Leading US supplement retailer GNC is rolling out the first product
containing the satiety ingredient Olibra, a combination of palm and
oat oil fractions developed by Sweden's LTP Lipid Technologies
Provider, reports Dominique...
Efforts by food manufacturers to create 'user-friendly' food labels
that present clear nutrition profiles for the increasingly health
conscious consumer are the focus of a new initiative from the UK's
food industry...
A soy-based egg replacer developed by food scientists at Unilever
heads to the US, as Alleggra Foods, the owner of the new
ingredient, signs a distribution, manufacturing and marketing
agreement with Tate & Lyle for the North...
Knocked by an economic slowdown and the strength of the Euro
against the US dollar, growth in turnover for the European food and
drink industry rose by a 1.9 per cent wisp from 2002 to 2003,
concludes a new report from the US government,...
Danish ingredients giant Chr Hansen, currently on its 'magical
sensory tour' across Eastern Europe, has unveiled new products in
Russia to inspire local manufacturers, Angela Drujinina
reports.
US firm Nutrition 21 will seek to boost sales of chromium
piocolinate in Europe, following acceptance of a scientific dossier
in the UK that gives the ingredient up to four years of derogation
from the food supplements directive,...
Trawling through the mounting investigations into the impact of
wine-drinking on heart health, Danish researchers confirm ongoing
findings that drinkers of wine benefit from its cardio-protective
effects, more so than those who drink...
Food companies are expecting a tough year in 2005 with competition
and price pressures in the food chain rising to the surface as the
key issues, reports Lindsey Partos.
Dutch lactoferrin supplier DMV International and Arla Food
Ingredients could soon be part of the world's largest farmer-owned
dairy company as their owners Campina of the Netherlands and
Denmark's Arla Foods announce plans...
A major EU research programme, under discussion at a meeting in
Brussels today, could help food manufacturers target the
increasingly affluent, elderly consumer with products designed to
make their lives longer and more comfortable.
Ambitious Israeli flavours firm Frutarom has doubled its net profit
in the first nine months of the year after bolt-on acquisitions
brought rapid growth to a company that has clear ambitions to
become one of the top ten flavour firms.
Danone is entering the UK market this month with its first product
containing plant sterols. Joining another industry heavyweight
Unilever, the move underlines the potential of the
cholesterol-lowering category and also signals increasing...
Food makers are encouraged to target the light meal market as new
figures show that by 2008 consumers will be eating more than one a
day of these full meal replacers, driven by convenience and health
concerns.
Chr Hansen breaks into the lucrative Chinese market constructing
its first production facilities to provide more flexibility to
serve the burgeoning local food industry, reports Lindsey
Partos.
Soy products firm Solbar Industries is to set up a new company
specialized in sugar analysis, which will market its technology for
use by manufacturers of dairy products, protein-rich foods and
probiotic products.
Soy products firm Solbar Industries is to set up a new company
specialized in sugar analysis, which will market its technology for
use by manufacturers of dairy products, protein-rich foods and
probiotic products.
Canadian firm Burcon NutraScience will carry out further,
unscheduled tests into canola proteins, Supertein and Puratein,
which could create a delay in the regulatory process they must
undergo before being brought to market.
The UK food industry has backed a new campaign launched today by
the country's food agency to slash salt levels in food products and
reduce overall salt consumption in the consumer diet.
Almost all innovation in the UK's food industry is being driven by
the three key themes, according to a new report, with those meeting
criteria for all three likely to score the biggest hit in the
marketplace.
Ambitious Israeli flavours firm Frutarom has bought the European
natural fruit preparations business from the world's number two
flavours player just months after completing on the Swiss botanical
extracts firm Emil Flachsmann.
Food makers need to write clearer food labels so that consumers can
easily understand the ingredients used in the food formulation,
finds a new report released in the UK this week.
Last week the Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) called for
changes to the way the FDA is implementing regulations against
bioterrorism. Since then, several other food organisations,
including the American Herbal Products Association...
