Published: Jun 08, 2012 By: Kacey Culliney

Clean label starches and phosphate replacers are the key focus for UK ingredients firm, Ulrik & Short, as it enters the Asia Pacific market for the first time via a distribution partnership in Thailand.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

Investment firm Weld North has a significant minority stake in Organic Avenue, a producer of health products, for an undisclosed amount.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

Madhava Natural Sweeteners has announced that its Raw Organic Agave Nectar is now Fair Trade Certified.

Published: Jun 08, 2012

Asset management firm Banyan Capital Partners has completed the acquisition of Purity Life Health Products, a producer of natural health products, from SunOpta in a C$14.7m ($14.27m) deal.

Published: Jun 06, 2012 By: Kacey Culliney

Chinese ingredients firm, Fenchem, has established a strong business presence in the EU and US but has now turned its attention back to its local territory – to target what it says is a region with burgeoning opportunities.

Published: Jun 05, 2012 By: Elaine Watson

Californian juice maker POM Wonderful has expanded its presence in the industrial ingredients market with the launch of a new 100% Pomegranate Juice Concentrate for use in foods, beverages, supplements and cosmetics.

Published: Jun 05, 2012

US-based confectionery giant Mars Chocolate expects to purchase 90,000 tons of certified cocoa in 2012, as part of its aim to buy cocoa from certified sustainable sources by 2020.

Published: May 31, 2012

Doehler has added red hues called Red Brilliance to its natural colour range. The colouring concentrates are produced from black carrots at Doehler's plant in Akkent, Turkey and meet clean-label requirements for food and drink applications.

Published: May 31, 2012

LycoRed Israel has launched microencapsulated formulations for hair and nail nutrition, which it claims will expand options for manufacturers. The products are based on vitamin B complex and amino acids.

Published: May 31, 2012

Biocatalysts' new product Lactase 849MDP is a fungal enzyme that can be used in Kosher and Halal applications.

Published: May 31, 2012

DD Williamson (DDW) has developed a new oil-dispersible caramel colour using its proprietary emulsion technology.

Published: May 31, 2012

First-quarter earnings at global flavor and ingredients company Frutarom Industries Ltd. rose 3% to $13.5 million, up from $13.1 million in the same period a year ago.

Published: May 31, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

Specialty ingredients supplier DSM has developed a four-page toolkit that champions using an enzyme and yeast cell wall blend to complete replacement of guar gum in bakery products.

Published: May 31, 2012

Israel-based nutraceutical ingredients company LycoRed has announced that past month, it has doubled the production of Tomat-O-Red, its FDA-approved, all-natural red color based on lycopene.

Published: May 30, 2012 By: Mike Stones

The nation’s changing breakfast preferences, the impact of shifting diets, and the great British takeaway are three key food trends to emerge from Mintel’s first survey charting consumers’ changing food choices between 1972 and 2012.

Published: May 29, 2012 By: Kacey Culliney

A local Chinese company has developed a curcurmin ingredient for the global market but a sales representative told FoodNavigator-Asia at Vitafoods Europe that India is a strong competitor and Europe is a difficult market to penetrate.

Published: May 29, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

Higher apple prices and lower quality could result from the cold wet weather in early May, which made bees unable to pollinate crops and make honey.

Published: May 29, 2012 By: Nathan GRAY

Food supplements containing cranberry juice extracts could be a safe and effective way to prevent reccurent urinary tract infections in children and infants, according to new clinical research.

Published: May 29, 2012

French botanical extracts supplier, Naturex, took the NBT Awards most innovative ingredient prize for the ‘Utirose’ hibiscus urinary tract infection (UTI) offering it acquired as part of the Burgundy acquisition last year.

Published: May 25, 2012

Sweet Ovations, a US-based supplier of fruit and non-fruit preparations, has acquired the assets and operations of Golden West Fruit Company, a fruit preparation manufacturer.