US body calls for better chicken welfare
US poultry processors have hit back against claims that current production methods pose a risk to animal welfare and food safety.
Archives for November 18, 2013
Canada expands food safety network
Canada has expanded its food safety surveillance system to help prevent foodborne illness.
Tate & Lyle defends sucralose safety after researchers claim the sweetener is “not biologically inert"
Tate & Lyle has reassured consumers that sucralose is a safe ingredient following the publication of a review alleging that the high intensity sweetener is “not biologically inert" and that more research is needed to determine what happens to it...
A thousand years in nature, one year in a lab: How 3D modelling is speeding enzyme evolution
Novozymes has developed a computer modelling system to help it more quickly discover and adapt enzymes for use in foods and consumer goods.
Burcon: Market timing right for pea protein
Functional plant protein supplier Burcon NutraScience Corp. continued its focus on commercializing its “invisible” pea protein isolate Peazazz during the second quarter of fiscal 2014, beginning operations at its semi-works facility, ramping up...
Special edition: Super grains!
Feeling freekeh? InHarvest chef on which ancient grains to back, and telling a good story
While quinoa and chia have stolen much of the limelight, one of the most interesting ‘ancient grains’ to watch is freekeh - wheat that has been harvested early while it is still green and then roasted and cracked - according to one leading supplier of...