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	Product Presentation Jelly cooking solutions The JellyStar® 2012 cooking plant from Kloeckner Haensel Processing offers customers with restricted space conditions the possibility to produce high quality jelly products. For more information:... Click Here Access Full Stories Fairtrade branded unfair by UK think tank A UK-based policy institute this week slammed Fairtrade, saying that the practice distorts the market and traps some of the world's poorest farmers in a cycle of poverty... Read Functional chocolate creeps up on mainstream A quarter of Western consumers are interested in chocolate with physical or emotional health benefits, according to Barry Callebaut, indicating that there is a strong market for functional products... Read News briefs: Cadbury, Hershey and Swiss confectionery The sale of Cadbury subsidiary Monkhill is finalised, a Hershey director leaves his post, and the Swiss sweet industry experiences stable sales at home but higher sales abroad... Read Sugar companies may face compulsory quota cuts The European Commission may have to enforce compulsory final sugar quota cuts of 1.16m tones in 2010 with no compensation, as current renunciations fall below targets... Read EC not phased by 20,000-plus health claims The European Commission insists it is on track with the process of tabulating the thousands of health claim petitions submitted to it by member states and European trade organisations, but industry sources are... Read
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	Related Industry News Enzymes designed to improve berry juice use A new range of enzymes is designed to improve the juice volume and vitamin yield of blackcurrants for beverage use, in order to maximise the benefits of the superfruits, its manufacturer says... Read Online guide presents Danisco cost-cutting solutions Danisco has launched an online guide for food manufacturers in search of ingredients solutions to limit the impact of soaring raw material prices... Read Vanadium deemed unsafe in Europe The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has rejected vanadium as an ingredient that can safely be used in foods and food supplements because of overexposure fears to the general population... Read Broccoli sprouts linked to bladder cancer protection A concentrated extract from broccoli sprouts may cut the development of bladder cancer by more than 50 per cent, according to results of an animal study... Read Weekly comment Making a meal out of saturated fat The food industry across Europe needs to make a big effort to reduce saturated fat in food regardless of whether national agencies set targets - and it should not wait around for governments to do all the awareness-raising with its consumers. Read Previous Headlines Row over 'deceptive' fruit flavours A debate on flavourings has erupted over a report from a consumer pressure group that claims fruit flavourings mislead consumers into believing they contain actual fruit extract... Read Indian chocolate demand fuels domestic cocoa increases In response to rising demand in the chocolate industry and reduce dependency on imports, Indian cocoa producers have said they will increase domestic cocoa production by 60 per cent in the next four years... Read Tate & Lyle makes massive fairtrade sugar switch Tate & Lyle is to convert its entire retail sugar range to fairtrade in the largest fair-trade switch ever made by a UK company... Read Rash regulations threaten competitiveness, say executives Collaboration between industry and government is crucial to the competitiveness of the food industry, according to the research published by UK Food and Drink Federation (FDF)... Read Ricola pushes into UK functional market Riding the wave of the functional trend, herbal sweet firm Ricola is hoping this year to boost its share in the UK market to become the number one healthy confectionery company in the country... Read Technical / White Papers, Case studies, Web casts Fast and precise tank weighing for the food industry - Case Study Deposited fruit snacks create new opportunities - Technical / White Paper Meet global food safety standards and increase productivity - Technical / White Paper Product Information - brochures, Web centers FREE science abstracts for Confectionery manufacturers - Product Presentation Product Innovation Alerts - Free of Charge Indicate your research interests and receive alerts on relevant products and market innovations Ingredients and additives Packaging equipment and materials Processing equipment & plant design

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