News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Tapping into the ever-growing search for natural antioxidants to prolong the shelf-life of foods, researchers from Portugal report that the leaves, flowers, and skins of chestnuts could be added to the list.
Wild is extending offering of fruit and vegetable juice compounds by using new kinds of produce, like pumpkins and bell peppers, in a bid to halt shrinking sales in the orange-carrot drinks category in Germany.
Fine chemicals firm Allylix is to get more than $3m worth of investment by a team of companies including Tate & Lyle Ventures to produce cost effective plant extracts called terpenes.
Cutting out the junk will be a major for manufacturers in 2008 said Mintel in its prediction of trends to shape food for the next 12 months, as consumers buy into natural and environmentally-friendly products.
Stevia, the natural sweetener causing a whirlwind of interest around the globe, could also be a rich source of antioxidants and may protect against DNA damage and cancer, says a study from India published yesterday.