Published: Aug 08, 2012 By: Nathan Gray

The natural plant compound phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) could help in the battle against breast cancer, according to new research in mice.

Published: Aug 08, 2012

Vitamin D deficiency is very common among children with critical illnesses, and it is associated with worse outcomes, according to new research.

Published: Aug 08, 2012

US-based 3M Food Safety has introduced software enhancements to its 3M Clean-Trace Hygiene Monitoring System, a family of products that helps food and beverage processors easily track and monitor cleaning and sanitation within their manufacturing environm

Published: Aug 08, 2012

Chattanooga Bakery has unveiled new packaging for MoonPie, the company’s brand of marshmallow cookie sandwiches.

Published: Aug 08, 2012 By: Carina Perkins

Burger King has reported a whopping 60% growth in net income for the first quarter of 2012, attributing its strong performance to menu expansion and international development.

Published: Aug 08, 2012

Plascon Food Solutions has unveiled two products used by the food processing industry in the cook chill method of food preparation.

Published: Aug 08, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Life Technologies Corporation has developed a same-day solution for detecting multiple strains of E.coli in ground beef.

Published: Aug 08, 2012

Ampac has announced two product zipper innovations that it claims offer a unique solution to packaging formats.

Published: Aug 08, 2012

Kraft-owned chocolate maker Cadbury has filed an international patent for a redesigned flow wrap package that it claims will allow chocolate bars to be displayed closer to sales counters to encourage impulse buys.

Published: Aug 08, 2012 By: Caroline Scott-Thomas

San Diego-based flavor firm Senomyx has discovered a new taste modifier ingredient that can enhance the sweet flavor of both high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and sucrose, allowing food manufacturers to use less of either sweetener in formulations.

Published: Aug 08, 2012

Diageo has warned that a CARICOM (Caribbean Community Secretariat) WTO complaint over alleged US government rum subsidies for multinationals could lead it to ‘re-evaluate’ its Caribbean activities.

Published: Aug 08, 2012 By: Nathan Gray

High consumption of iced tea drinks could be linked to the formation of kidney stones – especially in those who are at high risk of the painful disorder – warns one researcher.

Published: Aug 08, 2012 By: Caroline Scott-Thomas

The food industry is digging deep to oppose California’s Proposition 37, which would mandate labeling of foods that contain ingredients derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Published: Aug 08, 2012

Kraft Foods has posted an image of a red-centered Oreo on its social media pages to commemorate NASA’s rover landing on the surface of Mars earlier this week.

Published: Aug 08, 2012

DuPont executive VP James C Borel praised US farmers and their families for their contributions to address global food security and stressed the importance of more collaboration at the opening of a pavilion focussed on food and agriculture at the Indiana

Published: Aug 08, 2012

Cedarlane Natural Foods is launching CedarLEAN, a new line of all-natural lunch entrees of soups and wraps.

Published: Aug 08, 2012

Sean Reid has been named chief customer officer of The Hillshire Brands Co., effective Aug. 20.

Published: Aug 08, 2012

While retaining strong credit ratings, the credit outlook of Archer Daniels Midland Co. has been revised to negative by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services.

Published: Aug 08, 2012

Income for Caribou Coffee Co. was down 38% during the second quarter, in part due to a tax benefit during the previous-year period.

Published: Aug 08, 2012

Snyder’s-Lance, Inc. returned to profitability during the second quarter.