Floralis has launched a new service offering which can enable companies working in the field of food engineering optimize their manufacturing processes and improve product performance.
Global ingredients firm DSM has pumped €20m into its Delft factory in the Netherlands, on top of a separate €100m investment in research and development in the region.
Scottish food researchers have claimed to have created the world’s first nutritionally balanced pizza, which provides 30% of an adult’s recommended daily amount (RDA) of vitamins and minerals.
BioPet Vet Lab has developed a DNA-based system, which can help consumers track the meat from the grocery store or restaurant menu to the farm where the livestock was raised.
Looking at pictures of fattening foods can trigger reward and appetite centres of the brain – leading to increased hunger and a desire for food, say researchers.
Consumption of common dietary fibres may promote beneficial shifts in gut bacteria that may lead to better intestinal health, suggesting the fibres may have prebiotic applications, say researchers.
Supplements of a cinnamon extract may help control blood sugar, as well as benefiting triglyceride levels in Chinese people with type-2 diabetes, says a new study.
Thermo Fisher Scientific, a US based life sciences company, has introduced a range of machines for the Latin American market, which are designed to address weighing and product contamination issues in the food industry.
Gyma Food Industries, a UAE-based dried fruits, nuts and spices manufacturer, is planning to invest $10m in the Middle East in 2012, as part of its strategy to expand in the region.
The European Union is funding a raft of projects aimed at boosting energy and resource efficiency in the food and drinks sectors as it seeks to make good on its pledge to promote sustainability in industry.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has released a new report which confirms that Australian children are consuming low levels of food colors.
Researchers at the Institute of Food Research have discovered why the micronutrient selenium is important to the survival of Campylobacter bacteria, which are responsible for an estimated half a million cases of food poisoning annually in the UK alone. Kn
CMARK International has expanded its brand of food service equipment, ‘Columbia Food Equipment’ to include a full line of commercial refrigeration equipment.
