Latest News in the food Industry

17 Dec 2014

A simple potato extract may limit weight gain from a diet that is high in fat and refined carbohydrates, according to scientists at McGill University. The results of their recent study were so surprising that the investigators said they repeated the ex...

17 Dec 2014

Danone’s board of directors has reviewed the company’s situation and prospects. Danone confirmed its 2014 targets including organic growth of over 4.5% and trading operating margin down less than 20 basis points like-for-like. Free cash-flow will be be...

17 Dec 2014

ADM has reached an agreement to sell its global cocoa business to Olam International for $1.3 billion, subject to customary adjustments. “We are continuing to actively manage our portfolio to create shareholder value by improving returns and dampening ...

16 Dec 2014

According to 10 Key Trends in Food, Nutrition and Health 2015, the new food and health trend forecast from New Nutrition Business, the weight wellness market is at a tipping point, and in 2015 big name brands like Weight Watchers will continue to see s...

16 Dec 2014

Barry Callebaut has announced that its Cocoa Horizons Truck has passed the symbolic milestone of 10,000 km and reached 33,000 participants, less than a year after the start of its journey into remote cocoa growing areas of Côte d’Ivoire. Last week, the...

16 Dec 2014

Scientists at the University of Strathclyde and City University of New York have created methods that are said to dramatically simplify the discovery of biological gels for food, cosmetics and biomedicine, as published in the journal Nature Chemistry. ...

16 Dec 2014

The brain responds differently to two kinds of sugar, according to a report at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology annual meeting in Phoenix Arizona. The study suggests that fructose heightens the response of brain reward circuits to food c...

15 Dec 2014

EFSA scientists have met to discuss some 100 comments with the contributors to a recent public consultation on acrylamide in food, a contaminant that forms in starchy foods as a result of high temperature food processing, including cooking. The comment...

15 Dec 2014

Parkinson’s disease sufferers have a different microbiota in their intestines than their healthy counterparts, according to a study conducted at the University of Helsinki and the Helsinki University Central Hospital. Researchers are now trying to dete...

15 Dec 2014

Latest indications confirm that world cereal production will reach an all-time record of more than 2.5 billion tonnes in 2014, according to the FAO. Buoyed by bumper crops in Europe and a record maize output in the United States of America, this year&#...

15 Dec 2014

Legislation in European countries relating to materials in contact with food is regularly evolving, notes Campden BRI, in response to which the company has organised a seminar to be held on 24 March 2015. It will focus on the challenges associated with...

12 Dec 2014

Scientists have developed an ingredient that can be added to foods to make them more filling. In its first tests in humans, researchers at Imperial College London and the University of Glasgow found that the ingredient is effective at preventing weight...