National Starch seeks EU novel food status for dietary fibre
National Starch seeks to tap into the growing dietary fibre market, applying for EU approval of a resistant starch as a novel food ingredient.
Archives for August 31, 2005
Nutritionals among few bright spots during Glanbia first half
Irish dairy group Glanbia will be wishing it made a bigger investment in nutritional ingredients sooner than it did, as it revealed a 13 per cent drop in half year operating profits yesterday owing to difficult conditions in chilled dairy and...
EU to develop new grain varieties to combat metabolic syndrome
Health-promoting cereal foods and ingredients aimed at fighting metabolic syndrome are to be developed in a five-year project involving 43 partners from 15 European countries.
MIT launches RFID, Internet project
As part of its programme to develop a seamless system for tracking goods through the supply chain, MIT's Auto-ID Laboratory is in the process of building a software simulation to study how data will flow to global trading partners using radio...
Bakemark UK launches trans fat-free margarine for cake makers
UK bakery ingredients BakeMark UK firm rolls out a trans fat-free margarine for cake makers, the latest in a series of launches as the firm sets to phase out hydrogenated fats from its entire manufactured product range by the end of 2005.