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Ecolab buys into wastewater management

Pernod Ricard divests for key-brand drive

Protein-rich flours offer potential for gluten-free foods

 
   
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Food firms to trial UK carbon footprint standard
The UK-based Carbon Trust has announced that five food and drinks companies will make up a third wave of new partners to trial a new standard for assessing carbon emissions... Read


Co-op to eliminate caged eggs, reduce packaging
UK supermarket Co-op has announced it will place more emphasis on Fairtrade, free range, and packaging reduction, a move that puts more pressure on food companies to improve their environmental and ethical credentials... Read


Ecolab buys into wastewater management
Ecolab, a global supplier of hygiene and safety systems, hopes to step up its focus on sustainable water and energy supply for the beverage and food industries with its latest acquisition... Read


Pernod Ricard divests for key-brand drive
Spirit group Pernod Ricard is to sell off 14 sherry and brandy labels, excluding its Domecq brand, as it continues to focus on strong growth in the premium liquors segment... Read


Protein-rich flours offer potential for gluten-free foods
Adding soybean and pea proteins isolates and transglutaminase to rice flour may find potential in the rapidly growing gluten-free market, suggests new research... Read


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Saturated fat harder to cut than salt, says FSA
The UK's Food Standards Agency today published its saturated fat and energy intake reduction programme, in which it accepts that cutting back will pose technical challenges for food manufacturers, but it plans... Read


Astaxanthin may boost muscle endurance and fat loss
Astaxanthin, the carotenoid mostly associated with eye health, may enhance the burning of fat during exercise and lead to improved muscle endurance, suggests a new study with mice that needs to be repeated in humans... Read


Fine and flavour cocoa export market grows
A panel of experts recommend that more countries be recognised as fine or flavour cocoa producing countries in order to provide new opportunities for trade... Read


Wrigley profits up on Europe and Asia sales
US-based chewing gum firm Wrigley today posted full year growth in both operating profit and margins, thanks to international and developing market sales... Read

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Branding Vs label info: who's the enemy?

Product branding and information provided to consumers on food labels are again at loggerheads, and industry doesn't seem likely to accept new EU labelling proposals without a fight. Read



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New system targets precision weighing in wet areas
A new weighing system allows manufacturers to ensure that finished food packs can be weighed in wet areas with net filling quantities starting from 5g... Read


UK prepares new standard on carbon emissions
A new standard for measuring embodied greenhouse gases in products and services could help food manufacturers reduce their carbon footprint, according to Campden Chorleywood Food Research Association (CCFRA)... Read


Cadbury adopts new paghogen testing system
Global confectionery giant Cadbury has stepped up its microbiological surveillance by adopting the Pathatrix pathogen testing system, according to its creator... Read


Fickle European GM policies stifle competition, say experts
The unstable political situation surrounding the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops is restricting university research and pushing small companies out of the arena, thereby restricting competition,... Read


Confectionery packing technology set for Interpack launch
Packaging manufacturer TNA will launch six new technologies, aimed at improving confectionery and snack packing, at the Interpack trade show in Germany in April... Read

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