News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The Swiss beef industry was yesterday rewarded for its efforts in controlling bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), when the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) reduced its status to "controlled risk" for the disease.
Biotech behemoth Monsanto has joined forces with gene technology expert Chromatin to develop ways of increasing the number of modified genes that can be inserted into crops such as soybeans and corn.
Tate & Lyle has reported a strong full year 2007, the third consecutive year of sales growth and a key one for repositioning towards value added ingredients. But despite this, EU sugar reform continues to prove a drag.
High-salt diets may encourage the growth of Helicobacter pylori bacteria in the stomach, said to be the cause of millions of cases of gastritis and peptic ulcer disease each year, says a new study that may have added implications for salt reduction...
Drinking a whopping ten cups of coffee a day or more could slash the risk of developing Parkinson's disease by 74 per cent, suggests a new prospective study from Finland.
Agrana has reported its first set of annual results in which its fruit segment outstripped sugar and starch as a source of revenue, following a refocus in the wake of EU sugar reform.