News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Sweeping changes to Europe's subsidised sugar regime announced yesterday will see sugar prices cut by 39 per cent paid to companies that include sugar and sweetener suppliers Danisco and Tate and Lyle, but will bring price relief for food and drink...
A high pressure system using ozone gas would eliminate the use hot water and chemicals when cleaning equipment at food processing plants, according to the product's inventor, US-based eFoodSafety.com.
Collaboration between a EU funded body and private companies has resulted in an integrated method for tracking meat products from slaughterhouse to supermarket using radio frequency identification(RFID) technology.
British doctors called yesterday for a ban on unhealthy food and drinks in vending machines and on junk food advertising and sponsorship to help slow the alarming weight gain in children, writes Dominique Patton.
Stiffer competition between countries exporting wheat, oilseeds, sugar and livestock will intensify over the next ten years, bringing down prices, according to forecasts by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the UN.
Joining the lively salt debate scientists at Europe's food watchdog today issues an opinion concerning the upper limit for sodium intake and confirm current consumption levels are a risk factor in heart and renal diseases, reports Lindsey Partos.
The rising cost of stainless steel has led one food equipment manufacturer to warn customers it will soon be increasing prices for its products.