News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Red clover isoflavones may help to protect women, recently advised to stop using HRT, from the risk of osteoporosis, suggests new research that shows a protective effect of the supplement on the lumbar spine.
German sugar giant Suedzucker willl break ground on a new plant to produce bioethanol fuel from wheat at Zeitz in East Germany. Earmarked for completion by 2005, the plant will operate in conjunction with the local sugar factory.
A wide range of organic or health food products on sale in the UK contain traces of genetically modified (GM) ingredients, according to a study due to be published in April, reports CORDIS.
In a move to protect home markets Chinese corn processor Global Bio-chem will link up with Japan's Mitsui & Co to develop, manufacture and sell the bulk reduced calorie sweetener sorbitol in China under a new joint venture company.
Consumers in the UK can eat their porridge safe in the knowledge that their oat products are free from harmful toxins - mycotoxins - after an extensive survey in the UK found very low traces, if none at all, of the contaminant in a range of food products.