Low carb slot in food culture only temporary?
One in five Americans are currently following the low carbohydrate diet as the fad Atkins-style dietary regime continues to take hold of the weight-conscious consumer. But how long will it last?
Archives for February 10, 2004
Ukraine bottler to expand
Gostomel Glass Factory, Ukraine's largest glass-bottle producer, is borrowing €13.3 million from the EBRD to build a new facility that will enable it to produce 600,000 beer bottles a day.
Swiss chocolate makers saved by exports
Last summer's weather was not the most conducive to increased sales of chocolate, as producers in Switzerland revealed this week.
Consumers' Association: additives need clearer labelling
Health conscious consumers that wish to avoid additives in their diets are finding it difficult to recognise the ingredients and the health risks associated with them because of a confusing labelling system.
Oats in the safety zone
Consumers in the UK can eat their porridge safe in the knowledge that their oat products are free from harmful toxins - mycotoxins - after an extensive survey in the UK found very low traces, if none at all, of the contaminant in a range of food products.
Chinese up sorbitol production
In a move to protect home markets Chinese corn processor Global Bio-chem will link up with Japan's Mitsui & Co to develop, manufacture and sell the bulk reduced calorie sweetener sorbitol in China under a new joint venture company.
Synergies for sugar giant
German sugar giant Suedzucker willl break ground on a new plant to produce bioethanol fuel from wheat at Zeitz in East Germany. Earmarked for completion by 2005, the plant will operate in conjunction with the local sugar factory.