Red Bull welcomes French court action to strike out energy drink tax
Red Bull has welcomed a ruling from France’s highest constitutional court striking-down the government’s plans to tax caffeine and taurine-rich energy drinks from 2013.
Archives for December 18, 2012
Eurofins expands Nordic testing portfolio
Eurofins Scientific (EUFI.PA) has acquired a 92.5% majority stake in a Finnish food safety testing firm.
Processed ready meals are healthier than TV chef recipes, UK study finds
Industry produced ready meals have come out on top in the nutrition stakes after researchers in the UK found recipes produced by TV chefs are on the whole ‘less healthy’ than supermarket bought, private label foods.
Australia reports beef and veal export boost
Australia has reported a jump in beef and veal exports, with poor performance in Japan offset by increasing demand in other markets.
E.coli contamination top issue for Canadians, says survey
E.coli contamination is top of the agenda for Canadians, ranking above all other food safety issues, including GMOs and pesticide use, according to a survey.
Cheese recalled due to metal contamination
Two types of cheese have been withdrawn from three UK supermarkets after being found to be contaminated with pieces of metal.
Special edition: Reformulation
How to save cash, boost nutrition and clean up product labels…Tate & Lyle on win-win reformulation
Retail buyers, as every food and beverage manufacturer knows, want it all. Cleaner labels, an improved nutritional profile (lower fat, sugar and salt), great taste and texture - and an even keener price.
General Mills: We’ll only solve global food security challenge if we embrace open innovation
Can we feed nine billion people by 2050? Only if we embrace the principles of open innovation, says Jeff Bellairs, senior director of the General Mills Worldwide Innovation Network (G-WIN), in this exclusive article for Foodnavigator-USA.com and...
Cargill invests $20m in South African business
US meat processor Cargill has announced plans to invest $20 million into its animal nutrition facilities in South Africa.
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‘Drinkifying snacks’: PepsiCo mush or master stroke?
Despite giving us object lessons in corporate word wash, can PepsiCo pull off what seems like a slightly puzzling mission, namely a long-term plan to ‘drinkify' snacks and vice versa under its Power of One banner?
‘Snack foods’ linked to even higher cancer risk in susceptible people
Consumption of junk food and snacks could significantly increase the risk of certain cancers in people with a pre-defined high risk due to a genetic condition, warn researchers.
FSANZ takes action on carbon monoxide as fish processing aid
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has called for submissions to draft fish processing aid regulation on carbon monoxide after reports it is being used despite being banned.
Innovation key ingredient in cost-cutting recipe, says expert
Food companies are looking for new ways to appeal to frugal consumers while cutting their own costs – and ingredient companies are coming up some innovative answers.