Latest news in the food and nutraceutical industry

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...

17 Feb 2015

International Flavors & Fragrances has reported a fourth quarter sales increase of $30.9 million, or 4%, to $756.1 million from $725.2 million in the prior year quarter. Local currency sales increased 7%. Adjusted operating profit increased $20.6 m...

17 Feb 2015

Fonterra has commissioned its new dairy ingredients plant in Heerenveen, in the north of the Netherlands. The plant produces whey and lactose specialty ingredients that will be used in high-value paediatric, maternal, and sports nutrition products by F...

16 Feb 2015

Probiotics company BioGaia has announced its full-year financial results. “A sales growth of 22% (including licence revenue from Nestlé 53 %) and an operating margin of 26% for the full year 2014, can only be summed up as a successful year,” said Peter...

16 Feb 2015

According to a blog post by Jack Skelly, Research Analyst at Euromonitor International, the world’s tolerance for hot sauces appears to be rising. From a global perspective, sales of spicy chili sauces grew by nearly twice as much as packaged food in t...

16 Feb 2015

Meat used as an ingredient in processed foods, such as lasagne, should be labelled by country of origin as is already the case with bovine fresh meat, MEPs have said. They have called on the European Commission, which published a report on the issue in...

16 Feb 2015

Drinking red grape juice or wine – in moderation – could improve the health of overweight people by helping them burn fat better, according to a new study coauthored by an Oregon State University researcher. The findings suggest that consuming dark-col...