Happy ending to fish oil hygiene row?
Omega-3 fish oil suppliers are hopeful that a compromise will be struck this month that will end a legal dispute threatening fish oil supplies into...
Archives for June 2, 2008
Profiles: the good, the bad and the ugly
The big guns in confectionery will start lobbying in earnest this summer in a bid to prevent the nutrient profiling system in the EU Nutrition and...
Too much value engineering can spoil the broth, warn food technologists
Manufacturers have been warned against slashing the quality of ingredients in their products in attempts to offset soaring costs.While rising costs...
Making perfect scents
Sensory analysis costs money, but so do products that flop because consumers don't like them, says Elaine Watson
Gum runners' quest for home advantage
Gum makers are seeking to take advantage of new marketing opportunities for their products, says Nicola Cottam
To the bitter end
Masking bitter or unpleasant tastes in foods requires both art and science, says Synergy's chief flavourist Gail Underwood
Who's afraid of the big Dow Wolff?
Despite European concerns over labelling, Dow Wolff's global market manager Stephanie Lynch has faith in the company's cellulosics offering and urges manufacturers to get involved. Sarah Britton reports
G-WIN: seek and ye shall find
General Mills is taking a more targeted approach to open innovation as its worldwide innovation network (G-WIN) celebrates its first anniversary.The...
Lucozade stays alert
GlaxoSmithKline is confident that it will not fall foul of the nutrient profiling clause in the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation with its new...
Fibre fails to impress
Worryingly for companies that are plugging fibres as the hottest healthy ingredient on the block, UK consumers at least do not seem to be getting the...
Do or diet
Vocal, ill-informed and sometimes deranged. That's Dr Paul Clayton's opinion of the people who have hi-jacked the health debate. Elaine Watson meets the author and advisor on health and diet
Organic waste
Has the European Commission gone loco with its organic logo plans? Certainly, many of the leading champions of the organic movement believe that it...
Watering the weekend warriors
In sports drinks, the hard sell and hard science are both important, but appear to be heading in opposite directions, says Paul Gander
The lie of the land
Lies, damned lies and PR spin. Welcome to the nonsensical world of food legislation, says Neville Craddock
Time to bring the science back to food marketing, says Wall
Retailers will be forced to think twice before they use emotive, unscientific and inflammatory rhetoric about E-numbers if the UK's second largest...
Pie's the limit?
With volume growth of just 0.5% and value growth of 1.5% a year, the meat products market is pretty sluggish, says RTS Resource
Down to a science
Few people realise the importance of the role of the men in white coats in tackling obesity. Ex-Unilever scientist Dr Tim Foster talks to Elaine Watson
An apple a day keeps the wrinkles at bay
Always famed for its health-giving qualities, the nutritional content of the apple is now being heralded as an elixir of beauty and slimming aid by...
The path of yeast resistance
A New Zealand-based firm is hoping to take the European market by storm with a herb native to the country that boasts strong anti-fungal...
GSK launches new open innovation drive
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is actively seeking partnerships with entrepreneurs, academics, suppliers or other third parties to develop brands like Ribena,...
Hot off the press
Chilli flavoured pastry and garlic pizza bases could soon be on our supermarket shelves thanks to a new cutting-edge technology. Elaine Watson talks hard fats
First generation biofuel targets must be scrapped, says expert
More than a quarter (26%) of the planet's arable land will have to be devoted to fuel production by 2020 in order to meet current biofuel targets,...
Look in our library, says Intermed
A German firm with one of the world's largest databases of natural products is looking to partner with ingredients firms or food manufacturers...
Green light for green tea
Researchers have been experimenting with new extraction techniques to improve the purity and yield of green tea. Andrew Liu reports from Guangzho
The seeds of change
Despite making a false start a few years back, functional breads now appear to be rising rapidly. By Lynda Searby
Beating the oil fraudsters
Over recent years there have been several reports of suspected fraud in the supply of olive oil. In March 2008, the Italian police arrested 23 people...
Novel food
The company behind the Novel Food application for pulp from the baobab tree is preparing a second application to gain approval to market oil from the...
Beer brewed by the light of the full moon
Vollmond lager is not your average beer. Made in the Swiss Alps by Suisse Connection and recently launched in the UK, the beer is brewed according to...
Research update: new ideas under the microscope
Inflamed situationComparison of low fat and low carb diets on circulating fatty acid composition and markers of inflammation.Abnormal distribution of...
Nestlé to open new R&D centre in Beijing
Nestlé will open a new research and development (R&D) centre in Beijing in July, housing more than 80 scientists.The centre will conduct basic...
Life in the culture club
The EU's impending regulation on health claims is failing to stifle the growth of the dairy culture industry. Michelle Knott reports
Chewing the fat ...
Fat and salt reduction in meat products can raise some serious technical challenges, as John Dunn discovers