Repetitive jobs causing illness on shop floor
Rising levels of work-related ill health are causing increasing concern to those involved with improving the safety of people in the workplace.
Archives for December 18, 2014
Sugar row hits Real Good Food Company
The Real Good Food Company (RGFC) has blamed its row with British Sugar for its half-year loss and has referred the dispute to the European competition authorities.
Manufacturers face tough new laws to cut acrylamide levels in food
Manufacturers face tougher legal restrictions on the levels of the carcinogen acrylamide permitted in food, after the failure of many parts of the industry to cut them by voluntary measures.
Health Ingredients Europe
Stop misusing natural, expert urges
Manufacturers must avoid misleading consumers into thinking natural products are intrinsically healthier for them, an industry expert has urged.
Vitamin D claim opens elderly target market
Food businesses can more easily target elderly consumers who are prone to falling, following the authorisation of a vitamin D health claim by the European Commission (EC).
AoS takes another pop at industry
Action on Sugar (AoS) has slammed the manufacturers of “seemingly healthy” children’s fruit juices, juice drinks and smoothies, which can often contain more sugar than regular Coca-Cola.
Health Ingredients Europe
Consumers are ready to rumble false food claims
Food and drink businesses that loosely use the term ‘natural’ on their products to make them appear healthy could soon be rumbled by untrusting consumers, experts have warned.
Health Ingredients Europe
Top food trends for 2015: the full list
Insect proteins and fruit-sweetened confectionery are two emerging trends food manufacturers should monitor, according to a list of top 10 food trends for 2015, revealed at the Health Ingredients Europe (HiE) event.
Key role in brain health for vitamin E
Vitamin E has a key role to play in reducing the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, fatty liver diseases and other health risks, experts at a recent symposium on vitamin E have said.
Top 10 food ingredients, health & nutrition stories
Reduced sperm counts, dementia risks and the top food and drink trends for 2015 are just three of the 10 most read stories from Food Ingredients, Health & Nutrition (FIHN) this year.
Food firms seek a high-fat feel
Making low-fat versions of high-fat food and drink is something scientists will strive to do better, despite criticism, says Nicholas Robinson
Asda boss to lead IGD in New Year
Asda boss Andy Clarke will become president of grocery think-tank IGD on January 1 2015.
Boparan boss blames profit fall on tough market
Boparan boss Ranjit Singh – ceo of the 2 Sisters Food group – has blamed the firm’s nearly £7M fall in like-for-like (LFL) operating profit on tough trading conditions.