Oil prices impact Degussa earnings
Record oil prices bite hard into earnings for ingredients firms with Degussa, Germany's third largest chemicals group, warning of the impact a one dollar price rise for crude oil can have on the firm's books.
Archives for September 7, 2005
Food firms agree salt aims in Ireland
Food makers in Ireland agree to reduce salt from food formulations by 2010, the country's food agency announces this week.
NutriCognia lactoferrin kit ups quality control
Freshly-formed Solbar subsidiary NutriCognia targets quality control for the dairy industry, launching a rapid lactoferrin glyco-analysis kit that claims to control production process and product development.
DSM opens R&D centre in China
Leading vitamin and specialty chemicals maker DSM opened its first research and development centre in China today, designed to help it achieve strong sales growth from this market in the next three years.
Lab developing food authentication test methods
A UK-funded testing lab is developing a variety of gene-based, chemical and biological tests to determine food authenticity, a means for plants to determine whether they received the right ingredients.
Authorities on the alert for contaminated Chinese fish
South Korea officials are planning to step up inspections of imported Chinese freshwater fish after finding cancer-causing chemicals in some fish sent from the country.
Vitamin A-rich mustard for developing nations
A mustard variety rich in beta-carotene is being developed in India to enhance the vitamin A status of populations in developing countries.
Danisco: new product opportunities through stronger R&D food enzyme platform
Danish food ingredients giant Danisco, the new owner of biotech firm Genencor, claims its latest acquisition will furnish it with new opportunities through a stronger R&D platform to tackle the competitive enzyme industry.