Northern Foods attempts radical surgery to stem losses
Northern Foods will put 40 per cent of its business up for sale, and focusing on pizzas, biscuits, ready meals, sandwiches and Christmas puddings.
Archives for May 31, 2006
Police investigate tampering at George Weston bakery
Around 2.5 million Top Taste cakes have been pulled from shelves across Australia, after the discovery of dangerous objects in a handful of products.
New on-site gluten test targets specialty food firms
A new credit-card sized gluten testing kit that can be used on site claims to provide food firms with a quick and cheap way to test for both low and high levels of the allergen in their products.
Obese could benefit from more fiber, from diet and supplements
Dietary fiber may play a key role in obesity, suggest study results that may lead to high fiber products aimed specifically at the obese.
Brewer uses nanotech coating on heat interchanger
Nanotechnology, the science of the very small, has been employed as a microscopic coating on a heat interchanger used by a Corona brewing plant in Mexico.
Frozen cod prices forecast to remain stable
Frozen cod fillet prices will remain largely stable in European markets in the second half of this year, perhaps even decline, after an upward trend over the past year, according to a Food and Agriculture Organisation fisheries analyst.
Could monoacyl sugar alcohols be used as emulsifiers?
Japanese scientists have reported that monoacyl sugar alcohols could be 'very promising emulsifiers' and could offer an alternative to the widely used monoacyl glycerols.
Rhodia raises vanillin prices to fund Chinese ambitions
Rhodia explains to FoodNavigator why the firm's vanillin price increases, unveiled today, are absolutely necessary for the business to progress - and why so much attention is being focused on China.
Rexam to build new beverage can plant as supplies tighten
Rexam is putting new beverage can capacity on the market, as it strengthens its relationship with Red Bull by building a new wall-to-wall plant in Austria.