Pulse-based ingredients could help food manufacturers deliver significant nutritional improvements to everything from granola bars to chicken nuggets by ‘stealth’ if formulators knew what to do with them, according to pulse industry body Pulse Canada.
Consumer advocacy group Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has petitioned the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urging it to require the presence of artificial colors to be highlighted on the front of food packaging.
A new research project led by TNO could help to create a more robust and industrially viable algae ingredient supply chain, says the Dutch research group.
US meat giant Smithfield Foods has described its business as “thriving” following the announcement of a strong second quarter, with sales up 10% to US$3.3bn.
US authorities have awarded over $10m in food safety grants to universities across the country with the aim of boosting research and education and reducing concern.
The Coca-Cola Company has moved its 125-year-old secret recipe from a vault in SunTrust Bank in downtown Atlanta to a new home in its nearby museum, thus revealing it to visitors. Well, sort of...
Kellogg’s Honey Smacks is not marketed to children, a company spokesperson told this publication yesterday. Really? Then what’s up with the big cartoon frog?
Trend predictions for the year ahead have begun to pour in, with a spin on economic uncertainty featuring on most of them, as well as American regionalism, insects, and Peruvian foods.
The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) has proposed rule to make it easier for manufacturers to make generic label claims such as ‘Italian Style’ or ‘Low Fat’ on meat and poultry products.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must reach a final decision before 31 March 2012 on whether to ban bisphenol A (BPA) in food and drink packaging following the outcome of a lawsuit.
A soy-based ingredient packing four times the nutritional punch of standard soy protein isolate could reinvigorate the cardiovascular functional food market, according to bosses at agri-food giant The Scoular Company.
Penford Food Ingredients has expanded its range of food starches to include modified corn starches that provide improved shelf-life, freeze-thaw and cold storage stability, the company has said.
POM Wonderful has failed to convince a federal jury that Ocean Spray Cranberries misled shoppers and deprived POM of potential sales by selling a pomegranate juice product containing only 2% pomegranate juice.
The International Food Information Council (IFIC) has released new online resources on fats, aiming to tackle consumer confusion and misperceptions about fat consumption, the organization said.
Meat-substitute maker Quorn Foods has hit back at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) after the health lobby group again demanded that the FDA revoke its products' GRAS (generally recognized as safe) status.
Food companies should aim to stay ahead of regulation to ensure the safety of foods that use nanotechnology, urges a new report from As You Sow, a non-profit organization that aims to increase corporate accountability.
Researchers have called on US food safety authorities to regulate arsenic levels in rice, following a report on the risk associated with the contaminant.
Developing markets are to make up almost half of revenues for Kraft’s global snacks business as the spin-off business announces Irene Rosenfeld as its head.
Taxing food manufacturers on caloric sweeteners added to foods would be more effective for reducing their consumption than taxing finished sugary foods and drinks, according to new research published in Contemporary Economic Policy.
Kraft Foods has appointed the CEOs and chairmen of its future global snacks and North American grocery companies, following the company's split, scheduled to be completed by the end of 2012.
Stevia supplier GLG Life Tech said it has received a letter of no objection from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that its Rebpure RA95 stevia extract is generally recognized as safe (GRAS).
The inclusion of a gelling agent and electrolyte in double emulsions could be used to control the release behaviour of incorporated compounds, offering promise for the use of Water-Oil-Water emulsions in food applications, say researchers.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning letter to Alexia Foods for labeling a product ‘all-natural’, although it contains disodium dihydrogen pyrophosphate, which the agency says is a synthetic preservative.
November was a month with several high-level executive appointments. FoodNavigator-USA brings you a photo gallery illustrating the latest big moves at major food ingredient and manufacturing firms.
The majority of a $50m increase in Food and Drug Administration (FDA) funding for fiscal 2012 will go toward implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act, after a lobbying group backed by several food industry trade associations played a key role in...
Cargill is looking beyond beverage to dairy as it flags up pending product launches for Truvia in both table-top and as an ingredient on the EU market next year.
Parmalat has issued a public apology to Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in the wake of a row over the company’s initial response to accusations of dairy product hoarding in the country.
Coca-Cola is switching back to iconic red for its Classic Coke cans just one month after introducing white cans as part of a holiday season campaign, following consumer complaints that they had confused the sugar-containing version with Diet Coke.
A&B Ingredients has introduced a new natural antimicrobial ingredient, which it claims is effective against a wide range of foodborne contaminants in ready-to-eat meat products, refrigerated foods and prepared salads.
The online publication of meat, poultry and eggs product testing data could improve food safety and public health, said a report by the US National Research Council (NRC).
Consumers can meet intake requirements for nutrients such as calcium via non-dairy sources, but these are not a ‘nutritionally significant equivalent’ for dairy foods, according to a new US study.
Ralcorp has announced a $370m (€274m) loss in its fourth quarter earnings due to substantial non-cash impairment charges, details of which it has not yet disclosed.
Local food infrastructure needs to deepen to ensure production can grow in line with consumer demand, which may be greater than previously thought, according to a new report from the USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS).
It’s been an action-packed month for the food industry, which continues to grapple with high input costs and lackluster consumer demand. But the sector's big guns fought back, with Heinz and Sara Lee promising a wave of innovation and Agro Farma...
PhytoTrade Africa has secured a $100,000 cash injection from the USAID Southern Africa Trade Hub to help develop a US market strategy for baobab – the African superfruit packing an unparalleled nutritional punch.
