News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
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Flour analysis can now happen faster and identify defects in individual wheat lots with Mühlenchemie’s new on-site pilot mill, says the head of R&D.
The E.coli outbreak at Canada’s XL Foods meat processing plant was the result of failures by plant staff and food safety officials, an independent review panel has found.
US pork and beef export volumes saw some recovery in April, but are still lagging behind last year’s levels, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture.
Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of the poor and the hungry
Consumerism has made people 'accustomed' to wasting food and 'unable to see its real value', according to the Pope.
US consumers don’t have the habit of eating hot cereal, but they are very open to new concepts and the Special K Nourish launch should do very well, says an analyst.
General Mills has issued a voluntary recall on its Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal over concerns the product may contain salmonella.
Natural & Clean Label Trends 2013
If it sounds like a ‘chemical’, or isn’t in the kitchen cupboard, shoppers may regard it with suspicion. But which ingredients are 'acceptable' to today's consumers, which are to be avoided, and who decides?
A Portuguese member of the European Parliament (MEP) Nuno Teixeira has raised concerns about the safety of Brazilian beef after learning that two shipments of Brazilian beef have been blocked in the port of Rotterdam after testing positive for the...
Contract food processing operation Stay Fresh Foods is bringing in a second high-pressure processing (HPP) line in its Meridien, CT facility.
Sales of green products and services increased right through the recent economic downturn, with sales of organic foods and beverages among the leading categories, a new report says.
A US court says a class action alleging that Associated British Foods (ABF) brand Twinings broke the law by labeling green, black and white teas as a ‘natural source of antioxidants’ may proceed.
Mars and Nestlé have been charged by the Canada’s competition watchdog for allegedly fixing the price of chocolate.