Published: Jan 15, 2016

A new study published on the 13 January 2016 by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has found a link between excessive potato consumption and gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy).

Published: Jan 15, 2016

Kermit Inc. of DeLand, Florida is recalling products co-packed for another Deland company, Peddlin’ Rooster, because soy and anchovies were not declared on the labels.

Published: Jan 15, 2016

Spirits company Bacardi is expanding its distribution network in North America with support from select distributors in franchise format and other chosen markets.

Published: Jan 15, 2016

Crown Holdings, a supplier of metal packaging products worldwide, is planning to build a new beverage can plant in the community of Nichols, New York to meet increased demand from beverage customers for specialty can sizes.

Published: Jan 15, 2016

The Indian Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has released a notification regarding the lifting of the ban on the import of apples, which means apples can again be imported by all ports in India.

Published: Jan 15, 2016

Griffith Laboratories, the food ingredients major which chipped in its supply chain expertise during the recent devastating Chennai floods, is now working to develop a range of food products specific for natural calamity situations.

Published: Jan 14, 2016

Frozen foods of all kinds have been challenged in recent years as a result of the convergence of several trends. Chief among these trends is the growing demand for fresh products or, at least, fresher products in refrigerated rather than frozen form, acco

Published: Jan 14, 2016

Improving hygiene in food production starts with refined design of processing and packaging equipment. For manufacturers engaged in the production of foods with strict requirements in terms of purity (e.g. non-gluten, peanut-free etc.),

Published: Jan 14, 2016

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) dietary pattern, which is high in fruits, vegetables, and low fat dairy foods, has been shown to lower blood pressure as well as low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and high-density lipoprotein ch

Published: Jan 14, 2016

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which are released every five years, were issued last week and one of the new guidelines’ strongest recommendation is something that consumers have already caught on to—limiting sugar intake, reports The NPD Group, a

Published: Jan 14, 2016

The US population continues to consume more and more avocados. Consumption is driven by increased media attention as well as in-store promotions.

Published: Jan 14, 2016

Around 75% of Campbell's portfolio is comprised of ingredients drawn from GMOs.

Published: Jan 14, 2016

While submitting before the Supreme Court during a hearing on appeal by the apex food regulator FSSAI against Bombay High Court order setting aside June 5, 2015, order of the regulator on Maggi, Nestle, in a recent hearing, told the apex court that it sho

Published: Jan 11, 2016

Following the FDA's 2015 ruling on partially hydrogenated oils (PHO), Cargill Texturizing Solutions is offering bread manufacturers a successful replacement for monoglycerides and DATEM, which are sometimes made from PHO.

Published: Jan 11, 2016

Land O’Lakes Ingredients has added CheddarChroma™ cheese powder to its line of spray-dried dairy powders, delivering a versatile cheese powder with no FD&C colors.

Published: Jan 11, 2016

The International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) is said to be the world’s largest annual meat, poultry and feed industry event of its kind, and this year, it’s expected to bring together more than 1,200 exhibitors, over 28,000 attendees and span mor

Published: Jan 11, 2016

FDA is extending the comment period for the use of the term “natural" on the labeling of food products, including foods that are genetically engineered or contain ingredients produced through the use of genetic engineering. The new deadline for comments i

Published: Jan 11, 2016

FDA recently finalized three rules that create new food safety requirements for FDA-registered food facilities and importers of food and beverages.

Published: Jan 11, 2016

Shifting consumer demands have led to immense innovation in the food and beverage industry with current trends led by an emphasis on health and wellness, and a desire for products formulated with clean-label ingredients.

Published: Jan 11, 2016

Global GMP (good manufacturing practice)-certified tocotrienol producer ExcelVite announced the findings of a newly published study indicating EVNol™, a natural full-spectrum palm tocotrienol complex, induced autophagy and apoptosis in breast cancer cells