Archives for August 30, 2009

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Food brands flounder in new green listing

A new index that ranks UK grocery brands according to their impact on the environment has listed only food and beverage brands in the ten worst performing products – which the greenest goods included four detergents.

BASF ups price of food preservative

By Jess Halliday

Chemical giant BASF is increasing the price of its propionic acid by €100 per tonne, citing market conditions as the cause.

Review of European food hygiene regs

By Rory Harrington

Leading players in the UK food sector are being asked for their views on an overhaul of European food hygiene legislation three years after the rules came into force.

Soy protein could lead to foamier egg foams: Study

By Stephen Daniells

Addition of a soy protein isolate to egg white could enhance the foaming of pure egg white, offering formulators an option of improved egg white foams, suggests new research.