02-Jan-2008 By Elaine Watson
Retailer invites interest from processors
02-Jan-2008
With business at home squeezed, exports to emerging markets offer better prospects
Bottle Green’s future is good to go
21-Dec-2007
Bottle Green Drinks Company, best known for its elderflower cordials, grew sales by 10% in 2007, despite the disappointing summer and a change of...
21-Dec-2007 By Sarah Britton
Foods aimed at toddlers may be unsafe because manufacturers do not have appropriate nutritional guidelines to follow, a leading manufacturer of...
Balance Food poised for growth in 2008
21-Dec-2007
Savoury products supplier Balance Foods is poised to double in size during 2008 following an impressive debut year.The Godalming-based business has...
Supermarkets overwhelmingly support the Red Tractor scheme
21-Dec-2007 By Rick Pendrous
British retailers are backing the Red Tractor food assurance scheme with two thirds of all eligible fresh commodity foods sold through the major high...
FSA reviews evidence for health benefits of dietary fibre
21-Dec-2007 By Rick Pendrous
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is embarking on a review of the evidence for the reported health benefits of dietary fibre components within food.It...
Soft drinks scholarship established
17-Dec-2007 By Rod Addy
The British Soft Drinks Industry Foundation (BSDIF) has set up a scholarship to address the growing shortage of people entering a career in food...
FSA advises against a ban on trans fats
17-Dec-2007 By Rick Pendrous
The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) board decided against calling for a ban on trans fats when it met last week, preferring to see saturated fat...
Sainsbury plans scorecard to assess NPD
17-Dec-2007 By Sarah Britton
Sainsbury may introduce a scorecard system that weighs up a new product’s potential environmental and ethical impacts, to determine whether or not...
Waste group’s budget to be slashed by 25%
17-Dec-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Budget cuts to other bodies funded by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) look likely, with the Waste & Resources...
17-Dec-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Frozen food businesses are working together to identify ‘hero’ products, which will be used to introduce packaging innovations.This follows a...
13-Dec-2007
As part of its continuing programme to support its customers through innovation into healthier foods, Greencore has appointed Emma Darlaston as...
Tighter allergen labelling laws to extend to catering sector
08-Dec-2007 By Elaine Watson
Caterers from large restaurant chains to fish and chip shops will in future have to provide detailed allergen information for customers under a new...
08-Dec-2007 By Elaine Watson
Competition lawyers have rejected claims that they dished out poor legal advice to clients who have just been fined vast sums by the Office of Fair...
Botanicals health claims hang in the balance
08-Dec-2007 By Elaine Watson
The European Botanical Forum (EBF) will meet representatives from the European Commission (EC) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) tomorrow...
Co-ordinated action needed for food chain sustainability
06-Dec-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Collaboration between government, the food industry, pressure groups and consumers is necessary if a workable and sustainable food chain is to become...
06-Dec-2007
Walter Scott, production director of Wilkin & Sons, has been appointed joint md of the company with effect from the January 1 2008 in place of...
Residents seek injunction against local food firms for smells
06-Dec-2007 By Sarah Britton
Foul odours, allegedly caused by London-based Katsouris Fresh Foods and Kolak Snack Foods, have forced local residents to seek an injunction against...
Genetic markers help trace meat from farm to fork
06-Dec-2007 By Rick Pendrous
A test that can be used to confirm the breed and origin of meat from farm animals has been developed by scientists at the Universitat Autònoma de...
Toddlers’ hidden veg products slammed
03-Dec-2007 By Sarah Britton
A nutrition expert has criticised the hiding of vegetables in toddler dishes - an approach often used by baby food manufacturers to get kids to eat...
Morrison strengthens NPD team
03-Dec-2007
Morrison has appointed two new joint heads of product development to spearhead the supermarket's redevelopment. Simon Mitchell joins from Asda where...
Branded foods key to Greencore’s US entry
03-Dec-2007 By Elaine Watson
Greencore’s planned entry into the US market is likely to come through the acquisition of a chilled food business supplying brands, bosses have...
GLA doing a good job, but multiples could do more
03-Dec-2007 By Rick Pendrous
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) has been doing a good job in protecting workers from exploitation in difficult circumstances, according to...
Northern Foods signs Skills Pledge
03-Dec-2007 By Rick Pendrous
Northern Foods has become the latest food manufacturer to sign the Skills Pledge, publicly committing to raise the skills levels of the company’s...
03-Dec-2007 By Rick Pendrous
The British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) is seeking to change the regulations to allow an increase in the temperature at which frozen food can be...
