New flavors with tagatose
German flavors and fragrance firm Symrise has teamed up with SweetGredients to use Spherix's new sweetener Gaio tagatose to develop a new generation of flavors.
Archives for December 1, 2004
Food poisoning virus grown in lab
The norovirus, a highly contagious source of food poisoning, has been successfully grown in the lab for the first time, report US researchers.
Merisant and McNeil in court over Splenda
Merisant, the US maker of tabletop sweetener Equal and NutraSweet, takes the marketer of sugar subsitute Splenda McNeil Nutritionals to court, alleging advertising for the product is misleading.
Smucker to sell ingredients plants
Food company J. M. Smucker said today it will sell its industrial bakery ingredients and dairy ingredients businesses during the next twelve months.
Americans want tougher GM regulation
Americans' attitudes about genetically modified (GM) foods remain divided, although their opinions appear not be deeply held and can be influenced by new information and events, according to a study released this week, reports Philippa Nuttall.