Published: Apr 17, 2013 By: Silke Koltrowitz

Fragrance and flavour maker Givaudan said sales rose 3.9 percent in the first quarter, short of markets' estimates, as sales for its fine fragrances and fragrance ingredients fell.

Published: Apr 16, 2013

Switzerland-based ingredients firm Givaudan has broken ground on a CHF50m ($53.8m) savory flavors manufacturing facility in Nantong, China.

Published: Apr 16, 2013

Sodium reduction is challenging from both a flavor/acceptability and a functionality perspective. And research indicates that, for Americans, it might be equally difficult from a general eating-pattern perspective, too.

Published: Apr 16, 2013

Fructose does not increase body weight, blood pressure, uric acid or insulin levels, and may improve glycemic control at normal consumption levels, according to research.

Published: Apr 16, 2013

Danish ingredients company KMC has developed two CheeseMaker solutions that it says enable producers to make recombined parmesan and other hard cheese alternatives that are easy and fast to produce.

Published: Apr 15, 2013

The world's leading vacuum salt producer, AkzoNobel Salt Specialties, has joined forces with Givaudan, the world’s leading flavor and fragrance company, to address the challenges of sodium reduction for processed meat.

Published: Apr 15, 2013

The Truvia business announced that the UK sweetener market has grown by £3.5m in 2012 - a 7 percent growth rate in a previously flat market.

Published: Apr 15, 2013

Leading dairy ingredients company, Meadow Cheese has secured Halal certification for two products used extensively in ready meals and pizza production.

Published: Apr 15, 2013

Bionov is to introduce Cellulight S, which it describes as a 100% natural active nutricosmetic ingredient for instant drink application and which the company says is the only ingredient with clinically demonstrated efficacy against cellulite.

Published: Apr 15, 2013

BENEO presented a range of smart ingredients at Food Ingredients China (FIC) 2013 that can help to overcome the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China and Asia.

Published: Apr 15, 2013

The 2013 Food Ingredients China (FIC) underscores the food ingredients with “functional, healthy, and naturally extracted”.

Published: Apr 15, 2013

Lakeview Equity Partners LLC has acquired UAS Laboratories Inc., a pioneer in the research, development and manufacture of probiotic nutritional supplements.

Published: Apr 12, 2013

New research presented at the 245th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society revealed using a common material called kieselguhr to filter and clarify some German beers results in elevated levels of arsenic in the beverage.

Published: Apr 12, 2013

Ingredients supplier Naturex is to promote a range of drinkable dietary supplement concepts that it says offer great taste, naturalness and efficacy, as well as the potential for strong branding and communication.

Published: Apr 12, 2013

Senomyx Inc. and Firmenich announced that the companies have amended and restated their Sweet Taste Program collaboration agreement.

Published: Apr 12, 2013 By: Xu Wei

A national standard on plasticizer levels in liquor could be implemented in the next two months, after the industry was hit by several scandals since last year.

Published: Apr 12, 2013

When Indonesian white sugar prices surged to record peaks last year, profits slumped at the small fruit and syrup drinks stall run by Lie Lie in Medan, the archipelago's fourth-largest city.

Published: Apr 12, 2013 By: Teis Jensen

Danish food ingredient maker Chr. Hansen said on Thursday a second-quarter profit miss was due to one-offs and kept its guidance unchanged.

Published: Apr 11, 2013

The White House has 90 days to review the proposed regulations, which if approved, would be the first time the sugar-for-ethanol program was enacted.

Published: Apr 11, 2013

The U.S. Department of Agriculture projected U.S. sugar carryover on Oct. 1, 2013, at 2,136,000 short tons, raw value, down 222,000 tons, or 9%, from 2,358,000 tons as the March projection but up 151,000 tons, or 8%, from 1,985,000 tons in 2012.