HFI acquires plan-based ingredients company Suntava
9 December 2015 | By Victoria White
Suntava is a plant-based specialty ingredients company best known for its proprietary Suntava Purple Corn...
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Nestlé UK & Ireland sources 100% certified sustainable cocoa
9 December 2015 | By Victoria White
Nestlé UK & Ireland has reached its target to source 100% certified sustainable cocoa for its chocolate confectionery and biscuits becoming the first major confectionery company in the UK and Ireland to do so...
Arla unveils its new strategy to take it into the next decade
9 December 2015 | By Victoria White
Unveiling its new Strategy 2020, Arla is setting out to grow its business in eight global dairy categories and six market regions around the world...
Excessive consumption of green tea may be unhealthy, study finds
9 December 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers have discovered that excessive consumption of green tea adversely affect the development and reproduction in fruit fly populations. It is unclear whether overconsumption could have the same impact on humans, but the findings suggest caution when using green tea in high doses...
Researchers develop method for higher wheat flour purity
9 December 2015 | By Victoria White
The test introduces sophisticated molecular methods that focus on high, endosperm purity in flour extracted from wheat kernels...
FSS recommends new Scottish Dietary Goals
9 December 2015 | By Victoria White
The proposed revised goals are to reduce sugar to 5% of total energy, increase dietary fibre intake to 30g per day, and to maintain total carbohydrate at 50% of total energy with no more than 5% total energy from sugar...
WFSI’s stevia sweetener solutions ready for the Indian market
9 December 2015 | By Victoria White
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India approved the use of steviol glycosides as a non-nutritive sweetener last month and WFSI is ready with its stevia solutions...
Dietary supplements and age-related brain deterioration
8 December 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers are study the effect of the amino acid tryptophan and of a specifically developed multispecies probiotic on age-related brain deterioration...
The hunt for low acrylamide potatoes
8 December 2015 | By Victoria White
A group of researchers have set out to identify potato varieties that form less acrylamide by assessing more than 140 potato varieties...
Kellogg Company announces ambitious emission targets
8 December 2015 | By Victoria White
The company plans to cut GHG emissions by 65% across its own operations, known as Scope 1 and 2, and, for the first time work with suppliers, known as Scope 3, to help reduce their emissions by 50% by 2050...
Evolva launches valencene orange flavour ingredient
7 December 2015 | By Victoria White
Evolva has developed a cost efficient manufacturing process at large production scale for valencene...
UK food and drink manufacturers to treble apprenticeships
7 December 2015 | By Victoria White
Dame Fiona Kendrick, President of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), has announced a pledge to treble apprenticeships in the food and drink industry and grow value-added food and drink exports by a third by 2020...
Consumers “completely confused” about cod, says MSC
7 December 2015 | By Victoria White
Consumers are still “completely confused” about whether or not they can eat cod with a clear conscience, according to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)...
WHO estimates global burden of foodborne diseases
4 December 2015 | By Victoria White
Almost one third of all deaths from foodborne diseases are in children under the age of 5 years, finds a World Health Organization report...
Hughes Mushrooms’ FilledFullOf range scoops Tesco listing
4 December 2015 | By Victoria White
Developed by the leading Northern Irish-based mushroom producer, the new ready-prepared selection is being rolled into 15 Tesco stores across Northern Ireland...
