To compensate for the increasing scarcity of tocopherols, Vitiva has made a new rosemary-based oil-soluble oxidation management system, which it calls "the best natural alternative for tocopherols". The product protects the shelf-life of mild...
Mühlenchemie has developed an alternative to guar gum powder that is designed to ensure optimum water binding, stability and freshness in bread baking.
The future of baking combines innovation with tradition while respecting the cultures of individual countries, according to research by Belgian bakery ingredients manufacturer Puratos.
The European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA's) working group on claims has turned down food firms' applications to make claims in relation to health benefits of microbial cultures. The question now arises: Do on-label statements of fact...
Milk processors Arla, Dairy Crest and Robert Wiseman, which supply Britain's major multiples, have come under sustained flak over the past month for their role as 'middle men' in cutting the price paid to dairy farmers for milk to below...
Morrisons has come under fire from a number of its suppliers over the past month. They have accused the supermarket of "aggressive" and heavy handed attempts to force over 200 of them to accept price cuts of up to £500,000 each and impose improved...
Food manufacturers supplying the retail sector are being advised to adapt their offer to make the most of the growth potential of the convenience channel.
Farmers have welcomed the decisions by all the major food processors to cancel or suspend milk price cuts that were due to take place on August 1, but warned this was only a first step and would not end their protests.
The latest changes to European food labelling could make a mockery of some ‘regional’ food products, if key ingredients are revealed to have been sourced from outside the UK.
Three milk processors have abandoned plans to cut the price they pay for milk on August 1, but farmers have pledged to continue their blockades of milk processing depots until all the price cuts are rescinded.
Princes has confirmed its support for British pea growers faced with reduced crop yields due to poor weather conditions this year, by committing to buy 9,000t from domestic growers.
Analysts remained sympathetic to Irn-Bru maker AG Barr after it reported that profits had been buffeted by factors including this year’s “unprecedented weather”.
Manufacturers of soups, sauces and seasonings in the UK could find themselves at a commercial disadvantage to their continental counterparts as a result of the ban on use of desinewed meat (DSM).
Strong performances in Knorr cooking products and soups helped underpin growth in Unilever’s savoury food business, according to its first half year results announced today.
Cash flow for food manufacturers must be improving since they have significantly reduced the time it takes them to pay their bills, according to credit ratings firm Experian.
Food and drink was one of the star performers driving growth within UK manufacturing in the last three months, according the Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
Speculation about United Biscuits’ (UB’s) plans to sell off its salty snacks business is growing stronger, despite the company dismissing these suggestions.
Scientists at Campden BRI are working on a composite dough technology (CDT), which could deliver good quality white bread but using cheaper flour mixes.
Pressure is mounting on the government to do more to fight the UK’s corner in getting a reversal of the European Commission’s (EC’s) decision to impose a moratorium on desinewed meat (DSM).
Small- and medium-sized (SME) food and drink firms will be able to raise the level of nutritional skills within their businesses, following the launch of online nutrition training courses by the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF).
Pressure is mounting on the government to do more to fight the UK’s corner in the EU in getting a reversal of the European Commission’s (EC’s) decision to impose a moratorium on desinewed meat (DSM).
Farmers For Action (FFA) have vowed to continue blockading milk processing depots despite an agreement that has been struck between the National Farmers Union (NFU) and the milk processors’ trade body Dairy UK.
Food producers insist they are doing all they can to reduce salt levels in their products after a new health scare, and that food labelling already gives consumers the information needed to make informed choices.
Carlisle City Council has called for a “reasonable settlement” between staff at Cavaghan & Gray and its parent company 2 Sisters in the row over proposed changes to working conditions.
The 2 Sisters Group has been dubbed “Twisted Sisters” by workers’ rights groups, who are fighting to save jobs at its RF Brookes pie and pizza factory in Leicestershire.
Morrisons’ “ridiculous” plans to secure savings of half a million pounds from each of its suppliers and improved buying terms are proving difficult to implement, informed sources have told FoodManufacture.co.uk.
Pressure is mounting on some retailers and dairy processors to lift producers’ milk prices, after TV chefs Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall urged shoppers to boycott supermarkets that treat milk as a loss leader.
Shares in troubled drinks firm Britvic rose slightly today (July 19), as it posted results for the period that saw the multi-million pound recall of its Fruit Shoot drinks.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched a criminal investigation after an inch-long needle was discovered in an airline meal served on board a Delta Airlines flight from the Netherlands to Minneapolis.
Today’s eggs contain over 70% more vitamin D and double the amount of selenium than eggs produced in 1982, according to research conducted by the UK Foodcomp project.
