Commission flags up November for EU-wide approval of stevia
November 2011 should see steviol glycosides get regulatory backing for use in food in drink products in the European market, according to a European Commission (EC) representative.
Archives for June 26, 2011
General Mills tries to tackle browning in chilled dough
General Mills is seeking out new technologies to block or reduce enzymatic browning in chilled dough products such as puff pastries.
A hurdle approach may help take the heat out of decontamination
The prospect of not having to use heat to decontaminate food is appealing to industry but so far non-thermal techniques have failed to make it onto many factory floors. James Lyng, senior food science lecturer at University College Dublin, expects that...
General Mills on open innovation, product failure and trust
General Mills is throwing more and more resources behind an ‘intellectual outsourcing’ project that has significantly reduced its product fail rate. But gaining the trust of start-ups has not been easy, says Kamel Chida, associate director of its...
Risk, rationality and that schizophrenic beast called the food industry
If the food industry wants journalists and consumers to get real about risk, then it has to get real too.