News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Front-of-package nutrition-related claims on cereal boxes are potentially misleading to customers, with additional regulation required to protect US consumers, according to University of Yale researchers.
Consuming 25 percent of daily calories in the form of added sugars – in line with the government recommended maximum – could increase risk factors for heart disease, according to a new study.
Private equity firm OpenGate is to buy Dean Foods' Waukesha dairy plant that the US giant was previously ordered to put up for sale as a result of a federal antitrust case.
Stabilized rice bran (SRB) supplier NutraCea has narrowed its loss in the second quarter of 2011 and increased revenues 29 percent, although sales of rice bran for food and feed applications did not grow as quickly as anticipated, the company said.
On-going research into the use of a natural sugar ester as a food-grade surfactant has ‘important consequences’ for acidic beverage formulation, report scientists from the University of Massachusetts and International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF).