Caseinate alternative from Arla ingredients unit
Dutch firm Arla Foods Ingredients launches a new milk protein onto the competitive dairy protein market, positioned as an alternative to caseinates in salami formulations.
Archives for December 6, 2004
The difficulty of making money in China
Foreign companies' profits in China may have increased rapidly in the past four years, but they remain modest in comparison with other countries with smaller markets and slower growth, according to a surprising new report. Anthony Fletcher reports.
More recalls for illegal red food colour
An illegal red colour identified in a popular food oil prompts a recall in the UK, the latest in a series of similar moves by the country's food watchdog.
FSA flags up new food research opportunities
Driving research in the area of chemical contaminants, nutrition and microbiology the UK's food agency is calling for scientists to fulfill a batch of new research requirements.
Glass closures - more elegant than the cork?
Last week Alcoa began commercial production of Vino-Lok, its glass-on-glass wine closure system. Has upmarket wine finally found an alternative to the screw cap? asks Kim Hunter Gordon.
Ajinomoto ramps up aspartame production
Japanese aspartame supplier Ajinomoto will ramp up production of its sweetener on the back of growing demand for low calorie food and beverages, the Tokyo-based firm announced this week.
Alcoa fills gap between cork and synthetic closures
Alcoa Closure Systems International has begun commercial production of Vino-Lok, its 'glass on glass' closure system for wine bottles that it developed as an alternative to corks and synthetic stoppers.
RPC rides raw material price hikes
Plastic packaging firm RPC has overcome sharp rises in polypropylene and polystyrene prices to report a 9 per cent rise in interim pre-tax profit to £12.4 million.