News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
A US appeal court has upheld a previous federal court decision which found that Wrigley’s patent on a menthol chewing gum formulation was too similar to earlier patents as argued by Cadbury Adams USA.
Coca-Cola India announced today that it plans to invest a further $3bn dollars in India through to 2020 to capture 'enormous growth potential' in the non-alcoholic ready-to-drink (NARTD) market).
Production of The Dow Chemical Company’s omega-9 canola oil has more than doubled over the past year, as food manufacturers have continued to seek healthier alternatives to oils high in trans and saturated fatty acids, the company has said.
The Obama administration has stated its opposition to a fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget proposal that could see the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suffer a budget cut worth millions of dollars.
Ultra-frugal shoppers are continuing to make life very challenging in the US grocery sector, although commodity inflation is finally coming down, says the chief executive of ConAgra Foods.
Tackling the global obesity epidemic is ‘crucial’ in the fight for food security and ecological sustainability, say researchers.
Expensive and elaborate CSR campaigns used by the soda industry, focused on consumers rather than on the corporation, echo tactics employed by big tobacco firms, argue experts.