News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The boss of the world’s biggest food company Nestlé, Paul Bulcke has blamed the horsemeat scandal on a criminal minority, who threatened to undermine trust between consumers and the food industry.
The Real Bread Campaign has slammed UK industrial bread manufacturers on the misleading use of ‘wholemeal’ and ‘wholegrain’ and has called for meaningful legal definitions and robust regulation.
Donkey, goat and water buffalo have been found unlabelled in meat products in South Africa raising “significant concern” on the functioning of the supply chain, according to a study.
Unilever and Nestlé say Oxfam missed an opportunity for a wider and more comprehensive debate about food ethics after the NGO published a damning report on the supply chains of the world’s biggest food firms this week.
ADM Cocoa has introduced a new intense cocoa powder at Gulfood in Dubai this week, tapping into consumer interest in richly coloured and intensely flavoured cocoa products.
Consumers are willing to pay more for foods that are grown and produced locally rather than having travelled extensively during production, according to new research.
Honey fraud has spurred US authorities to intensify efforts to crack down on such activities.
The entire food industry has been affected by the horsemeat scandal, according to the boss of Nestlé Paul Bulcke.
A total plant assurance approach has enabled Ecolab to win new business and offset slow conditions in the beverage and protein markets.
Russia’s dispute with the US over ractopamine might give a boost to Brazilian exporters, Russian officials have said.