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Floods shut down three Midwest food plants

16-Jun-2008 - Record flooding in Iowa forced three major food plants to close last week disrupting supplies of a range of food ingredients.

Med diet gathers momentum

13-Jun-2008 - An initiative to promote the Mediterranean style of eating amongst US households has gathered speed as the science supporting the diet continues to stream through.

Public still at risk from poor food safety, say health officials

13-Jun-2008 - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has failed to fulfill its promise of making the food supply safer, say US health officials.

Trans fat substitutes to offer diet therapy

13-Jun-2008 - Trans fats will soon be replaced by edible oils that can be used for "diet therapy" to help halt the progress of illness or disease, a research analyst claims.

Adapt to survive continuing price crisis, says Deloitte

13-Jun-2008 - Rising food prices are not a short-term problem so food manufacturers must adapt accordingly, making wise strategic choices, strengthening innovation and streamlining operations, says a new report.

Toyo backs US pine bark market

12-Jun-2008 - Japanese healthy ingredients supplier Toyo Bio-Pharma will be exhibiting for the first time at the IFT Food Expo in New Orleans June 28 to July 1 as it continues its charge into the United States functional food and beverage market with its Toyo-FVG maritime pine bark extract.

Baby boomers eat their way to health and beauty

12-Jun-2008 - Baby Boomers are trying to eat their way to a younger complexion with fresh, natural foods which offer "ageless health and beauty", a new report said.

Fruit leads the way as kids' favorite snack

12-Jun-2008 - Cookies have crumbled to second place as fruit has taken the lead as top snack for children under six, going some way to explain why US obesity numbers are stagnating, says the NPD Group.

Vegetable oil prices set to stay high, US warns

12-Jun-2008 - Vegetable oil prices are expected to remain high into the coming 2008/09 season as surging demand from the developing world outpaces production, predicts the US agriculture department.

Danisco's new juice kit targets healthy confectionery market

11-Jun-2008 - Danisco is promoting the health-benefits of its ingredients with a new juice confectionery demonstration kit.

Climate change saviors accused of patent monopoly

11-Jun-2008 - The world's largest seed and agrochemical corporations are monopolizing patents on genes that could protect crops from climate change, a new report claims.

Industry and government strengthen union in battle against obesity

11-Jun-2008 - Three food industry organizations have intensified their partnership with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to promote the government's nutrition education program.

Texture dictionary needed for new sensations

10-Jun-2008 - A standard language is needed to describe texture, according to National Starch, to help manufacturers understand the needs of consumers and increase speed to market of their products.

Open innovation system to pinpoint ingredient needs

10-Jun-2008 - NineSigma has launched a new service to help companies find materials or technologies that are already available on the market, that could open up new supply agreements between manufacturers and ingredients firms.

NutraCea inaugurates rice bran facility

10-Jun-2008 - NutraCea on Friday inaugurated its Louisiana rice bran facility, which the company says will eventually boost its annual US production capacity by 30,000 tons.

Nestle opts out of US initiative on junk food advertising to kids

10-Jun-2008 - Nestle has been criticized this week for failing to be part of an industry-wide effort to limit junk food marketing to children.

Weekly comment

Food crisis: Time to stop the squabbling

09-Jun-2008 - Bickering gets you nowhere. It's a lesson to be learned early in life, but which seems easily forgotten when it comes to tough political issues like measures to curb the food crisis.

Food safety fears transform consumer choices

09-Jun-2008 - Over half of consumers have stopped eating certain foods, either temporarily or permanently, as a direct result of food safety fears, according to Deloitte.

Increased demand and a healthy future for Latin American cocoa

06-Jun-2008 - There is a growing demand for cocoa from Latin America to meet the increasing popularity of premium chocolates in Europe and the US, according to a speaker at the recent meeting of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) in Ecuador.

Natural innovation needed to oust villains, says report

06-Jun-2008 - Artificial additives have become "contemporary villains" and synthetic flavors are no longer acceptable to consumers, according to a new market report.

GPC and ET Horn target organic-friendly West

05-Jun-2008 - The Grain Processing Company is targetting its organic rice-derived ingredients into the Western United States with the signature of an agreement with ET Horn.

Consolidation to continue for $18bn flavor market

05-Jun-2008 - The top ten global flavor players possess two thirds of the total market, but still the market continues to consolidate, confirms a report.

Export markets drive Martek profit growth

05-Jun-2008 - Omega-3 oils supplier Martek Biosciences Corporation has turned in a healthy second quarter, with profits surging above forecasts on the back of increased overseas sales and growing revenues in its core infant formula business.

FDA warning on raw red tomatoes after salmonella alert

05-Jun-2008 - Raw red tomatoes come under scrutiny after a multistate outbreak of the foodborne disease salmonella incites the US Food and Drug Administration to issue a warning to consumers.