Archives for January 20, 2004

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China to put pressure on European ingredients industry

Top line growth for suppliers to the food industry will have to be delivered through innovation and focused branding strategies, finds a new report, at the same time stressing that emerging markets could threaten the ingredients industry.

Holes in the USDA's BSE testing system

According to USDA records, no BSE tests were carried out on commercial cattle in Washington State in the first seven months of 2003. United Press International under the Freedom of Information Act obtained the USDA records of BSE or mad cow...

Market boost for trehalose sweetener

Buying entry into the nascent European trehalose sweetener market last year from British Sugar, US company Cargill will welcome claims from scientists this week that the ingredient could ease Huntington's disease.

An information boost for isoflavones

Leading isoflavone producer Novogen has launched a research centre that will provide consumers and the media, increasingly drawing attention to isoflavone supplements, with the latest information on the plant-derived compounds.