News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
The UK's competition watchdog has moved to calm a potential storm between the government and the food and drink industry after warning an industry association that new goals for healthier products could lead to a breach of competition law, writes...
Breakthroughs in the lab provide food makers with a competitively priced technology designed by Danish enzyme leader Novozymes to cut the artery-clogging trans fats out of food products, writes Lindsey Partos.
Illegal production of refined sugar in Russia has had a devastating impact on prices there, with 'underground' producers able to undercut official processors by a substantial margin through the use of much lower quality sugar. Angela Drujinina reports.
Central European Distribution Corporation (CEDC) has acquired yet another Polish alcohol distribution company, taking the number of companies owned by the Florida-based holding to 13. But the company is now keen to launch its own products, and will...
Unipro Bakery, a subsidiary of CSM, has merged its Dutch logistical operations for frozen products with Douwe Egberts and Masterfoods in order to make significant environmental and cost savings.
In her introductory speech before the European Parliament last week, farm chief designate Mariann Fischer Boel signalled that sugar reform and defending EU products at WTO talks were among the key challenges for EU agriculture over the next five years.
A leading French food scientist has identified the drive to achieve smaller, more integrated machinery as a key trend in food production, and says that most advances can be found in the packaging sector.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued a favourable opinion concerning the use of a new antimicrobial agent in food contact applications.
Food companies around Europe are adding heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids to traditional products as they seek to meet increasing consumer demand for healthy food.