News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
The plastic container market for beverages in the US will grow 4.8% annually to 71 billion units in 2008 while the market for plastic food bottles will grow 4.9% annually to 11.1 billion units in 2008, according to a study by the Freedonia Group, a...
KHS Kisters of Germany has launched a machine to make, process and pack shrink packed goods for the beverage, food and non-food industries.
A new DNA-based test could make the identification of fungi that cause Fusarium head blight (FHB) in cereal grains far easier to detect.
Trans fatty acids could 'modestly' increase the risk of gallstone disease, say US researchers, providing yet more evidence to encourage food makers to remove these fats from food formulations.