Archives for August 12, 2007

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Flooding, fuels and interest rates affect food prices

By  Jess Halliday

A combination of factors are conspiring to drive up food prices, particularly in the UK, as harvests have been impacted by severe weather over the summer and interest rates have been subject to quick-fire increase.

Weekly Comment

A helping hand to the confused consumer

Consumers are bombarded with an overload of nutritional advice and product marketing - be it from magazines, television shows, and product advertising - and without a degree in nutritional science, it's a wonder they can make sense of it at all.

National Starch targets dairy replacement

By  Lorraine Heller

The recent price and supply pressures facing users of dairy ingredients have spurred National Starch Food Innovation to launch a promotion platform for its new and existing dairy replacement ingredients.