Ferro introduced its new high-purity, low-endotoxin sucrose,
maltose and trehalose sugars at the recent CPhI in Madrid, designed
to improve product quality and broaden the market for injectable
protein-based APIs.
Natural foods group SunOpta said today that it will distribute
organic acai pulp produced by California-based Sambazon Acai to
food and beverage manufacturers across North America.
A worrying 36 per cent of 8 to 14 year-olds could not correctly
identify the main ingredient in chips as potato, underlining again
the gap between need and reality in nutritional awareness.
UK family baker Warburtons has bought up the Rathbones bakery in
Rogerstone, Wales, in a move to keep up with growing demand for its
products, the group announced last week.
A low-calorie sweetener that tastes exactly like sugar and could
help control diseases like diabetes and obesity could be just round
the corner, according to a new study.
Food companies do not yet face the ethical sourcing equation of the
clothing industry, where brands from Nike to Marks & Spencer
cannot afford a single claim of sweat-shop production. But the
moment is fast approaching for food,...
The Vegetarian Society in the UK has publicly requested that
Cadbury Trebor Bassett's reformulate it Jelly Babies product to use
vegetarian, rather than animal-derived gelatine.
Cargill's plan to construct a million-ton-per-year sugar refinery
on the Mexican Gulf would represent an enormous boon to the
regions' hurricane-hit food industry.
The responses by a food conveyor manufacturer and a chocolate maker
to the recent hurricane that hit New Orleans provide examples of
how a mix of disaster planning and staff initiative can save a
company's bottom line and build...
Increased demand for Tate & Lyle's calorie-free sweetener has
helped the company to record a first-half profit increase of 59 per
cent and successfully fend off spiralling raw material costs.
The UK's food processing industry, which has been fingered for
being slow to adopt new technologies and business practices, has
teamed up with university researchers to cut carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions.
The European launch of an adhesive-based resealable packaging
system will help food processors make the add on to their
production lines without slowing down operations, its manufacturer
claims.
Chr Hansen's latest Magical Sensory Tour is designed to bring
innovative products to customers and underline the company's ethos
that ingredients can be fun and imaginative.
A new concept in scented packaging has been jointly developed by
European, American and Asian companies to give cosmetic and
personal care a new kind of sensory packaging and another tool to
promote their products.
The UK ranks second behind Canada in the level of productivity of
its food, drink and tobacco products work force, but Austria,
Finland and the Netherlands are on the way to overtaking the
island, according to an international study.
The Florida Citrus Commission (FCC) has agreed to relax maturity
standards for oranges and grapefruits processed for juice in a move
to help growers impacted by Hurricane Wilma.
APV Baker, one of the world's leading suppliers of machinery to the
confectionery industry, has developed a new depositing technology
to create hard candies with crystallised xylitol
Italian confectioner Ferrero has become the first company to
persuade Aldi to abandon its hard discount strategy, signing a deal
to supply the world's biggest discount supermarket chain with seven
of its chocolate brands.
A new ingredient made from rice could allow protein bar
manufacturers to make grain claims on their products, say
scientists at US food research company CRM.