Archives for August 27, 2009

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Senomyx: it's not bitter ...

Senomyx has made "notable progress" in its work to block the bitter tastes associated with high- intensity sweeteners and other ingredients such as...

Inside out or upside down?

There is money to be made from feeding your face, but the success of beauty foods and supplements will depend both on the state of the economy and the health claims regulation, says Paul Gander

Doing a Dorset

New product development has been recession proof for Dorset Cereals reports Hayley Brown

Farm fresh

Diversification and flexibility have proved rewarding friends to Place UK. Rod Addy reports

Clean-label innovation

National Starch Food Innovation has launched Novation 6260, a clean-label alternative to instant modified starches offering viscosity, stability and...

Just can't get enough

We all know consumers aren't getting enough fibre. The question is, do they care? asks Elaine Watson

Can I borrow your secateurs?

There I was: ready, prepared, and motivated. It was a sunny Saturday afternoon and the garden needed some attention. My wife and I had consulted on...

Firms must meet the parents

By Hayley Brown

Manufacturers will have to use ingredients that appeal to parents if they are to penetrate the growing children's food and drinks market in the UK,...

It's time to chew the saturated fat

I recently discovered that it's easy to reduce saturated fat in the diet. A new Dutch study reported in the British Journal of Nutrition showed that...

Croutons under the crumb

Compliance with safety directives, production flexibility and operational mobility were key selection criteria when Chaucer Foods began researching...

Talent pool causes splash

A new government scheme will help firms find the graduate specialists they need to help them grow, says Rod Addy

Intelligent weighing fills bill

Maintaining the right blend of wrap and sandwich fillings requires the optimum in line control. That's why Marco has installed its LineMaster yield...

Trade Talk

Beware the battle of bloated bureaucracy

Strategic partner ... not whipping boy

It was an idea first mooted in last year's Cabinet Office Food Matters report and one that was supported recently in a Parliamentary inquiry...

New code for marketing children's food

As the government proceeds with the development of a voluntary code of practice for the marketing and promotion of food and drink to children, the...

Two's good company for artisan bakery

Giles Foods will start manufacturing from a second unit adjacent to its Pain Artisan bakery in Milton Keynes early next year to meet growing demand...

In the mix

By Hayley Brown

Manufacturers are embracing a number of new processing technologies in a bid to perfect products. Hayley Brown reports

Sweet market not in mint condition

Sales of mint sweets and confectionery have been performing poorly, according to research from Mintel.Over the last five years alone, the mint sector...

Poultry firm eggspands products

Western Brand Poultry is to undergo a new product development drive, after investing £4.4M in its poultry and egg site in Northern Ireland.The...

Chill out for maximum quality

Two Airmax unit coolers from Alfa Laval are helping one of Scotland's premier processors of lamb and beef increase its market share by maintaining...

New president at PepsiCo UK and Ireland

PepsiCo has appointed Richard Evans, currently general manager of Walkers Snack Foods, as the new president of PepsiCo UK and Ireland, with immediate...

Plant of power

By Rod Addy

Nom's gleaming new dairy plant in Telford has brought a £60M investment and hundreds of new jobs to Shropshire, reports Rod Addy

Hearts and minds

Being led by the heart instead of the head can be a recipe for disaster when deciding which new products to launch, Colin Dudley tells Elaine Watson

GM blues threaten livestock sector

The European livestock industry could be in serious trouble unless something is done to address the problem of asynchronous approvals of genetically...

Storm clouds gather over organic fields

Derided as a fad favoured by hippies and middle class goody two shoes in the seventies, organics have come a long way since those early years of...

Cultural sensitivity

Probiotics are enjoying a level of growth that other products can only dream of in a recession, says Michelle Knott

To good health

Fuelled by high-octane ingredients, functional drinks promise a raft of health benefits. But not for much longer reports Graham Holter

Chew on this

Health, value and taste are key for cereal bars, says Rod Addy

New ideas under the microscope

== Smart delivery ==Structural design principles for delivery of bioactive components in nutraceuticals and functional foods.There have been major...

The big mac

By Hayley Brown

With Europeans consuming macadamias in their millions, South African producers are raising their game to meet demand, reports Hayley Brown

Packing 'em in

Packaging machinery is vital to any food manufacturing operation - and there are ways of maintaining machinery investment even in hard times. Lou Reade reports

Agave prebiotic probe

By Elaine Watson

Clean-label ingredients specialist Ulrick & Short (U&S) is aiming to launch inulin from the agave plant this autumn if it can demonstrate...

Dawnfresh lines up new capacity

Dawnfresh Seafoods has completed a complete refurbishment of its processing plant at Bothwell Park, Uddingston in Lanarkshire at a cost of over...

Eye on the dough ball

Management buy-ins, raging factory fires and million-pound investments. Running an artisan bread bakery is no run of the mill job