News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The quest to produce a sweetener with the most sugar-like taste continues with PureCircle identifying two different ways of producing significant amounts of Reb D and Reb M, two in-demand steviol glycosides that are less abundant in conventional stevia...
The combination of astaxanthin and sesamin (AS) may help promote recovery from mental and physical fatigue, according to a study from Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan.
Campbell Soup has been targeted in a lawsuit alleging that it falsely advertises its V8 Splash flavored juice products as “healthy, natural beverages brimming with healthful fruit and vegetable juices” when in fact the brand is “artificially-flavored...
UK-based tea specialist Finlays has opened a 28,000sq ft $17m R&D center in the Quonset Business Park in North Kingstown, Rhode Island dedicated to “researching and exploring new innovations, products and techniques for tea and natural beverages."
State of Organic Industry Part 1
While overall US dairy milk sales are in virtual freefall, the organic industry has managed to stay one step ahead so far, but it is nearing saturation with fluid milk and needs to find new outlets to reach the “next level of penetration,” according to...
With a successful series A fundraise of $8 million announced today, nutrition-related data services and analytics firm Nutrino wants to build “the world’s largest and most adaptable nutrition insights platform” in part to help manufacturers track trends,...
Marfrig Global Foods has reached an agreement to acquire 51% of the membership interests in US processor National Beef Packing Company for US$969 million (m).