A hot cup of cocoa - that stalwart of cold winter nights and an all
time favourite for children - could actually boast more
antioxidants than green tea and red wine, say researchers in the
US.
Tekes, the national technology agency in Finland, is currently
funding an investigation into the use of rare sugar components -
previously deemed as unimportant by-products - as a useful raw
material in food and pharmaceutical industries.
Prompted by demand from the Philippines, Danish ingredients company
Danisco has
designed and launched two new citrus fruit flavours onto the Asian
market.
ADM Natural Health and Nutrition has expanded its Novasoy soy
isoflavone further, with launch of the product in a directly
compressible form to make processing easier.
The milk industry churns over new findings in the US that claims a
simple supplement can dramatically boost the content of unsaturated
fatty acids in cows' milk
Scientists have developed a new cattle-feed supplement, which
dramatically boosts the content of unsaturated fatty acids over
saturated fats in cows' milk. It could also be used to reduce
saturated fat in meat, suggest the US-based...
Western ingredients companies continue to make inroads into the
massive Chinese food market with Danish company Chr Hansen cutting
the ribbon yesterday on new facilities in Bejiing.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has proposed an end to the
ban of Canadian cattle imports under 30 months old. Canadians
currently lose an estimated €9 million a day from the restriction.
At the end of last week the USDA published a proposed rule aimed at
ending the ban on imports of Canadian cattle under 30 months old,
deemed to be at low risk for mad cow disease.
The rolling out of third quarter results today continues with a
slip in earnings for US agri-giant Bunge on the back of weaker
profits sorely felt in the agribusiness division.
Food scientists working in today's food industry are constantly
facing, and resolving, the challenges of a competitive market. One
emerging trend in particular is the blurring of boundaries between
different food application...
Against a current tough market backdrop for ingredients, Danish
company Chr Hansen is facing up to the challenge, with the dairy
culture specialists this week lifting previous profit forecasts for
the year by €4 million on the back...
Dutch ingredients firm DMV International has developed a new
milk-derived peptide aimed at liver health, an area attracting
increasing attention from consumers.
Swedish oils and fats company sees profit slip as the weight of
tighter margins, increased competition and a strong Swedish kroner
bears down.The Karlshamns of 2003 has quite evidently been marked
by the loss of one of its largest...
US court dismisses claims by Muscle Marketing USA that all forms of
creatine powder, including the product made by Degussa Food
Ingredients, are ineffective.
Germany's third-largest chemicals company Degussa has taken a €500
million charge in its fine chemicals business unit as it continues
to feel the impact of adverse changes in market conditions.
Cognis Nutrition and Health and Kemin Foods have finally reached an
agreement in court over the marketing and promotional issues for
lutein and lutein esters products.Specific terms of the agreement
are to remain confidential between...
US dairy associations are rolling out a new 'Healthy Weight with
Dairy' advertising campaign next week to tout scientific research
linking dairy consumption with reduced body weight.
Soy Fantastico, a vitamin- and mineral-rich soy beverage
specifically targeted at the Hispanic consumer, will be introduced
at the Expo Comida Latina trade show next week.
Manufacturers on the health wagon will welcome news this week that
food scientists have designed free radical beating crisps, complete
with an oregano flavour.
Global tugs of war continue in the trade zone with the the WTO
agreeing to demands from the US and Australia to examine Europe's
rules on the protection of place and product names.
The sixth International Cocoa Agreement in three decades came into
force at the beginning of October, heralding a break from the past
with the exclusion of market regulatory mechanisms - production
quotas, buffer stocks and other...
One year after new rules on organic standards hit the American food
industry one in ten Americans are eating more organic foods,
reports a US trend tracker - but price is still a barrier to new
converts.
Burgeoning private agribusiness Cargill saw net earnings slip in
the first quarter of 2004, but performance remained on track
topping last year's figures by a wisp.
The Benelux operation of Fiske Food Ingredients, a distribution
business belonging to €4bn Dutch industrial chemicals group Univar,
has linked up with starch ingredients company Avebe to distribute
the co-operative's full range...
