Mintel: stevia-containing products show “significant uplift” in number
The number of new products sweetened with stevia extracts in the EU shows a “significant uplift” on last year according to David Jago, Mintel director of innovation and insight.
Archives for July 9, 2012
Children sample edible insects
Children at a UK primary school have been sampling edible insects to mark National Insect Week 2012.
Cargill blazes trail with sustainable rapeseed oil
Cargill has supplied the first-ever sustainable verified rapeseed oil to Unilever with an initial consignment covering 5% of Unilever's rapeseed oil needs.
Polish campaign to drive domestic consumption
Poland is embarking on a major new campaign to promote beef to the domestic market in an attempt to boost the quality end of the market and reverse the spiralling decline in consumption.
New Listeria control software can reduce food NPD time - Purac
Purac claims that the new web version of its listeria control software can reduce food product development time by two to three months, saving costs as well as indicating the presence of any harmful pathogens.
Danish Crown to create €70m beef processing plant
Danish Crown is to build a new slaughter processing plant in Holsted, Denmark that it is claimed will be the largest investment so far in the European beef slaughter sector.
WWF: How industry can support Green Food Project
Promoting reformulation and sustainable sourcing is an important way the food and drink industry could support the aims outlined in the UK government’s Green Food Project report, published today.
Jean Hénaff pâtés target carbon footprint
Jean Hénaff, France’s leading pork meat processor, has been hailed because its pork pâtés entail lower carbon footprints than international benchmarks.