Archives for January 10, 2005

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GM foods 'as safe as plant-derived,' finds EU group

Brussels addresses the issue of consumer cynicism and fear of agricultural biotechnology in European citizens, setting up a thematic network on the safety risk assessment of genetically modified food crops, the Entransfood project, in order to...

New EU commissioner underlines food safety priority

Markos Kyprianou, the new Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection in Brussels, will continue in his predecessor David Byrne's foodsteps, pushing to maintain high levels of food safety in the EU.

Sugar campaign planned

The Sugar Association announced last week that it will launch a multi-million dollar campaign to combat the negative press sugar has had in recent years.

Strong lycopene levels found in dark ketchup

Colour does not appear to dictate lycopene content as green, purple and red tomato ketchups boast similar levels of health promoting antioxidant lycopene, claim researchers, who also identified dark red ketchup as boasting the strongest levels.

Food enjoyment linked to distraction?

Enjoyment of food may well be linked to distraction, conclude researchers investigating the act of tasting food through recent theories of pleasure and pain.

ZuChem gears up for first mannitol sweetener

Sweetener company zuChem said today that it will launch its initial mannitol product in the first quarter of 2005 on the back of the FDA's recent amendment of its legslation governing the sweetener.