A new review in Nutrition Reviews suggests that a strict vegetarian diet that does not contain any animal foods should take vitamin B12 supplements to prevent the deficiency of this vitamin.
Starbucks Coffee Company has announced that it is expanding the company’s $70 million comprehensive ethical sourcing program with a new farming research and development center in Costa Rica.
A Japanese company has applied to the Food Standards Agency for approval to market a strain of the bacterium Clostridium butyricum as a novel food ingredient for use in food supplements.
Trans fatty acids pose much less of a threat to Chinese people than the public has been led to believe, a national-level food safety center said on Monday.
Minister of state for commerce & industry D Purandeswari in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Monday gave information on exports of coconut oil during the last three years and the current year.
Researchers at Technische Universität München (TUM) and at the University of Vienna studied four different edible fats and oils: lrd, butterfat, rapeseed oil and olive oil.
Oilseed rape producers will be free to continue to sell their crop for use in the production of biodiesel following successful lobbying by the NFU and industry partners.
In 2011, the global market for food colors accounted for approximately $1.55 billion in sales, a 13% jump from 2007, per a February 2013 report from Mintel and Leatherhead Food Research.
Senomyx, Inc. is initiating a new strategy that involves selling certain of its flavor ingredients directly to flavor companies for re-sale to food and beverage companies.
Fiscal 2012 was a “milestone” year for global flavor giant McCormick & Company, Inc., as the Sparks-based company exceeded $4 billion in sales and $400 million in earnings during the year.
Döhler-Milne Aseptics has introduced a simplified brand to its customers using a new name and logo, new marketing materials and a new website - DMAseptics.com.
