News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
A rise in global stocks of wheat after a 30-year low will offer continued relief to the tighter prices experienced by the food industry in previous years, but the food chain still needs to stay on the alert.
Recent North American media reports claiming that parts of the BSE-positive cow discovered in Canada in May 2003 may have been turned into feed and mistakenly fed to cattle have been pounced on by US beef industry groups.
Natural Foods Group Hain Celestial has confirmed it will purchase the new natural vanilla flavor created by Technology Flavors & Fragrances (TFF) for use in its products.
Scientists at the Emory University Health Sciences Centre are hoping to widen the understanding of an enzyme that breaks down caffeine into theophylline, using bacteria that need the breakdown product of the enzyme for survival.
A change in attitudes to dairy products is helping to turn around sales in Australia, according to a survey by the country's dairy industry association.
California based colorMaker has developed a line of natural color blends for use in natural food bakeries.
Tackling the ongoing issue of risk assessment in the food chain the US food safety agency plans to release two draft risk assessments related to the harmful food pathogen salmonella.
Ending months of delays the upper house in Brazil has cleared the biosafety bill, paving the way for new rules to regulate the planting and sale of genetically modified (GM) crops in the country.
Identifying the gene responsible for natural defense mechanism in tomatoes could save costs for tomato producers and ultimately food processors using this common food ingredient.