News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has created the board of its new Reagan-Udall Foundation, taking the agency one step closer to its goal of enhancing the development and safety of food and food ingredients.
The rise in health and wellness, a 'sea of change' in the food industry, is creating challenges for formulators, but hydrocolloid companies can offer solutions, says CP Kelco.
Kerry Group is in negotiations over the sale of its fruit ingredients division, with a possible bidder rumoured to be Swedish private equity company Industri Kapital.
Frutarom has snapped up RAD Natural Technologies in its seventh acquisition of the year - a move that adds to its growing weight in the taste and health arena.
Antioxidant testing of nutrients has taken a leap forward as Cornell University scientists report a new assay that moves the quantification of antioxidant activity from the test tube to measuring bioactivity inside cells.