Breaking News on Food Processing & Packaging

New bread aromas enhance taste in salt reduced products

24-Jun-2008 - Ingredients and flavours supplier Synergy has developed a range of natural bread aromas designed to capture artisan bakery qualities in products with a reduced salt content.

Weekly comment

GM: Breaking the stalemate

23-Jun-2008 - Food industry voices are joining those of politicians in the GM debate, hailing the controversial technology as the answer to the food supply crisis. But the hearts and minds of consumers must still be won.

Firms hiring illegal workers named online

23-Jun-2008 - UK employers who hire illegal workers are being named and shamed on the website of the UK Border Agency (UKBA), which is responsible for controlling migration into the UK.

New group to boost Welsh food sector skills

23-Jun-2008 - The Welsh food sector received a boost last week with the launch of the Food Industry Skills Strategy Group dedicated to strengthening workforce skills and experience.

UK food processors and hauliers urge fuel duty measures

20-Jun-2008 - Stabilisation of fuel prices through tax measures can help ease the pressure on the food supply chain more than energy efficiency moves, claim the UK haulage and food manufacturer associations.

Foodmakers welcome MEPs amendment on by-products

19-Jun-2008 - The adoption by MEPs this week of amendments to the European Waste Framework Directive has been welcomed by the Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries in the EU (CIAA).

News focus: Pectin

Pectin: Providing solutions for healthy foods

19-Jun-2008 - Health and wellness is creeping in to every aspect of the food industry. In the third in an in-depth special series, FoodNavigator examines the potential for pectin offer formulation solutions when targeting the health and wellness trend.

Conquering egg allergenicity without compromising functionality: review

19-Jun-2008 - The continuing prevalence of egg allergies, and its implications for food manufacturing and labelling practices, has led to a scientific review on methods to reduce product allergenicity.

Food processors cut food miles by sharing transport

18-Jun-2008 - A collaboration between leading food manufacturers and retailers aims to reduce the environmental impact of transporting food and groceries in the UK, claims scheme pioneer IGD.

High fibre barley provides bakers with health spin

18-Jun-2008 - Bakers designing muffin and bread formulations for the health conscious consumer can soon access a high-fibre barley grain as Australia's national science laboratory (CSIRO) signs a deal to bring large scale commercial crops of its Barleymax grain to food makers.

Innovation required to milk sheep and camel dairy potential

18-Jun-2008 - Milk derived from sheep, buffalo and even camels could open up promising new avenues for dairy processors, providing that innovation and investment is made to squeeze their potential.

Cost hikes from BASF to impact packaging suppliers

17-Jun-2008 - BASF, a major supplier of polymers and other chemicals for use in a variety of industries like consumer packaging, said that it is raising the prices for its paper and card board dispersions by up to 20 per cent with immediate effect.

EU ups the ante with competitiveness group

17-Jun-2008 - The European Commission is focusing on competitiveness, innovation and safety in the food industry through the formation of a new high level group.

Scientists aim to cut risk posed by Ug99 to wheat supplies

17-Jun-2008 - US Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed wheat lines resistance to a stem rust fungus, which is threatening crop and adding to existing problems of rising costs and a 30-year low for stockpiles.

Weekly comment

The value of hyperactive curiosity

16-Jun-2008 - For a little yellow flower, it's ignited a huge debate. Believe the headlines and St John's wort won't help hyperactive kids, but last week's study asks more questions than it answers. It's time to put funding disclosures in the dock.

French retailer in green labelling initiative

16-Jun-2008 - French retailer, Casino, has launched a carbon labelling initiative on a selection of its private label products.

Chr Hansen to launch next generation cheese coagulant

16-Jun-2008 - Denmark's Chr Hansen is set to launch a second-generation Fermentation Produced Chymosin (FPC) for the cheese market, promising cost-efficiency and better process control.

Costs to food business to rise if GM zero-tolerance prevails, warns CIAA

16-Jun-2008 - Europe's vast food industry calls for an end to 'uncertainty' over non EU-approved GM traces in foodstuffs, warning that new risks on the horizon could bring massive costs to the European supply chain.

Rising costs could cook up opportunity for UK organic bakers

13-Jun-2008 - The rising costs of fertilisers and other agricultural inputs could boost the output of organic foods and provide more locally sourced grain for organic bakers.

ICCO clarifies EC pesticide residues regulations

13-Jun-2008 - The International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) is reminding those in the cocoa and related industries that the EU Legislation on Pesticide Residues will apply to all beans entering the European Union from 1 September 2008.

Rice future dependent on science here and now: IRRI

12-Jun-2008 - As food prices and demand continue to dominate global politics, Dr. Achim Dobermann, newly appointed deputy director general for research at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), talked to FoodNavigator about the science and future of rice.

Forum to tackle global drink maker concerns

12-Jun-2008 - A two-day conference to allow the alcoholic beverage industry to discuss the latest regulatory and sustainable challenges kicks off today, says organisers, the International Federation of Wines and Spirits (FIVS).

Vegetable oil prices set to stay high, US warns

12-Jun-2008 - Vegetable oil prices are expected to remain high into the coming 2008/09 season as surging demand from the developing world outpaces production, predicts the US agriculture department.

Supply uncertainty drives ingredient firm expansion

11-Jun-2008 - Dairy ingredients group Meadow Foods says it is aiming for further expansion within its operations as part of moves to offset spiralling energy and distribution costs.