French Senate rejects palm oil tax
The French Senate rejected its so-called ‘Nutella tax’ on Thursday, which aimed to quadruple the tax on palm oil, a key ingredient in the hazelnut-chocolate spread.
Archives for November 16, 2012
Conference highlighted awareness of hygiene in food production, says EHEDG
The European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group (EHEDG) stressed the different methods of ensuring safe food production in its latest event.
Outbreak over but source remains unclear from Northern Ireland E.coli - PHA
Northern Irish health officials are yet to reveal the source of an outbreak of E.coli O157 which affected 300 people.
'Purity' trends, blends for claims and bioinformatics for business: Day 3 at HiE
Can bioinformatics help to add business value? Is industry innovation being put on hold for blending? And how is a shift towards ‘pure’ products affecting the market.The NutraIngredients and FoodNavigator team reflects on our highlights from the final...
Gelatine price increases continue at Rousselot
Rousselot has said it plans to increase gelatine prices 7% up to low double digit levels for 2013 as continued growth in demand has not been met by raw material supply.
Soda-Lo: Tate & Lyle's novel solution to sodium reduction (clue: it's salt, only much, much smaller...)
Engineered using a patent-pending process that re-crystallizes standard table salt to create microscopic free-flowing hollow ‘microspheres’, Soda-Lo can help firms slash sodium and retain their clean labels because it is still listed as ‘salt’ on pack,...