Latest News in the food Industry

23 Feb 2015

Barry Callebaut has announced that the European Patent Office has awarded it a patent on reduced fat chocolate. With this patent, Barry Callebaut said that it continues to broaden its innovation-based product offering of reformulated products. The comp...

23 Feb 2015

Snacks are a popular component of the diet, notes Campden BRI, addressing the needs of the modern way of life, and points out that the snack food sector is subject to the same pressures and challenges as the rest of the food industry. However, it is of...

20 Feb 2015

Hershey has announced it is to begin a transition to simple and easy-to-understand ingredients. This, the company said, builds and expands on Hershey’s ongoing commitment to responsibly sourcing the ingredients it uses in its product portfolio. “As con...

20 Feb 2015

Barry Callebaut has announced that the European Patent Office has awarded it a patent on reduced fat chocolate. With this patent, Barry Callebaut said that it continues to broaden its innovation-based product offering of reformulated products. The comp...

19 Feb 2015

DSM has published the results of a survey it conducted on the international perception of yogurt amongst 6,000 men and women  in Brazil, China, France, Poland, Turkey as well as the USA. Among its conclusions are that, encouragingly for yogurt manufact...

19 Feb 2015

Celebrating 50 years serving the healthy lifestyles of the Japanese, health and wellness company Q’SAI has announced the formation of Q’SAI USA, a new United States wholly owned subsidiary that will soon introduce American versions of healt...

19 Feb 2015

Arla has issued an update on how it sees the market and its performance ahead of publication of its annual results later this month. 2014 was a complex year, the company said. The farmer-owned company achieved one of its best results ever in a market i...

18 Feb 2015

Salt of the Earth has launched its Umami-Essence Sea Salt ingredient which is especially designed for a comprehensive range of sauces. Using Umami-Essence Sea Salt in a new or existing product formulation can help dramatically decrease sodium levels—in...

18 Feb 2015

Mondelez International has announced the acquisition of Enjoy Life Foods, a private U.S. snacking company said to be the market-leading brand in the fast-growing “free from” segment with more than 40 products including cookies, chocolate, s...

18 Feb 2015

Sorting solutions company TOMRA has been named as a Ruban d’Honneur recipient and one of ten finalists for the 2014-15 European Business Awards in the category “The Business of the Year with Turnover of €150m or higher.” The European Business Awards re...

18 Feb 2015

Biesterfeld Spezialchemie of Hamburg has taken over the distribution of vitamin and mineral substances from MIAVIT, a company based in Essen, in Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Ukraine. “The cooperation with MIAVIT adds customised vitamin and min...

17 Feb 2015

Following the adoption by the EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS) in 2009 of a scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of Allura Red AC (E 129) used as a food additive, in which the Panel concluded that, at the high le...