Israeli flavours and ingredients group Frutarom benefited from the
recent merger with Swiss counterpart Flachsmann to post a 55 per
cent increase in first quarter sales. Growth in the functional
foods sector also contributed to the...
A novel source of omega-3 fatty acids, seeds from the South
American plant chia, could soon reach the European market after a
UK scientific panel concludes the ingredient is safe for
consumption.
Deaths due to poor diet and lack of exercise have risen by more
than a third in the last ten years, said the US government
yesterday, citing new research that suggests obesity could soon
overtake tobacco as the leading preventable...
The market for functional food products has grown steadily for
several years now, focusing primarily on the dairy sector. But
other sectors of the food industry, such as bakery and snacks, are
beginning to see more functional products...
Herbal supplements available on the Irish market are still being
irradiated, contradicting European regulations on the practice and
highlighting a lack of traceability on supplement ingredients.
Millions of euros will be poured into three major
'farm-to-fork?research projects, the Commission said yesterday, to
reinforce R&D co-operation at a European level and bring a
monetary boost to the increasingly complex food...
Most British consumers think that parents should be responsible for
improving their children's diets, while only 30 per cent say food
manufacturers have the most important role to play.
Spain might well have a culinary heritage to rival that of France,
but like it trans-Pyrenean neighbour, consumption patterns have
been changing over the last few years, with more hectic lifestyles
(even in the land of the siesta)...
The US today enforces new regulations that require all food plants
to register with its Food and Drug Administration and food
importers to give the agency advance notice before shipments arrive
at ports or border crossings. But both...
Leading Japanese emulsifier supplier Riken Vitamin is set to boost
production at its subsidiary in Malaysia with the opening of a new
plant this week. High hopes to increase market share.
Natural Products Expo Asia, opening in Hong Kong today, will run a
free seminar focusing on the new bioterrorism regulations, set to
impact all companies exporting ingredients to the US.
Big portions encourage people to eat more but big portions of
calorie dense food - the kind people tend to grab on the run -
boost calorie consumption even higher without providing additional
satisfaction, suggests new US research.
Limited consumer awareness threatens to restrain the development of
probiotics markets, finds a new Frost & Sullivan report, yet in
Europe the food ingredient is still set to more than triple in
value over the next six years.
Limited consumer awareness threatens to restrain the development of
probiotics markets, finds a new Frost & Sullivan report, yet
sales of the healthy ingredient are still set to almost triple in
value over the next six years.
Food Standards Australia and New Zealand is proposing to retain the
ban on adding kava to foods, but not dietary supplements regulated
under New Zealand regulations, and to keep the labelling statements
related to public health.
A report commissioned for the UK's Food Standards Agency has
provided the clearest evidence yet that there is a link between
advertising food products aimed at children and the declining
health standards among the younger generation.
Sweden's Cerealia Foods has increased its health offering with the
acquisition of five companies focused on vegetarian, organic and
healthy food products.
The chief executive of major Swiss food group Nestlé has defended
his firm's often-cited focus on nutrition in a recent interview,
despite what looks like much bigger investment in confectionery and
convenience foods.
Food manufacturers are deliberately targeting children with
high-calorie, low-nutrient foods, claims a new report from UK
consumer group The Food Commission. The food industry fights back,
underlining its 'responsible' marketing...
Eating in between mealtimes is fundamentally ingrained in
Europeans' eating habits, claims a new report that should encourage
manufacturers of healthy snacks.
Crowds of food industry professionals will start pouring through
the doors of Chicago's McCormick Place South building this weekend
for the opening of the IFT Annual Meeting + FOOD EXPO. This year's
event - opened by Health...
Netherlands-based Sensus has received safety approval for its
Frutafit inulin fibre, said to promote gut health, from the US Food
and Drug Administration.
Public sector caterers and their suppliers are being asked once
again by the Food Standards Agency to reduce the amount of salt
used in their food production and supplies of processed foods.
The UK Food and Drink Federation has launched an action plan to cut
salt in breakfast cereals, soups and sauces. The move follows the
publication by FDF of the first national manufacturers' survey of
salt use in 2000.
