News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
A major Chinese brewer is adopting hi-tech methods and promoting the growth of new varieties of hops from the USA, UK and Germany to boost brewing production. Domestic producers in China, which recently became the world's biggest beer market, are...
More than two billion sandwiches are consumed every year by Britons, who spend roughly £3 each day on their favourite lunchtime meal, according to a new study commissioned by the Asda supermarket chain. But many people are taking their life in their...
Rising food and beverage prices have been blamed for China's Consumer Price Index hitting a seven year high of 3.8 per cent. Food manufacturers say that rising grain and power costs are the reasons for the hikes, as economists warn that the economy...
A leading European meat processor hopes that the installation of a new Ishida fresh food weigher will increase weighing accuracy and result in production efficiency.
Weight Watchers International has blamed the low-carbohydrate diet fad for a decline in quarterly profit margins after announcing a 9.4 per cent profit fall on Tuesday.
Food makers are criticised again for the high salt content in food products as campaign group CASH (Consensus Action on Salt and Health) publishes new survey saying sandwiches on sale at retail outlets are so salty they should carry a health warning.
Comprehensive RFID-enabling software is now available to help manufacturers achieve RFID compliance, from printing and reading tag-embedded labels to filtering and aggregating data.
ASPAC Danisco, the Asia Pacific division of Denmark-based ingredients giant Danisco, has recently reported organic sales growth of 32 per cent for the nine months up to January 2004. Simon Pitman spoke to the division's president, Tero Huopaniemi, to...
After months of political wranglings GM sweetcorn could be on the supermarket shelves by the end of the year with the European Commission poised to end the five year unofficial ban on genetically modified foods, writes Lindsey Partos.