EC's irrational approach to GM technology undermines entire EU safety assessment process, claim biotech experts
03-Dec-2007 By Elaine Watson
The European Commission’s continued refusal to approve the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops that have got the seal of approval from...
Cost savings from Premier/RHM merger ‘deliberately’ understated, says analyst
03-Dec-2007 By Elaine Watson
The integration of Premier Foods and RHM is progressing faster than expected, and will deliver “significantly more savings than targeted”,...
McCain appoints business development chef
29-Nov-2007
McCain today announces the appointment of Donnie Munro as business development chef within Foodservice. The newly created position will ensure McCain...
New board appointment for Dairy Crest
28-Nov-2007
Dairy Crest has announced the appointment of Martyn Wilks to the board as executive md of the Foods Division with effect from January 7 2008.Wilks,...
28-Nov-2007
Following a successful period of growth during 2007, Wiltshire-based Lyons Seafoods has announced that it will be strengthening its existing team...
New UK boss for Peter Rabbit Organics
28-Nov-2007
Peter Rabbit Organics has announced the appointment of Margreet Westerhuis as UK md. She joins the firm from Whole Foods Market where, for the past...
The corn conundrum
27-Nov-2007
When is a price cut a hidden subsidy? China is a major exporter of maize, the raw material for vitamin C. Yet there are suspicions that it has been subsidising export prices to turn the screw on western producers, says Bill Lavers
Fortified with magnesium
27-Nov-2007
Magnesium is the fourth most abundant cation in the human body. Dr Gerhard Gerstner looks at its future as a food ingredient
Heart of the matter
27-Nov-2007
There are new avenues to explore in cardio health beyond cholesterol reduction, but the positioning must be right, says Paul Hart
Soya want to be healthier?
27-Nov-2007
Asian consumers swear by it and now the West can't seem to get enough. But is soya as healthy as the hype suggests? And can it maintain its relentless growth in the face of rising production costs? John Dunn reports
Raised hopes
27-Nov-2007
Consumption of bread and cakes is pretty flat, but there are opportunities to drive margins in niche areas, says RTS Resource
Let's get creative
27-Nov-2007
From Michelin-starred restaurants to the development kitchen, consultant chef Chris Lightfoot tells Elaine Watson that it's time to find out what ingredients can really do
Trans fats? Done that ...
27-Nov-2007
Trans fats may be in the media spotlight, but saturated fats are a tougher nut to crack, Pura Foods' Jo Bruce tells Elaine Watson
The icing on the cake
27-Nov-2007
Investment, innovation and improved efficiency are helping home baking ingredients supplier Renshaw to sweeten up its future, as Sarah Britton discovers
Diamond miner
27-Nov-2007
Cocoa beans are the food industry's new diamonds. Elaine Watson meets the man who's mining their potential
Keep on Flying
27-Nov-2007
Ingredients companies are working hard at developing foods that can help the elderly keep fit in mind and body, reports Sue Scott
Food information: how much is too much?
27-Nov-2007
This year has been a very busy year from a regulatory perspective for the EU food sector. Legislation has been developed on additives, enzymes and...
Heart health category to expand beyond cholesterol reduction and blood pressure regulation
27-Nov-2007
The heart health category looks set to expand beyond cholesterol-reduction and blood pressure regulation, following a tie up between a London-based...
ADM Kao prepares DAG oil debut
27-Nov-2007
ADM Kao is working on a battle plan to launch fat-busting DAG oils (diacylglycerols) in Europe in a range of applications from bottled oils to...
Cranberry powder with 10 times the kick
27-Nov-2007
Chr Hansen has launched NutriPhy Cranberry, a powder standardised to contain at least 4% of the proanthocyanidins that reduce the adhesion of certain...
Research update: new ideas under the microscope
27-Nov-2007
Cherry cheerAntioxidative and anticancer activity of extracts of cherry blossom.Natural antioxidants are attractive for use in foods or medicinal...
Hoodia - a pirate's nightmare?
27-Nov-2007
Latest studies by Phytopharm into the weight loss effects of hoodia could reignite the row over copycat products. Dr Mark Tallon investigates
Production starts at first potato protein extraction plant
27-Nov-2007
Production has started at the first plant to produce highly functional, clean-label potato proteins for the food and pharmaceutical industries.The...
Foods must address muscle loss
27-Nov-2007
Food manufacturers should devote far more resources to addressing the nutritional vulnerability of older people and the impact that poor nutritional...
