1100 foods, 113 nutrient values
Danes launch vast food database
Denmark has debuted a vast food database covering energy, fat, carbohydrates and proteins, dietary fibres, alcohol, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and fatty acids.
Archives for December 15, 2015
Not just fun & games: mobile apps get serious about obesity
Smart phone apps could play a role in tackling the obesity crisis, although there needs to be more clarity around the way values and results are calculated, says a nutrition academic.
UK publishes 1000 datasets
‘Open data’ release to boost food & farming
The UK government is ‘unleashing’ 1000 farming datasets in a bid to boost the productivity of its farmers and food industry – and help business and consumer decision-making.
Poland’s Konspol plans €46m meat processing investment
Polish poultry meat processor Konspol is planning to invest up to PLN200 million (€46m) with the aim of significantly increasing its meat processing capacity and financing acquisitions of competitors in Poland and other European countries, according to...
Sustainable palm-oil body slammed over slave labour auditing
A coalition of international labour rights and environmental groups has questioned whether audits carried out by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) were robust enough to root out members that used slave labour.
Novel foods changes will speed launches
The EU’s decision to streamline the way it regulates novel foods and ingredients has received broad support from the food industry.
Investment capital continues to chase protein plays, experts say
Protein via nutrition bars and other delivery modes has driven much of the recent M&A activity in the dietary supplement and functional foods space, experts say.
3M aerobic bacteria test backed by AOAC
3M Food Safety’s Petrifilm rapid aerobic count plate has been granted Official Method of Analysis status by AOAC.
CSPI calls for better outbreak surveillance system
Improvements in surveillance systems are being undermined by developments in disease diagnosis and inconsistent reporting by state public health departments, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).
EU urged to set date for organic farming review
EU farm ministers have been urged to get a date sorted for a review on organic farming to ensure producers have clarity on new rules.
Agilent: Contaminant testing driven mass spec demand
Mass spectrometry has broken through in food more than other sectors primarily because contaminant testing depends on trace analysis, says Agilent.
Research ‘spin’ has policymakers going round in circles
Scientists and the media have long been uneasy bedfellows, but when it comes to research on nutrition they have become unlikely sweethearts.
Bioscience firm lands €75m fund to develop advanced meat cultures
Danish bioscience company Chr. Hansen has won a staggering €75m fund from the European Investment Bank to kick-start a deep-dive research project into the development of innovative bacterial solutions for the food industry, including meat products.