A key ingredient in the manufacture of plastic bottles can be made from biomass rather than petroleum, according to a team of chemical engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Almost two thirds of Americans oppose NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg’s radical approach to tackling obesity by cracking down on sales of super-sized soft drinks, according to a new survey.
A new clinical study is claiming that consuming a protein blend (a combination of soy, whey and casein) post-workout is the best way to build muscle. The blend showed an increase in a person's 'anabolic window' .
The US market for chocolate sold at retail was worth an estimated $19.5bn in 2011, up 6.6% over the previous year, according to a new report from Packaged Facts.
Penford Food Ingredients has launched PenTech 8500, a modified potato-based food starch that has been shown to replace casein. Recommended applications include pizza cheese, shredded cheese, sliced cheese and block cheese.
Starbucks Coffee Co.’s pending acquisition of the La Boulange bakery brand is “a great compliment to us,” said Nigel Travis, chief executive officer of Dunkin’ Brands and president of Dunkin’ Donuts U.S.
Cargill announced it will close its Lake Oswego, Ore., Integrated Bakery Resources (I.B.R.) facility and move into a new facility in late August in Tualatin.
Two unrelated E. coli deaths at the end of May -- a 6-year-old Massachusetts boy and a 21-month-old girl in Louisiana -- still have public health officials searching for possible sources and explanations.
Jensen Farms - the Colorado company whose cantaloupes were linked to last year's Listeria outbreak that sickened 146 people and killed 36 - has indicated that it is likely to settle cases brought against it by 39 victims and their families.
Keoki's Lau Lau, a Honolulu, HI establishment, is recalling approximately 400 pounds of a ready-to-eat pork product due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, FSIS announced today.
Udi's Healthy Foods, Denver, Colorado-based manufacturer of gluten-free foods, including frozen pizza as well as baked goods and granola, has been acquired for $125 million in cash by Smart Balance, Paramus, New Jersey.
The Walt Disney Company is introducing standards that will go into effect in 2015 and define the types of foods and beverages that may be advertised on the company’s media properties, which include television, radio and the Internet.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the eradication of European grapevine moth (EGVM) from Fresno, Mendocino, Merced, and San Joaquin counties in California.
Unified Equine is planning to set up a horse meat processing plant in western Missouri, US, after local opposition and cost considerations forced the company to stall its plans of establishing the plant at another location in the state.
