydown, the British beverage group whose focus on adult soft drinks has helped it overcome the declining fortunes of cider, has agreed to a takeover by SHS, a consumer goods sales and marketing specialist. The group hopes that the greater financial...
Benefits and risks of coffee drinking on consumer health are the focus of two new studies that ultimately reveal the positive, or negligible impact, of this popular beverage.
Against the backdrop of tighter traceability rules the UK's food watchdog will focus on the relationship between food ingredients and the final food label, at an upcoming seminar between stakeholders next month.
House of Bread Franchising has finally decided to start producing organic bread after a decrease in ingredient prices makes production a viable business option, reports Philippa Nuttall.
Food is the most common source of zoonotic infections in humans, suggesting that tightening biosecurity measures at the beginning of the food supply chain is vital.
The number of imported chocolate products into Switzerland has increased for the fourth year running - but will the EU's looming CAP reforms soon bring this burgeoning trend to an end, asks Tom Armitage.
GM food ingredients under attack, again, this week as environmental group accuses Brussels of 'exposing EU states' to risk from genetically modified corn.
Campina, the ambitious owner of dairy ingredients supplier DMV International, will buy Belgian milk fat specialist Aveve Zuivel, in a deal that brings the Dutch firm a new platform for innovations in butter oil specialities, and improved access to...
Archer Daniels Midland said yesterday that it has acquired Solae's global soy isoflavone business, including its entire portfolio of US and foreign patents.