News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Indian spice processor Vallabhdas Kanji Limited (VKL) has started commercial shipments from its new pepper plant in Vietnam; it claims the new facility makes it the only processor in the main pepper-producing countries with steam sterilisation...
American scientists have reported the development of a variety of hybrid rice with improved cooking quality and double the protein content of normal rice.
Israeli firm Enzymotec has received GRAS status for its PS cognitive health ingredient, opening up the US functional food and beverage market for the product.
Lycopene may show benefits against benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), a condition said to affect more than half of all men over the age of 50, suggests a new study from Germany.
The US branch of Krispy Kreme has finally decided to remove trans fat from its products, following similar moves by the company's divisions in the UK and Australia last year.
Using the asparaginase enzyme to treat French fries could reduce the formation of acrylamide by 60 per cent, a joint Chilean-Danish study has reported.