DuPont today launched collaborative initiatives in Ethiopia that will boost maize productivity among smallholder farmers and help increase food production for local communities.
Ulrick & Short Ltd, British owned clean label starch specialist, has announced a number of new applications for its innovative range of gluten-free, non-GM rice starches.
New technology offers the promise of reducing billions of dollars of losses that occur each year from the silent, invisible killer of fruits, vegetables and cut flowers.
A ground-breaking clinical study commissioned by the FSA will identify, for the first time, how sensitivity to peanut is altered by external factors including exercise and stress.
Nestlé is investing more than CHF29 million (more than 1 billion roubles) in new distribution facilities in Russia to meet what the company says is growing demand for its products in the country.
SEPPIC has revealed its new colored film coating SEPIFILM NATurally COLored, latest addition to its SEPIFILM range, whose color is sourced from coloring foodstuffs.
Campden BRI and CABI have developed a strategic alliance to provide technical support from ‘seed to shelf’ which the companies say responds to the ever-closer integration of farming and food manufacturing.
QComp Technologies, Inc., Greenville, Wis., expanded its line of palletizers to include the QComp 5G Palletizer, a durable, robust robot that boasts a picking rate of up to 20 picks per minute.
A new composting technology has been devised that can boost mushroom production by 20 percent to 30 percent while increasing revenues and reducing air pollution, the Council of Agriculture said Monday.
Increasing the productivity of rainfed agriculture, which still supplies about 60 per cent of the world's food, would make a significant impact on the global food production.
While there are objections worldwide to genetically modified fish, salmon reared to perform better or to have particular characteristics through genetic selection breeding programs are the future of the industry.
Okanagan Specialty Fruits, of British Columbia, expects U.S. and Canadian government approval this year for two varieties of apple, Granny Smith and Golden Delicious, with their genes modified to prevent browning.
Ecolab has introduced Antimicrobial Fruit and Vegetable Treatment (AFVT), a new product to help lower the risk of foodborne illness outbreaks related to ineffective produce washing in foodservice operations.
A study published in Current Biology shows that foods with calories trigger more brain responses linked to eating than calorie-free foods do, regardless of whether they taste better.
Maxwell Chase Technologies today announced the next generation of their patented MCT 25 Automated Tomato Slicer which doubles the production capacity of the previous model.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) Twelve years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds.
Not everyone can rustle up a Victoria sponge, lemon drizzle cake or a jam roly-poly, so shop-bought cakes remain a mainstay of high tea for many a household.
