Do functional foods have a future?
With a demographic time bomb ticking, the demand for foods, drinks and supplements to help people live healthier, more active lives as they get older has never been greater.
News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
With a demographic time bomb ticking, the demand for foods, drinks and supplements to help people live healthier, more active lives as they get older has never been greater.
PureCircle has launched a joint venture with the sugar company Tereos to provide sugar/stevia blends to the European market and gain a stronger international presence through Tereos’ Brazilian facilities.
Food and drink trade figures for the first half of 2010 show that UK exports have risen by 8.1% compared to the same period of 2009, with non-EU markets fuelling growth.
ADM (Archer Daniels Midland) Cocoa has appointed new managers to reflect its expansion and Eastern European sales focus, while an announcement on new European research centres is imminent.
Special edition: Asia
The Korean functional food market hinges on obtaining the nation’s precious ingredient claim approval, but breaking that barrier opens the floodgates to huge market potential, according to an industry expert.
A “unique” flavour fermentation process developed by Dutch biotechnology company Isobionics has won a 2010 Frost & Sullivan Global Technology Innovation Award.