The Florida citrus industry is struggling to recover from a string
of disease and natural disaster, but with production forecasts down
and likely to fall further, and with no carry-over supplies from
last season, it looks likely that...
DSM Food Specialties' extended range of yeast extract-based
reaction flavours is designed to tap demand for healthier
ingredients and add value to products.
Price reductions for imported herring and tuna will bring needed
relief from recent hikes for many European processors, while others
will be paying more for their seafood supplies, according to Food
and Agriculture (FAO) forecasts.
Snack companies that market the indulgent aspects of their products
and relate them to particular occasions, such as relaxing after a
stressful day, will cash in on an expanding premium snacks market,
according to a recent Datamonitor...
The EU's food industry yesterday endorsed a set of common
techniques for reducing the sector's water consumption, effluent
discharges, energy use and waste generation.
The global trade in beef, pork and poultry by major exporters is
forecast to reach record levels again in 2006, ensuring a steady
supply, according to a forecast report.
UK speciality cake and bread maker Finsbury Foods has snapped up
two Scottish bakers following an impressive financial performance
which allowed the company to amass a £10 million war chest to spend
on acquisitions.
Cargill's patented starch, designed to deliver higher food quality
and cost savings for manufacturers, has been shortlisted in the
Most Innovative Ingredient category at the forthcoming FiE show.
The average import unit prices for shrimp are roughly stable or are
decreasing in the EU's member countries this year compared to 2004,
according to a report by Globefish, an analyst.
New research into a flavonoid compound found only in hops shows
that it may help prevent cancer if a method to improve its
absorption in the body can be found.
A gel analyser can help food companies and laboratories measure the
texture of butter and cheese products, sauces, doughs and baked
goods, vegetables, meat products, candies, yogurts and puddings.
The FSA's backing of a 'multiple traffic light' (MTL) labelling
initiative comes a day after the UK food industry promised a
voluntary guideline on daily amounts (GDA).
A high speed in-line check-weigher has all the technology to spew
out data via a wireless connection while keeping track of up to 200
items per minute.
Kraft Foods has confirmed that it is increasing prices of many of
its products in the United States by an average of 3.9 per cent
because of rising energy and packaging costs caused by higher
global oil prices.
The European Commission has tabled its annual proposal on guide
prices for fresh and frozen fisheries products, indicating that the
cost for tuna used in food processing will be maintained nextyear.
US bakery and international consumer goods manufacturer Sara Lee
has announced the sale of its European branded apparel business as
part of the company's bid to redefine its over-stretched product
portfolio and turn around its...
New guideline daily amounts (GDAs) on food packaging in the UK will
empower consumers with vital nutritional knowledge and help cut
rocketing obesity rates.
Questions relating to food processors' ethics are among those the
European Commission has posed in a consumer survey on animal
welfare and protection in the bloc.
A total of 66 alerts and information notices on contaminated and
unsafe food or feed within the EU's borders were sent out to the
various member regulators last week, marking a particularly bad
period for manufacturers of the...
Demand for natural sugar is on the rise, as consumers start to turn
away from 'unnatural' sweetener products, according to the nation's
Sugar Association, an industry body concerned with the promotion of
sugar.
Bakers can significantly improve bread quality and volume and also
reduce levels of bread improver ingredients by fitting a special
moulding head onto their existing dough moulders, say manufacturers
APV Baker.
Norwood Marking Systems claims its new machine is the only
multi-head thermal transfer printer designed to match the high
production output of a variety of multi-lane packaging machines.
Burns Philp's plan to raise A$2.1 billion (€1.3 billion) from a
share offering in its Goodman Fielder business underlines the
group's ambitions to dominate the Australasian ingredients market.
High fat-low carb diets, such as the once-trendy Atkins diet,
appear to negatively impact the heart's energy stores, shows new
research presented in the US this week.
The UK's regulator has produced a guidance on how businesses can
meet the provisions of new EU-wide controls on high risk food and
feed imports provisions for products of non-animal origin.
After all the increased safety procedures put in place over the
past decade, one might have been lulled into thinking that
poisonings and deaths from food contamination would be rarer than
before. While it is true that the new regulatory...
As bird flu continues to cause problems, the Resource group, a
leading agribusiness in Southern Russia, announced more acquistions
to enhance its growing reputation as leading moderniser in Russia's
poultry sector.
Synergy's new range of natural yeast extracts, designed to
encourage flavour enhancement in a wide range of savoury foods,
aims to tap growing interest in this versatile ingredient.
Omega-3 fatty acids are increasingly common on product labels but
few manufacturers are going through the complex formulation process
of using fish oils to make this claim.
European food safety experts are calling for further safety studies
on the omega-3 rich seed chia, before it can be introduced onto the
European market.
The EU's greenhouse gas trading scheme is being applied
inconsistently across the bloc, hurts smaller companies and should
not be expanded to other types of emissions, the food and drink
association says in lobbying for changes...
SGS says it has issued the first ISO 22000 certification to a food
processor in Spain, marking one of the first general uses of the
supply chain standard in the EU.
As Europe prepares for tougher rules on allergen labeling, a new
study has found that allergies to almonds, pecans, cashews and
other tree nuts may not be lifelong.
Ferro introduced its new high-purity, low-endotoxin sucrose,
maltose and trehalose sugars at the recent CPhI in Madrid, designed
to improve product quality and broaden the market for injectable
protein-based APIs.
A new vibratory fluid bed from Kason Corporation now comes with a
device that allows the machine to be disassembled faster so that
the processing chamber can be cleaned and inspected.
Natural foods group SunOpta said today that it will distribute
organic acai pulp produced by California-based Sambazon Acai to
food and beverage manufacturers across North America.