International retailing giant Ahold is to slash a further 850 jobs
in the US as it continues its streamlining and restructuring
efforts, it emerged this week.
Another cow with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has been
found in Canada, a second blow against the US' recent success at
regaining its international markets.
Tate & Lyle's acquisition of US speciality food ingredients
firm Continental Custom Ingredients (CCI) could open new
opportunities in the value added dairy ingredients sector.
Danisco has developed new technology that it claims can harmonise
flavours with other food ingredients and, for the first time, human
perceptions of flavour.
Researchers in Finland investigating the blood-pressure lowering
effect of a fermented milk drink with a high tripeptide
concentration have concluded that it shows potential as a dietary
approach to hypertension management.
Exotic fruits, white tea and small plates and bites are set to
become more popular with consumers this year, as more people opt
for "healthy," "fashionable" and "adventurous" foods,
says a new report.
Different tastes are associated with different behavior, and it is
all controlled by specific cells in the brain, says new research
from UC Berkeley, findings that could have implications for the
food industry.
With the nation's sugar supplies still low, manufacturers of
products that use sugar have again appealed to the US Department of
Agriculture (USDA) to allow for extra imports in order to avoid
shortages on the market.
The humble and much-maligned slug, a common garden pest and victim
of numerous salt attacks, could be a factor in the spread of E.
coli in salad vegetables.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is to fund research to
crack the code of the pig genome, something that could lead to
better meat for consumers.
The anticipated replacement of International Flavours &
Fragrances (IFF)'s chairman and CEO comes at a difficult period of
transition for the business.
New research may provide insight into how to reduce the allergenic
properties of peanuts through the use of an enzyme found in certain
fruit and vegetables, findings that could lead to the development
of "hypoallergenic peanut...
EFSA has concluded that rapeseed oil high in unsaponifiable matter
as a novel food ingredient is safe for human consumption under
specified conditions of use.
Researchers in Canada have drawn together information from seven
national surveys on obesity levels, conducted between 1985 and
2003, revealing specific trends in the increase in each class of
obesity over the past few decades.
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Coca-Cola faces a challenging 2006 as the firm experiences rising
levels of bad publicity on alleged human rights abuse and, of
course, obesity. In the first of two parts,
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Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is to expand its range of low trans
fat oils for the food industry by teaming up with biotech giant
Monsanto to process some of the company's Vistive low-linolenic
soybeans this year.
Tate & Lyle is set to launch two flexible new wheat protein
isolates that have been developed from a new patent-protected form
of wheat protein processing.
Sales of olive oil in the UK have surpassed sales of standard
varieties - vegetable, sunflower and seed oils - for the first
time, according to Mintel.
A new variety of winter malting barley could provide brewers with a
better quality and more stable barley supply, say scientists who
have been developing the variety for the past decade.
Harry Balzer, who has been studying the eating patterns of
Americans for the past 25 years, told FoodNavigator-USA.com where
the nation's consumers are heading, and what food manufacturers
need to focus on in order to come out...
The occurrence of acrylamide in food matrices devoid of common
precursors such as meat, supports an additional formation pathway,
according to researchers in Germany.
Quebec-based Advitech said today it has reached an agreement with
US company PhotoMedex to market and distribute its whey-derived
psoriasis supplement in the US.
The world's biggest oilseed processor Bunge this week announced
that it is to expand the oilseed crusher and oil refinery capacity
at one of its plants in Canada.
The soy component genistein has been found to disrupt the normal
development of ovaries in female mice, although a similar effect in
humans has yet to be proven.
The growing demand for nutritional food has had a positive impact
on the demand for flavours, with consumers unwilling to compromise
on taste according to a market analyst.