News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The US government has released a reader-friendly brochure designed to back up the MyPyramid nutritional guidelines, in the hope that this will allow the guidelines to become accessible to a wider range of consumers.
The department of environment, food and rural affairs (Defra) has released a consultative paper seeking views on coexistence of GM crops alongside ordinary crops.
Eight out of the world's top 10 food brands now target children through online marketing, prompting a discussion into current self-regulatory guidelines.
A new Which? report on cereal nutrition, has found many popular breakfast cereals including those for the more health conscious palette to be high in salts, sugars, and fat.
Consumer trend focus
Whatever consumers say they are doing when it comes to making food choices, their actual eating habits reveal something very different, according to industry expert Harry Balzer.
Dutch ingredients firm DSM used the recent IFT trade show in Orlando as a platform to launch its new natural-tasting yeast extract ingredient on the US market.
HortResearch has developed an antioxidant-rich red-fleshed apple that promises to lend to a wide variety of applications in functional beverages, as well as novel marketing potential for formulators.