Wasted cassava stem starch could help feed 30 million
Utilising wasted cassava stem starch could provide food for an extra 30 million people without using additional arable land, researchers say.
Archives for September 24, 2013
General Mills files patent for improved RTE cereal fortification
High levels of fiber and/or calcium can be incorporated into a ready-to-eat (RTE) cereal without impacting eating quality by pelletizing the ingredients, General Mills says.
Think you know your celiac consumer? Think again… value for money is their top priority
Celiac consumers care first and foremost about value for money; significantly ahead of sensory properties like taste and texture, finds new Leatherhead research.
Andre Agassi teams up with V20 Foods to launch Box Budd!es snacks for kids
The Andre Agassi Foundation for Education has teamed up with Michigan-based private label specialist V20 Foods to create Andre Agassi's Box Budd!es, a line of kids' snacks that will be sold in grocery stores nationwide.
Diffraction grating shows potential for sorting food contact packaging
Automatic sorting systems using diffraction grating could boost recycled content of plastic food packaging and be available within a few years, claims Axion Consulting.
FDA permits qualified health claim about whole grains and type 2 diabetes, but is the wording so qualified no one will use it?
The FDA says it will permit qualified health claims on the relationship between eating whole grains and a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes, but is the wording it has proposed so qualified that no food manufacturer will want to use it?