News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Underlying the destructive power of foodborne disease against the backdrop of the increasingly complex food industry, the head of a food safety centre warns the rise in demand for food carries an "invisible price tag".
Biotechnology is the key to the future of a competitive wheat industry, said experts at a conference this weekend, according to a report by Reuters.
Scientists blow food formulation wide open, confirming the influential role genetics plays in the taste profile of individuals, reports Lindsey Partos.
Natural and organic food chain Wild Oats yesterday blamed a greater than expected take up of its holiday rewards program and ongoing expenses related to the opening of new stores for a wider-than-predicted quarterly loss.
Flavours and texturants firm Degussa will shrug off its fruit preparation business to an American equity company in a sale that prepares the ground for a total divesture of its remaining food ingredients unit.
Supply problems in Asia - mostly as a result of the political and economic fallout of December's devastating tidal wave - have not as yet hit prices for key herbs and spices imported into Russia, according to the company Vremea. Angela Drujinina reports.
The acquisition of Multifoods boosted the Q3 earnings of leading producer of jams, jellies and preserves JM Smucker, according to results out last Friday.
Suppliers of ingredients to the developing ice cream market in China will welcome news that Nestlé, the world's number one food maker, will deepen penetration and sharpen competitiveness in this burgeoning market through new launches.