News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Australian soyfoods maker So Natural Foods Australia said yesterday that it will raise A$5 million (€2.87m) through the issue of unlisted convertible notes to fund expansion of its new joint venture Thorpedo Foods.
Food ingredients giant Danisco contributes a new face to the recently elected board of the 3,000-strong cereal chemists body.
The US government science agency has made available a new tool to help food scientists undergoing research into the burgeoning field of phytonutrients, used increasingly by food makers looking to grab a share of the growing health food market.
Supplements of coenzyme Q10 significantly enhanced the anti-inflammatory effect of vitamin E in a new animal study.
Food makers sourcing soy ingredients from Brazil will be interested to see that the country will not issue another decree to temporarily lift the ban on the planting and sale of genetically modified soybeans for the upcoming season.
Huge swathes of products in the US have been deemed inappropriate for consumers seeking to lose weight. But the processed cheese brand The Laughing Cow, has benefited from one fad, with US sales rising by more than 250 per cent after its nutritional...
On the eve of his departure as head of consumer protection in Brussels, EU Commissioner David Byrne claims that public confidence in Europe's food chain 'is returning', thanks to a raft of food safety rules now in place.
The FDA has confirmed the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives' (JEFCA) ruling in June that free lutein and zeaxanthin are safe for human consumption - a move welcomed by Kemin Foods which produces the ingredient FloraGlo Lutein.
Ahead of new rules on the labelling of trans fatty acids in the US due in 2006, biotech group Monsanto has designed low-linolenic soybeans that can make a soybean oil for food firms looking to eliminate trans fats in food formulations.