News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The minimum age when the EU's butchers must remove the brain and spinal cord from cattle could be raised to 21 months from the current 12 months if the European Commission accepts a recommendation from the bloc's food safety regulator.
Diversifying supplies and managing risk for the world's most expensive, and popular, natural flavour, for the first time ingredients giant Danisco receives a batch of sustainable organic vanilla from an Indian monk, reports Lindsey Partos.
Demand for ecologically clean food products has risen by a fifth in Russia over the last five years despite consumer distrust of food labels and the lack of legislative controls on ecological production, reports Angela Drujinina.
Prices for apple juice should remain steady as world apple juice production hits record figures for the second year on growing Chinese production.
Number one culture maker Chr Hansen launches new product based on lactic acid to help salami and fermented sausage makers fight the common food pathogen listeria, reports Lindsey Partos.
Russian cocktail maker Happyland has turned one brand into three to try and take advantage of rapidly growing demand for low-alcoholic cocktails containing fruit juices, reports Angela Drujinina.
Major lactic acid supplier Purac to pass price rises onto the market, as the Dutch firm announces increases between five and ten per cent across a range of lactic acid and lactate products.
The EU's Sugar Management Committee has backed a new regulation demanding that five of the new member states destroy their surplus sugar stocks or face fines, reports Chris Mercer.