News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Start-up Green Sheep Water hopes that using aluminum bottles to package its recently launched water will reduce the nearly 990 plastic bottles that Americans use every second that end up in the landfill or ocean.
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have voted to allow individual countries within the EU to ban the cultivation of genetically modified food crops on their soil, even if the EU has already approved them for wider cultivation.
News in Brief
The FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) will begin the new year with a new director and a new direction. Public health scientist Susan Mayne will take over from Michael Landa in January 2015.
Food manufacturers understand that “No HFCS” claims are not resonating with consumers, suggests data from Mintel and Nielsen.
US government plans to create an industry funded ‘checkoff’ programme for beef have been dismissed as a “waste of producer dollars” by sector leaders.
American food safety equipment manufacturer Volk Enterprises has launched a new thermometer, Cook’d Right, for the meat and poultry sectors.
John Gagliardi let his experience as a college and professional lacrosse player guide his choices when it came to formulating his new energy beverage company. Called Titan Tea, the product line is based on black tea and D-ribose as primary ingredients.