News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Scientists from the Institute of Food Research (IFR), UK, have found that specific probiotics - beneficial bacteria - can destroy pathogenic bacteria living in the gut of poultry. The discovery could help remove the threat of bacterial food poisoning...
A cauliflower with 25 times more vitamin A than its 'regular' sister could meet the daily needs of consumers with the new vegetable now available on the market.
Green members of parliament in Europe have laid out a ten point plan to tackle the causes of food scares such as BSE, salmonella and toxic residues in farmed salmon to 'restore consumer confidence in the way food is produced,' reports CORDIS
Sugar giant British Sugar helped boost six month results for its parent, food and ingredients firm Associated British Foods, which this week reported double-digit growth in profits. But international agency Oxfam has criticised the EU sugar regime...