News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The world’s biggest food manufacturing group Nestlé has posted a better-than-expected rise in a key sales figure for the first half of the year despite currency impacts causing a 10% fall in net profits.
Large brands must step up their commitment to reducing salt, and match the progress being made by own-brand products from supermarkets, says CASH, as a new study shows salt levels in some cheeses are still too high.
Biotecon Diagnostics has started a sales cooperation with Dornier-LTF for the foodproof Roboset+ for automated PCR-Setup for pathogen testing in the food market.
Gluten-free EU labeling laws now fall under the Food Information for Consumers (FIC) regulation – a shift that will help push the category into mainstream food, says the CEO of Coeliac UK.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating a fatality at a Pilgrim’s Pride plant in Texas this week.
Consumer food sales took a hit at Kerry Group from the fragmenting retail market, despite UK brands holding up well, and overall sales growth, the firm said in its interim management report.
Breaking News
The Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has announced a complete ban on the import of beef, pork, fruit, poultry, cheeses and milk from the EU, US, Australia, Canada and Norway, according to Russian media.
Patent Watch
Mondelēz International is seeking a patent on a chocolate production method using fruit juice that halves fat content and reduces calories.
Russia’s decision to ban meat imports, among other food products, is set to hit the US and Canada harder than the EU, according to reports.
Evidence is lacking to support vitamin and mineral supplementation’s role in active healthy ageing (AHA) “at this stage” an EC report has concluded. But it did not rule out their role completely.
Ten years after introducing the 60/40+ initiative Nestlé aims for all of its foods and beverages for children to comply with the initiative’s criteria.
Plans to expand the scope of class actions in France could be part of a wider trend towards group claims of damages to health as seen already in the US, according to a law firm urging food and beverage companies to engage on the policy.