UK supermarket chain Asda hopes that its new 'traffic light' colour coded packaging system will ensure customers always pick avocadoes off retail shelves at the correct level of ripeness.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has rejected two health claims submitted by Nutrilinks Sarl that sought to link skin permeability barrier function and skin hydration to two different food constituents.
UK supplier Gee Lawson has debuted organic red yeast rice (Monascus purpureus) into a sector dominated by Chinese supply and which has won a European Union health claim for cholesterol maintenance.
Fresh guidance for cognitive health claims in the European Union has spelled out the preference the bloc’s chief science agency has for health benefits of essential nutrients like vitamins and minerals over other nutrients.
Gum titan Wrigley has blasted proposals in Wales to introduce a 5p levy on chewing gum for cleaning up gum-littered streets that it argues would give consumers a license to litter and would harm oral health.
UK confectioner Zetar plans to shift its focus on seasonal products to branded and private label sales after suffering a 17.5% profit decline in 2012. Its chairman also plans to stand-down.
Cadbury parent company Kraft Foods has responded to allegations from a Chinese newspaper that a piece of Choclairs from a Beijing supermarket contained a worm.
Red Bull has declined to comment on a successful UK High Court judgment that saw the judge rule that rival energy drink maker Sun Mark had infringed its trademarks with a beverage named ‘Bullet’.
A new stand-up beverage pouch range developed by Smurfit Kappa represents a 'natural evolution' in wine packaging, offering a lighter, cheaper alternative to glass, the company claims.
PepsiCo claims that its new malt-based Mountain Dew is unlike any other soft drink on the US market, and predicts consumers will be keen to try the premium-priced limited edition 'craft soda’.
Petcore and EuPR have said that European post-sorting polyethylene terephthalate (PET) collection reached 1.59 million tonnes last year, an increase of 9.4% on 2010.
Strong Coca-Cola brand performance in India – which saw overall growth of 35% – underpinned three per cent growth in the year to date for the Coke in sparkling beverages, but the firm warned of a 'prolonged crisis' worldwide on the economic front.
The International Formula Council (IFC) has refused to support the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-lodged petition that could see bisphenol A (BPA) banned in infant formula packaging in the US.
Software that enables processed cheese manufacturers to measure, rather than predict the functional protein content of cheese will improve product quality and reduce costs, its developer has claimed.
The much touted tightness in the chia supply is not being experienced by all suppliers, with Australia’s The Chia Company extending its growing area 100% year-on-year to satisfy demand.
Bakery manufacturers in the UK are assessing way to spice-up their product mix as adult consumers look for variety in their at-work lunchboxes and foreign bakery grows in popularity, according to a report from Keynote.
Food scientists at Cornell University, US, have identified predominant spore-forming bacteria in milk and their unique enzyme activity, a finding that could help to extend the shelf-life of dairy products and improve their quality.
