Swiss dairy group Emmi is rolling out the blood-pressure lowering
drink Evolus to its home market this month, under license with
Finnish dairy group Valio.
EU farm ministers met with African and Caribbean counterparts on
Monday to discuss the sweeping EU sugar reform that will bring
cheaper sugar ingredients into the bloc.
Mississippi's hurricane-hit port of Gulfport, a key economic engine
and vital food transport hub, plans to be back in business by the
end of the month.
Heinz's new 100,000sq ft Global Innovation and Quality Center near
Pittsburgh underlines how consumer demand for innovation is
altering how food companies operate.
On the back of growing consumer interest in healthy eating, leading
US food maker Kraft Foods is focusing on its increasingly
successful health and wellness segment, announcing plans to further
limit products advertised to children...
Infants whose parents suffer from food allergies have less chance
of developing them themselves if they are fed hydrolyzed casein or
whey formulas in place of cow's milk based formulas when
breast-feeding is not possible or inadequate,...
Resistant starch could improve insulin sensitivity, finds new
research from Oxford University, underlining the potential of this
increasingly popular food ingredient.
Food and beverage executives are optimistic that they will
experience growth and increase their capacities next year,
according to a new survey from Grant Thornton.
New recommendations designed to strengthen self-regulation in
children's advertising and tackle obesity have been welcomed by
Grocery Manufacturers Association.
Food formulators looking to cash in on the blossoming functional
food trend could turn to black lentils for a health-busting
ingredient as new research reveals the pulse's potential heart
health properties locked in its pigment.
Low calorie sweetener tagatose could soon hit European supermarket
shelves in a host of formulations as the UK's food agency clears
the way for Europe-wide approval.
Plant extracts and a more imaginative use of whey are two major
factors with the potential to take the functional dairy drinks
sector forward, according to one eminent scientist at Drinktec
2005.
Improvements to labeling on packaged foods and beverages, such as
uniform portion size standards, are vital if consumers are to be
given correct nutritional information, claims the Grocery
Manufacturers Association.
A zero-calorie natural fat replacement gel made from insoluble corn
bran fiber promises to replace between 25 and 50 percent of the
fats typically used in food preparation.
Novis, the publisher of FoodNavigator-USA, 22 other business news
websites and more than 50 specialist e-newsletters, is today
changing its name to Decision News Media, to convey theeditorial
ethos that has made the group's news...
Supporting evidence for the health benefits of regular cereal
consumption, girls who eat breakfast cereal daily weigh less than
their friends who opt for a different morning sustenance, reveals a
new study.
Confectionery companies could always count on consumers to boost
sales at Christmas and other holiday seasons, but a report
published by Mintel adds more support to the notion that consumer
trends are changing.
A family of compounds found in broccoli and other vegetables
blocked lung cancer progression in both animal studies and in human
lung cancer cells, report researchers.
Food ingredients giant Tate & Lyle has launched two new cereal
ingredient solutions designed to enhance the nutritive qualities of
food and beverages without compromising on taste or texture.
The firm will focus on new technologies for dairy, beverages and
prepared food at the WWFE expo next month, showing exactly where
the industry is targeting its resources.
Supplies to meet demand of raw materials for trans fat alternatives
multiply as the first crude palm oil tanker arrives at Loders
Croklaan new refinery in Rotterdam, billed as the largest in
Europe.
Fundamental research reveals two parts of a neuronal system, one
that promotes eating and another that suppresses eating, are
critical for the acute regulation of eating and body weight.
European food scientists warn that a host of illegal dyes
pinpointed in foods on the supermarket shelves may pose a genotoxic
and carcinogenic risk, a conclusion reached despite insufficient
data to perform a full risk assessment.
The EU today submitted a new lower tariff of €187 per tonne for
bananaimports, after its previous proposals on opening up the
bloc's market wererejected by the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
New Zealand dairy group Fonterra will today unveil a range of dairy
protein crisps with up to 80 per cent protein content for use by
makers of energy and sports bars as well as healthy and slimming
snack foods.
A joint effort between government and industry is ensuring that
normal levels of grain export movement along the lower Mississippi
river are resumed as quickly as possible.
A World Trade Organisation hearing beginning today on the use of
growth-boosting hormones could determine whether the EU's
processors will have better access to North American meat supplies.
The words clinical trial or scientifically proven on a label carry huge cachet. But behind the claims of scientific evidence, consumers expect a base level of rigour in ensuring thatfood or personal care products actually deliver the benefits they claim.
Food giant Kraft Foods, the maker of Maxwell House coffee and
Nabisco cookies, will push funds behind 'fewer, bigger and better
new product ideas' to fuel sustainable growth.
Coffee futures are subdued after post-Hurricane Katrina price
spikes, with ongoing stability probable after reports that 700,000
bags of coffee stored in New Orleans warehouses were left undamaged
by the hurricane.
Hurricane Katrina could dampen real gross domestic product (GDP)
growth in the second half of the year by up to one percentage
point, according to the Congressional Budgetary Office (CBO).
Food makers must leap into ethnic food development to ensure they
cash in on the burgeoning European market for packaged ethnic foods
predicted to hit €7 billion in Europe by 2009 on double digit
growth.
Ending months of speculation, hungry US ingredients firm Cargill
strengthens pectin, lecithin and flavour positions, agreeing today
to buy the food ingredients unit of German chemical giant Degussa.
New yeast blends to help vintners enhance flavour as they make
wines with ever higher alcohol content have been developed by
international ingredients firm Chr Hansen.
Freshly-formed Solbar subsidiary NutriCognia targets quality
control for the dairy industry, launching a rapid lactoferrin
glyco-analysis kit that claims to control production process and
product development.
Danish food ingredients giant Danisco, the new owner of biotech
firm Genencor, claims its latest acquisition will furnish it with
new opportunities through a stronger R&D platform to tackle the
competitive enzyme industry.
A new meta-analysis of scientific evidence for nuts' ability to
lower cholesterol levels confirms that almonds, peanuts, walnuts
and pecans could be useful as part of an overall heart-healthy
diet.