The much touted tightness in the chia supply is not being experienced by all suppliers, with Australia’s The Chia Company extending its growing area 100% year-on-year to satisfy demand.
Specialty ingredients firm Innophos has completed the acquisition of AMT Labs, a US-based manufacturer of custom ingredients for the food, beverage, confectionary and nutraceutical industries, for $27m.
India-based Tata Chemicals plans to expand its i-Shakti foods business into newer segments such as flavoured salt, as part of its strategy to focus more on growing its consumer business.
LPC Group is driving its ingredients business toward food supplements and functional foods in a move designed to leverage its “heritage” in the personal care and pharma sectors.
Leatherhead Food Research (LFR) has confirmed salt reduction in food is reaching its limits, while rejecting claims that the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) had misrepresented its views.
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has backed his support for genetic modification (GM) techniques with a £6.3M ($9.8m) grant for research led by the John Innes Centre in Norwich.
Stevia Nutra, a Canadian company focused on stevia agronomics, announced that it has entered into a services provision agreement with Ecologica, a local Cambodian agro-development company.
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and the British Retail Consortium (BRC) have been accused of a “dinosaur approach” to salt reduction, after suggesting there was little room for further reduction.
Sales of natural flavours in Western Europe are set to be overtaken by sales in the Asia-Pacific market within the next three years, according to market research firm RTS.
American biotechnology firm Senomyx has announced that the company's certain flavor modifiers have positive determinations regarding safety from the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA).
Mead Johnson Nutrition has broken ground on a $325m facility in Singapore, which will cater to the increasing demand for pediatric nutrition products in Asia. The new facility will feature manufacturing plant, a research and development center and a regio
Ireland has joined the UK, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US in warning against the pre-workout stimulant DMAA (methylhexaneamine/1,3-dimethylamylamine).
Functional foods may offer consumers additional health benefits but unless they fulfil their primary duty – and taste like a normal food – they will not be successful in the market, says one formulation expert.
Ingredients firm DSM has invested EUR20m at its Delft plant in Netherlands, in order to create spray drying capabilities for its Food Specialities division, which offers yeast extracts for savory food applications.
More than just salt and butter appeared on popcorn prototypes during the Institute of Food Technologists’ annual meeting and food exposition June 25-28 in Las Vegas. Several exhibitors used popcorn to showcase their flavor portfolios.
