News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Children with lactose intolerance are missing out on essential nutrients by avoiding dairy, and could benefit from probiotics and aged cheeses, say a review from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
Products containing Forbes Medi-Tech's Reducol plant sterols have proved popular in Finnish supermarket Kesko - so much so that it is expanding its Pirkko range to include a non-dairy margarine.
Egypt achieved the worlds highest national average rice yield in 2005, with production boosted by hybrids developed locally under an FAO-led project.
Adding carrageenans to egg white ovalbumin improves the gelling ability of the egg protein and could spark a "great interest using liquid egg as gelling agents", says research from Spain.
Most Americans are not consuming enough of the daily recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables, according to research by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the National Cancer Institute.
European sweetener supplier InnoSweet GmbH is to enter the US market, after opening its first sales office in the nation early this week.
Eskimo Pie Corporation, a subsidiary of CoolBrands International, is to sell its dairy ingredients division to a leading manufacturer of specialty flavors for the ice cream industry, it emerged last week.