News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Improving the quality and texture of beef for consumer tastebuds could lift sales for a US beef industry knocked lately by the BSE scare. In a recent link up, US agri-giant Cargill and life science firm MetaMorphix have completed the first whole...
A better insight into how harmful food pathogens such as E.coli and Salmonella survive on fresh fruits and vegetables is the key to stemming the rising tide of human disease outbreaks linked to fresh produce.
In a close vote cranberry co-operative Ocean Spray on Tuesday snubbed a joint venture proposal from soft drinks giant PepsiCo, instead opting to continue as a farmer-owned co-op.
Number one global xanthan gum supplier CP Kelco is on the auction block as majority stakeholder merchant bank Lehman Brothers opts to sell its slice in the leading hydrocolloid company, reports Lindsey Partos.