Latest News in the food Industry

12 Feb 2015

Müller UK & Ireland Group has confirmed that its standard milk price from March 5, 2015 will be 24.15ppl, a reduction of 1.75ppl. The company took a decision to hold its milk price for February but said that it has since faced a widening gap betwee...

11 Feb 2015

A new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives is among the first to predict a person’s pesticide exposure based on information about their usual diet. The study was led by Cynthia Curl, an assistant professor in Boise State Universit...

11 Feb 2015

EFSA has kicked off its extensive programme of scientific, communication and corporate activities planned for 2015. Key milestones this year will be the adoption of around 400 scientific outputs, the renewal of membership of eight of the Authority’s Sc...

11 Feb 2015

Year after year, the desire to lose weight ranks among the most common resolutions for most Americans, according to market researcher Packaged Facts.  Presently, it says, about 100 million Americans are watching their diet to lose weight or to maintain...

11 Feb 2015

Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-3856, a patented probiotic yeast from Lesaffre’s collection, has received what the company believes is important backing from the scientific community with the publication of a first clinical study in the journal ‘Digest...

10 Feb 2015

With the ambition to multiply its business in Australia fivefold to one billion DKK by 2020, Arla has entered a joint venture with Australia’s largest cheese importer, F. Mayer Imports. The partnership – which sees Arla own a 51% share – will, sa...

10 Feb 2015

Retail shelves are stocked with an abundance of new beverage products, notes Campden BRI, including recent launches of flavoured waters, energy drinks, low alcohol fruit drinks and no/low alcohol beers, lagers and ciders. This rapid innovation presents...

10 Feb 2015

According to a study undertaken by researchers at Australia’s Deakin University and published in the journal Flavour, the existence of a sixth taste elicited by the digestive products of fat (fatty acids) is yet to be confirmed; however, a growing body...

10 Feb 2015

EFSA is giving stakeholders and other interested parties the opportunity to comment on the draft update of its guidance for health claims related to gut and immune function. The guidance, which was first published in 2011, is intended to assist applica...

9 Feb 2015

Barry Callebaut has opened its first German Chocolate Academy centre in Cologne. “We are proud to open one of our excellent Chocolate Academy centres in Germany because Germany is one of the most important markets for chocolate artisanry,” said Philipp...

9 Feb 2015

With the annual sweetener pricing round largely complete, Tate & Lyle has issued a trading statement for the three months ended 31 December 2014. Speciality Food Ingredients, excluding SPLENDA Sucralose, performed in line with expectations, with vo...

9 Feb 2015

Health and wellness start-up fairlife – founded by the Select Milk Producers co-op – has introduced fairlife ultra-filtered milk, which it describes as high quality milk that’s cold-filtered for 50 percent more protein, 30 percent more calc...