News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The health effects of soy in post-menopausal women are to be explored at the Keck School of Medicine of USC in a trial sponsored by the National Institute of Health, to see whether soy is a viable alternative to current hormone therapy.
Women who often snack on nuts are less likely to go face surgery for gallstone disease, a major source of morbidity in developed countries, shows a new study.
Food processors looking to boost sales in reduced-fat fried foods are currently in the sight of hydrocolloid supplier CP Kelco that has adapted an existing oil barrier coating technology.
US food giant General Mills is to increase wholesale prices on several categories of foods in response to rising raw materials costs. The increase is thought to be between two to nine per cent on selected lines.
Food safety concerns rise in the UK as the Food Standards Agency launches an investigation into the apparent failure by the meat hygiene arm of the food watchdog to test some casualty cattle aged between 24 and 30 months for BSE before they entered...
Despite cheaper alternatives to cocoa butter on the market and new European rules allowing vegetable fats in chocolate formulations, uptake for the replacers has been slower than expected as reticent food makers and marketers stick to the old recipes,...