News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Germany has outlined strategies for minimising potential health risks from the migration into food of mineral oil from cardboard packs made from recycled paper.
Ginger enrichment could provide added health benefits to bread products without negatively effecting formulation, according to new research.
Recovery in the chocolate market is underway in the US, Brazil and China but Western Europe has been slow to rebound and Eastern Europe still shows negative growth rates, said Barry Callebaut as it released robust full year results for 2010.
German-based food stabiliser manufacturer Hydrosol says that increasing numbers of EU food producers are requesting its help to develop clean-label systems.
Some consumers perceive healthy food ingredients such as garlic more negatively than traditional poorly perceived additives such as GM, according to a top UK food research organisation.
Tate & Lyle has now realised the full benefits of bringing together its sucralose manufacturing activities at one site, and despite lower selling prices its specialty ingredients division has reported volume gains and 27 per cent higher operating profits.