The key to building long term relationships with consumers is a
better understanding of people and their different and changing
needs, according to food trend forecaster Phil Lempert. Food firms
must focus on aging consumers, ethnic...
Newly published salt reduction targets have been cautiously
welcomed by the UK food industry as being 'more realistic than the
2005 proposals', though health campaigners are furious.
The food industry's debate on nutritional labelling has taken its
latest twist, with Sainsbury's suspending its membership of the
British Retail Consortium (BRC).
Consumer confidence in food safety in the UK is recovering from the
low levels it had reached last year after the Sudan 1 food scare,
according to a new survey.
Like other convenience food producers in the UK, Northern Foods is
struggling amidst sliding sales - issuing its second profit warning
in two months as consumers shun biscuits, pastries and pizza.
The European Commission has reopened debate on harmonising and
increasing legislation on food labelling across the bloc, a move
that could potentially lead to greater costs for businesses.
National Starch Food Innovation has introduced a range of natural,
grain-based ingredients, which it claims maintain the positive
attributes of traditional flours while expanding and improving the
ways they can be used in packaged...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a bill that
would standardize food safety labeling requirements throughout the
US, a move that would bring significant benefits to the food
industry.
A new guidance document for food manufacturers on the best way to
present GDAs (Guideline Daily Amounts) on their products has
reheated the ongoing debate on nutrition and health labelling.
European food and drink makers are to have access to açai berry, a
potent fruit originating from Brazil, as exotic ingredients become
increasingly popular with consumers.
Designated food "clusters" in the EU will receive a boost in
funding to help the bloc's researchers develop innovative foods and
processing techniques.
Tate & Lyle believes that developing a better understanding of
food manufacturing concerns will enable the company to deliver
better ingredient solutions.
From 25 November, the new rules, introduced by EC Directive
89/2003, will require pre-packed foods sold in the European Union
to show clearly on the label if they contain any of 12 listed
allergenic foods as an ingredient.
A EU food safety committee is meeting in Brussels today to discuss
the contamination of milk and other products with a chemical used
by Tetra Pak in its packaging process.
From gleaming stainless steel valves to industrial scale kettles,
the guts of Winn-Dixie's failed food business are displayed on the
Internet as equipment from two of the company's plants are put up
for auction.
DSM Food Specialties' extended range of yeast extract-based
reaction flavours is designed to tap demand for healthier
ingredients and add value to products.
The European Commission has backed the exclusion of food and food
ingredients from the reach of groundbreaking EU chemical
legislation passed by parliament yesterday, providing a huge dollop
of relief for an industry concerned about...
A gel analyser can help food companies and laboratories measure the
texture of butter and cheese products, sauces, doughs and baked
goods, vegetables, meat products, candies, yogurts and puddings.
The UK's food regulator has issued another draft of its code of
practice under the country's food laws to take account of the EU's
hygiene regulations due to come into force at the end of the year.
After all the increased safety procedures put in place over the
past decade, one might have been lulled into thinking that
poisonings and deaths from food contamination would be rarer than
before. While it is true that the new regulatory...
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 body's biological signal for controlling hunger and fullness
does not step in to regulate intake in the face of huge food
servings, according to a Penn State researcher.
A lift in consumer demand persuades food makers to cut the salt in
their formulations, but ongoing research is essential to keep up
the pace of change, says Irish food authority.
In among the hollers about obesity and the concerns over nutrition,
food companies now need to work hard to ensure they clinch public
trust, as a matter of insurance. This means more than compliance on
traceability and labeling. This...
As part of its work to ensure food safety within the EU, a
regulatory panel has given approval to four chemicals that may be
used by processors in packaging or in equipment that comes in
contact with their products.
Water, we save. Energy, we conserve. But food, it seems, we can
waste, junk and bin and no-one cares. Except one crusader, whose
20-year project has proven what should have been obvious in the
first place: our attitude to food is...
A new tool for food developers, Europe's food risk agency
recommends the launch of a harmonised food database across the EU
to shed light on favourable and adverse effects food ingredients
may have on our health.
Senator Tom Harkin claimed yesterday that if stringent
self-regulation in the marketing of children's food products is not
put into place soon, a backlash against the food industry is
inevitable writes Anthony Fletcher.
Irish dairy and food group Dairygold flags up high-margin
value-added food products, pouring €15.6 million into a new R&D
centre that will double its food scientists.
International labelling standards on the percentage of ingredients
in a food and beverage products are on the table again at an
upcoming Codex meeting, reports Lindsey Partos.
As Europe prepares for tougher rules on allergen labelling, a new
study could help food makers by slicing away the allergenicity of
peanut products, reports Lindsey Partos.
Ingredients firm Frutarom is targeting the growing US functional
ice cream market with a range of ingredients such as aloe vera to
"support inner beauty" and "relieve stress," writes
Anthony Fletcher.
Hydrocolloid industry sees competition step up a gear as US
ingredients firm Cargill, for the first time, buys into the pectin
market through the acquisition of Citrico, reports Lindsey
Partos.
The US Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is debating
whether to create a new set of food standards in order to encourage
more nutritious food formulation, writes Anthony Fletcher.
New international standards for GM labels could be on the way as a
meeting of the United Nations' Codex Alimentarius committee on food
labelling kicks off in Malaysia this week.