Building on the one-stop-supplier philosophy, the new kid on the
xanthan gum block Danisco has made inroads into the market this
week, linking up with one of the largest xanthan gum suppliers in
China, the Henan Tianguan group.
Ongoing rumours that the Irish food and ingredients company Kerry
Group had bought up a US fruit flavour operation were at last
confirmed with the ambitious food ingredients business broadcasting
that it has purchased US-based Da...
Limited consumer awareness threatens to restrain the development of
probiotics markets, finds a new Frost & Sullivan report, yet
sales of the healthy ingredient are still set to almost triple in
value over the next six years.
Certain methods of preparation and cooking can causevegetables to
lose their cancer-fighting compounds, with microwaving the biggest
culprit, according to new evidence published in the Journal of the
Science of Food and Agriculture.
As US International Flavours and Fragrances and Swiss company
Givaudan continue to fight it out for the number one global
flavours and fragrance spot, the Swiss supplier reports stable but
far from dazzling 3 per cent sales growth...
Dutch based company Acatris, recently formed through the merger of
food and health companies Daminco, Orffa Health & Nutrition,
Schouten USA and SoyLife Nederland, has sold the the assests of its
brewery division in a bid to concentrate...
More than half the women participating in a trial in New Zealand
stopped taking HRT after last year's Women's Health study, report
researchers this week. Are natural supplements filling the gap?
Controversial new rules in the US on the labelling of trans fatty
acids (TFAs) on food products continue to meet with opposition from
food manufacturers. On Thursday the National Food Processors
Association - the industry body - voiced...
Two years after the company went public, $20 billion US oilseed
giant Bunge declares a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.11 per
share following swiftly on from strong second quarter earnings
announced in July this year.
The new owner of Opta Food Ingredients is to sell the company's
45,000 square feet headquarters at a price of $4.85 million, said
Canadian company Stake technology this week.
Steady but unsensational growth is earmarked for soy products in
the US with market analysts predicting a 5.4 per cent rise year on
year to $8.6 billion (€7.3bn) in 2007. But demand for industrial
applications are poised for a surge...
French ingredients company Diana Vegetal, a partner of North
American group RFI Ingredients, has introduced a patent-pending
apple extract under the Phytonutriance name.
Scientists are set to build on existing knowledge relating to the
influence botanical extracts may have on our health as US national
body earmarks millions of dollars in funding for a range of new
projects on cereals, fruits, legumes,...
Ingredients firm Acatris has introduced a new product which has the
potential to surpass the rapidly growing sales of its Soylife soy
isoflavones, according to its president.
One more study added to the growing stock of evidence suggesting
tea is beneficial for our health with scientists in the US finding
tea could lower blood cholesterol.
LMC, the Danish Centre for Advanced Food Studies, is the first
recipient of the Danisco Food Award for its innovative work in the
field of food research.
Research in Conneticut finds that three servings of milk a day
combined with a strength training programme helps adolescent boys
build greater bond density compared to those who simply drank
juice.
The United States agriculture department (USDA)is planning to revise the country's poultry label rules. There is a possibility that this will bring about price rises.
Freshly formed Bunge-Dupont soy ingredient joint venture, The Solae
Company, is to plunge into flavors and to work on the taste of soy
protein through a new collaboration with flavor scientists at the
Linguagen corporation.
Fresh from acquiring starch derivatives company Cerestar,
privately-held US company Cargill throws another European
ingredients company into its shopping trolley with the purchase of
French cocoa and chocolate ingredients company...
Millions of animals could be needlessly slaughtered and billions of
euros lost from economies, unless the world backs an international
science team to develop new tools to fight foot-and-mouth disease,
claims a network of scientists...
US soybean processor ADM is launching its organic whole soybean
powder NutriSoy on the European market at next month's Food
Ingredients Europe. The product has been nominated for the 'most
innovative ingredient' award.
