The European Commission has announced that it will approve BASF's
Amflora genetically modified potato to be grown in Europe, the
first authorisation for the growing of a GM crop in Europe since
1998.
Pending EU recognition of the Melton Mowbray pie as a protected
food has led to a relocation of a major UK manufacturing plant to
the designated region.
Healthy, environmentally friendly and delivered in a minimum time
period - a new water vending machine uses radio frequency
identification (RFID) to hit all the market trends.
US based food and beverage retailer Sara Lee claimed last week it
is the first in the industry to provide "straight-forward
information about whole grains across our product portfolio".
Nestle today refused to confirm reports that they had turned down a
merger with PepsiCo last spring, a deal that would have created one
of the largest and most powerful food and beverage companies in the
world.
The European Food Safety Authority's review of additive safety
could have a bigger effect on the ingredients industry than the
ejection of certain colours and flavours with a suspect safety
record. It could give the natural ingredients...
The majority of US consumers say they believe full-fat ice cream is
worth the guilt, and would rather eat this than full-fat versions
of other snacks, according to a new survey.
UK Dairy Crest said yesterday that profit for the year will meet
expectations, thanks to strong sales of its brands, cost cutting in
operations and price increases.
Lipogen is now bringing its phosphatidylserine (PS) ingredient to
functional dairy products as a means of leveraging the wide market
potential the popular food category offers.
Riding the trend for natural ingredients in food and drink
products, Wild says its natural ACE beverage concept - which uses
vitamins exclusively derived from organic sources - is boosting
flagging sales in the beverage sector.
Heineken announced yesterday that it has doubled its forecast for
net profit growth, with strong sales in emerging markets offsetting
slow growth rates in Europe and the US.
More companies are realising that radio frequency identification
(RFID) can be used to streamline operations beyond supply chain
management, according to a new survey by ABI research.
Austrian investment firm Leipnik-Lundenburger Invest (LLI) said it
has successfully completed its entry into the southeastern European
milling market with the acquisitions of two bakery firms.
New scientific studies do not provide enough evidence for the EU to
amend its ban on the use of growth promoting hormones in cattle,
the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has concluded.
Milk and cheese products are more than twice as expensive in the
rest of the 27 European countries than in Eastern Europe,
according to a Eurostat report.
People on low incomes consume just as much unhealthy food and drink
as the general population, and so bad diets are the result of
personal choice, according to a study published by the UK
regulator Sunday.
A new aluminium mold has been created to more efficiently form
polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles for hot-filling or
pasteurisation, the manufacturer claims.
A new polypropylene (PP) cap for beverages allows more design
possibilities not previously available with existing products on
the market, its manufacturer claims.
In 2006, the price of beverages was on average two and a half
times more in the most expensive EU country than in the
cheapest, according to a Eurostat report.
France's EPI Ingredients is expanding its supply milk powders with
a new deal with Belgian dairy firm Solarec, which will give it the
rights to commercialise all the powders produced at the latter's
Recongne-Libramont facility.
US-based Effica has applied for authorisation to market a
concentrate produced from the hardy kiwi as a food ingredient in
Europe under novel foods legislation, which would pave the way for
it to be used in a variety of food products.
A conference to discuss how collecting data on the composition of
food can help improve the quality, healthiness and safety of
European diets has been called for later this year.
Dutch company CSM will continue to concentrate
its manufacturing in the US by transferring the production of
a subsidiary to other CSM North America plants.
A developing demand for premium products such as those
made with alternative ingredients is keeping the UK crisps
market on a steady 2.5 per cent growth rate, Mintel says
in a new report.
Graphic Packaging Co. and Altivity Packaging this week agreed to
merge, combining operations to become a paperboard packaging
supplier with $4.4bn in sales worldwide.
Chr Hansen has launched a new line of spray-dried dairy flavors in
the US, which the firm claims provide some of its most successful
flavors in a more convenient application form.
PepsiCo and several other soft drink manufacturers have agreed to a
settlement in a lawsuit brought against the companies alleging
their products contained cancer-causing benzene.
An appeal court decision last month that held a processor does
not have to pay union member employees for the time taken to put on
and remove protective clothing, could save the food industry
millions.
Standard & Poor's announced today that it has lowered
its credit ratings on French company Danone, based on
the projected increased debt due its proposed acquisition of
Numico.
Chr Hansen is introducing two new starter cultures for dry and
semi-dry fermented sausages, intended to deliver good flavour even
when products are produced with an eye on health and
sustainability.
Food packaging is beginning to move away from plastics such as
petroleum-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and toward
biodegradable materials, according to a new report.
Private label bakery products continue to hold a strong foothold in
the growing UK market, accounting for 58 per cent of sales by
value, according to a study by Nielsen.