News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
Pressure on food manufacturers to remove artery-clogging trans fats linked to heart disease from foods continues in the US and Europe. In response to increasing demand and imminent labelling rules in the US, food ingredients players are designing...
Stable Micro Systems has developed a probe that it claims can accurately determine the firmness and texture of a number of foods. The analyser works by penetrating the food in several places to give an average reading.
Fonterra, New Zealand's leading dairy exporter, said on Monday that it plans to axe hundreds of jobs in order to streamline its business for future core efficiency. Over the next two years the group plans to cut 700 administrative jobs the group's...
ICI flavour subsidiary Quest International, streamlined this week through the spin off of its food ingredients arm to Irish ingredients firm Kerry, is to target the confectionery industry with the roll out of a new flavour encapsulation delivery...
Migros, the Swiss food retailer, has launched a range of gluten-free products aimed specifically at coeliacs, the first time the co-operative group has catered for sufferers of the digestive disease.