News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Data gaps are preventing a comprehensive assessment of the risk and benefits of probiotics in processed cereal-based baby foods, finds a Norwegian food safety body, which has flagged up the need for randomized placebo-controlled research.
The long journey to European Union acceptance for the natural, intense sweetener, steviol glycoside, shortened significantly yesterday when the EU’s 27 member states backed its safety at a European Commission (EC) committee meeting.
A continued rise in raw material costs will hit lower first half earnings, says bakery ingredients giant CSM in a trading update, with price hikes not enough to offset the surge.