News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
A plant-wide control system has been installed at an industrial bakery in the UK. The firm, BakeMark, wanted to replace its existing system and to expand production of its bread improver ingredients - predominantly cake mixes - from 17.5kt to 27kt per...
Israeli flavours and ingredients group Frutarom benefited from the recent merger with Swiss counterpart Flachsmann to post a 55 per cent increase in first quarter sales. Growth in the functional foods sector also contributed to the strong Q1 growth.
Chemi Nutra has gained exclusive rights to a new patent on its soy-derived phosphatidylserine product relating to its ability to suppress cortisol, a catabolic stress hormone that can inhibit the use of protein by muscles and impair recovery.
The alleged link between the advertising of junk food and rising levels of childhood obesity in the UK has never been completely proven, but the growing body of evidence to support claims of a direct correlation appears to have been enough to win...