The UK food industry is entering a new era with power shifting from the retailers to the manufacturers, for the first time in 30 years, according to a leading city analyst.
Staff at Carlisle ready meals manufacturer Cavaghan & Gray offered their parent company 2 Sisters a compromise package last week (July 5) in a bid to avoid industrial action.
Extracts from grape seed or green tea make inhibit the action of certain starch-digesting enzymes and offer a plant-based alternative for glycemic control, suggests new data from the Linus Pauling Institute.
Ireland has joined the UK, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US in warning against the pre-workout stimulant DMAA (methylhexaneamine/1,3-dimethylamylamine).
Functional foods may offer consumers additional health benefits but unless they fulfil their primary duty – and taste like a normal food – they will not be successful in the market, says one formulation expert.
High purity stevia volume sales at PureCircle have increased by more than 20% year-on-year, PureCircle reported in a pre-close update for the second half of its financial year.
Manufacturers can up the antioxidant content in chocolate with a freeze dried raspberry leaf extract with minimal impact on texture and mouth-feel, according to a study.
ConAgra Mills has introduced a new wholegrain white flour that reduces added gluten requirements, is more absorbent, and has high mix tolerance, thereby cutting costs for bakers, the company claims.
The Snack Food Association of Maharashtra organised a unique meet here on Monday - a meet that reminded food business operators (FBOs) that the August 5, 2012, deadline for licensing and registration under the Food Safety & Standards Act, 2006, is approac
Agriculture and food processing industries minister Sharad Pawar, said that in addition to existing instruments of duty exemption and so on, he was strongly advocating giving the status of priority-sector-lending for projects involved in processing of per
The Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology (CIPHET) has bagged a Rs 2.68 crore worth project on Development of Spectroscopy Methods for Detection and Quantification of Adulterants and Contaminants in Fruit Juices and Milk.
