News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Innovative US biotech firm Diversa has linked up with the health unit of agri-giant Cargill to identify and develop novel enzymes for the 'cost- effective production of a proprietary product'.
Eating plenty of spinach and blueberries may considerably limit brain damage from strokes and other neurological disorders, say US neuroscientists.
In a €197.5 million deal food and pharma group DSM sheds low growth bakery ingredients operations to private equity firm Gilde, freeing up the Dutch firm to increase its focus, and opportunities, on high margin, health promoting ingredients, reports...
Health ingredients manufacturer Fenchem says its newly certified range of non-GMO products will lead the way in building confidence in Chinese manufacturers, reports Dominique Patton.
High protein source lupin flour continues to attract attention following new reports that this food ingredient used in pasta and bread products could provoke severe allergic reactions, reports Lindsey Partos.
Reflecting ongoing pressure on food makers to slice the salt out of their food formulations, breakfast cereals leader Kellogg has launched a new version of its flagship corn flake product with 25 per cent less salt.
A team of US and Japanese researchers have declared that milk and meat from cloned cattle are likely to be safe for human consumption, although stressed that research in this area was still very much in its infancy, Tom Armitage reports.
A new study will test the impact of an Atkins-type high-meat, low-carbohydrate diet in late pregnancy on a mother's offspring.
Understanding the most extreme conditions for food products will bring gains for product formulation, particularly functional foods, on Earth, says Arla Food Ingredients, the firm that has developed a new yoghurt for consumption by NASA's astronauts,...
With €173.5 million in lost earnings due to acute gastroenteritis, a new report from the Irish food agency highlights the need for a food safety system to cover the whole island of Ireland, writes Lindsey Partos.
Consolidation in the flavor industry evident as US flavor house Technology Flavors & Fragrances announces its merger with fellow flavor firm FFG Industries.