News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
New techniques to minimise the risk of the harmful food pathogen E. coli in the food chain sees the launch of rapid detection system that could speed up identification and reduce costs for the meat industry.
Tharos Laboratories has developed a natural sleep supplement which claims to aid restful sleep through all its phases and promote alertness during the daytime.
Tightening up traceability rules to slice away risk to the food chain, with the entry of 2005 food industry firms are now required to notify local authorities, suggesting food alerts may rise this year.
Food makers are one step closer to being able to identify what makes a protein more likely to become an allergen and consequently slicing them out of food formulations with UK researchers finding over a hundred allergens could be classified into just...
US sweetener company zuChem will launch its initial mannitol product in the first quarter of 2005 on the back of the FDA's recent amendment to its legislation governing the sweetener, reports Philippa Nuttall.
A report from market researcher Mintel suggests that soy may be falling out of favor with consumers, and that food manufacturers are having to be more imaginative in their bid to encourage them to include it in their diets.