News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
'It is incorrect to focus on any specific food or ingredient in attempting to address obesity,' cautions the US food industry, in the face of mounting criticism that sugar intake plays a key role in today's overweight society.
Days after EU ministers at the Agriculture Council huddled together to chew over impending changes to the sugar regime, leading sweeteners group Tate & Lyle tells the market that no surprises are in store for 2005.
New research appears to absolve the soft drinks industry from responsibility for the low calcium intake among US adolescents but it suggests that creative and effective ways of increasing levels of the mineral, such as through fortified milks, should...