News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Representatives of the food industry yesterday filed a letter with the FDA demanding that the government harmonizes the date for trans fat labeling with the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act.
Cosmeceuticals, or supplements that target skin health and beauty, are seeing fast growth in Europe since emerging as a new concept but much of the growth so far has come from a handful of brands, reports Dominique Patton.
As Europe's food agency finally makes the permanent move to Italy, a framework plan for 2005 consolidates the key objectives for the EU's major risk assessor.
Number one natural colours firm Chr Hansen makes inroads into the lucrative Chinese market, this week unveiling a new food colour factory to meet a rise in local demand, and marking the first step in a raft of investments in the region.
Supplies for a range of vegetable oils used extensively by the food industry are likely to improve for 2004/05 year on stronger yields for peanuts, soybeans and rapeseed oil.
Food company J.M. Smucker said yesterday that it had found a buyer for its US foodservice and bakery products businesses, plus its Canadian Gourmet Baker operations.
Chicago Sweeteners is to become the distributor for FiberGel Technologies' Z-Trim as the company starts to scale up production of the fat replacer.