New Lovibond® EComparator 2000 Pt Co – The best of both worlds
18 April 2016 | By The Tintometer® Group
Progressing from visual to automatic colour measurement...
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New UK centres for agricultural innovation
18 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
As well as helping to translate agricultural innovation into commercial opportunities, the new centres will help to revolutionise farming practices...
Consumers most likely to look at calories first on nutritional panels
18 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The Hartman Group have produced an infographic on consumer habits when reading the nutritional panels that currently accompany food and drink items...
Sugar compounds in milk nourish infants
18 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The findings of a new study suggest that cow's milk could be a source of selective oligosaccharides that could make therapeutic prebiotics for infants...
Mars completes acquisition of cocoa farm Hacienda La Chola
18 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The acquisition of Hacienda La Chola will expand Mars’ network of research farms, which includes facilities in Brazil and Indonesia...
EFSA calls for more data on sulphites to ‘fully confirm’ safety
15 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
EFSA recommends that the temporary group acceptable daily intake for sulphites should be re-evaluated within five years when new data is available.
Honey Analysis with RX altona
15 April 2016 | By Randox Food Diagnostics
Randox Food Diagnostics now offers quick and easy analysis of diastase and total sugar with the RX altona...
Mars to label some products ‘occasional’ in health initiative
15 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
As part of Mars' Health and Wellbeing Ambition, the company will add nutritional adding guidance on products that should only be consumed once per week...
Nutrition industry set for a major innovation boom
14 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
This year is set to herald a major innovation boom in the nutraceutical industry, according to a survey carried out for Vitafoods Europe 2016...
Second authorised 13.5 health claim this year for Beneo’s chicory root fibres
14 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The announcement comes just three months after the company received its first 13.5 health claim for its chicory inulin at the beginning of the year...
Glyphosate should be authorised for just 7 years and professional use only
14 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Because of concerns over the carcinogenicity of glyphosate, the EU Parliament has said that the EC should renew its marketing approval for just 7 years...
NSF International launches HCV EU – a HACCP Compliance Verification service for European commercial food equipment
13 April 2016 | By NSF International
This is the first compliance verification program to cover hygienic quality of commercial food equipment following European guidelines and legislation...
Managing Dairy Volatility conference coming to Northern Ireland
13 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The Ulster Farmers Union and Dairy UK (NI) have launched plans for a major conference next month to focus on dairy volatility...
The importance of viscosity measurement in food production and processing
High-quality food is becoming increasingly important to consumers. In this industrial sector, manufacturing products that meet the high demands of the end users poses a challenge to analysts. Therefore, related measurements must be quick and accurate and should not be too expensive. This particularly applies to physical measuring variables like…
Replacing butter with vegetable oil may not decrease heart disease risk
13 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content producer
The findings of a study suggest that using vegetable oils high in linoleic acid might be worse than using butter when it comes to preventing heart disease...
