Fats and oils, new food safety risk?
Food safety focus on fats and oils as fresh data finds consumers could be open to risk from harmful toxins created through the breakdown of lipids in foods.
Archives for May 25, 2005
Umami taste provides food technologists with 'missing link'
Umami, the fifth basic taste, falls under the spotlight as Dr. Jacqueline B. Marcus in the US discusses how understanding this inexplicable taste sensation can help food technologists increase consumer acceptance and preference in the foods they choose.
Cargill races into number three pectin position on Citrico deal
Hydrocolloid industry sees competition step up a gear as US ingredients firm Cargill, for the first time, buys into the pectin market through the acquisition of Citrico, reports Lindsey Partos.