Cater for a wider audience
NPD chefs tell Sarah Britton why a culinary background is essential to food manufacture and how restaurants continue to influence their work
Archives for May 29, 2007
Handy and healthy
Manufacturers are battling to get the message across to consumers that ready meals can actually be healthy. Nicola Cottam investigates
Weaned to be green
The government may be keen to go green, but it will take more than an eco-label to change shoppers' buying habits, says Rick Pendrous
The stomach for growth
The potential for products promoting healthy digestion is increasing as research hots up. Rod Addy examines the frenzy of activity in the area
All grown up
Soft drinks may be a mature market, but there is still plenty of room for expansion as developers combine health and sophistication to appeal to adults, reports Catherine Quinn
Swiss roll out omega-3 ingredient
Swiss firm Frutarom has launched an omega-3 preparation for dairy products, which can be used in yoghurt drinks.Its Food Systems technology permits...
Vegetables allow manufacturers to up their health offering
What is the food group with the broadest range of health benefits but which consumers seem to have the greatest difficulty in incorporating regularly...
Retail relations
Asda chef Neil Nugent gives Sarah Britton his views on NPD as Food Manufacture delves inside the mind of one of UK retail's top creatives
Vitamin vitality
Naturally occurring in citrus fruits and other fruits and vegetables, vitamin C has now been launched by DSM Nutritional Products as a high-quality...
A test of taste
Free-from foods are finally breaking into supermarkets, but matching the quality of standard products is proving a challenge, reports Lynda Searby