News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
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Disease-resistant wheat that can up yields developed, global pest problem is a cause for concern, annual effects of climate change are identified, methods to reduce aflatoxin contamination investigated.
Lightweighted containers, reduced material use, improved recycling awareness—many shifts in the US waste stream points toward food packaging having a better impact on the environment than ever before.
High-pressure processing is gaining popularity in food and beverage processing; Universal Pasteurization is opening its doors to give food professionals a chance to check it out for themselves.
Snacking on ideas with Sally Lyons Wyatt: Part I
Snack makers survived a difficult 2013 with increased competition forming a much larger battleground that included quick-serve, online and even airlines, says a leading sector analyst.
The US Food and Drug Administration has upheld its authorization of Lallemand’s enriched yeast after investigating objections from AB Mauri.
UK scientists have developed the largest wheat genotyping array to date that should enable more targeted, speedy wheat breeding.
5-minutes: Chewing over GMOs with the Snack Food Association
Genetically modified organisms are safe and there is a need and place for them in the market, but manufacturers are removing them for fear of class actions, says the CEO of the Snack Food Association.
CST Wastewater Solutions to install $5m GWE COHRAL system
Nippon Meat Packers, which owns beef processing factory Oakey Abbatoir in Queensland, Australia, will install Global Water Engineering (GWE) technology by CST Wastewater Solutions to create a Covered High Rate Anaerobic Lagoon (COHRAL) waste water stream.
Bite-size Milling & Grains news
Mexico issued a ban on the planting and selling of genetically modified corn, UK winter cropping areas are up 14%, Agspring buys General Mills’ Idaho grain ops, and IGC forecasts a slight rebound for the global wheat flour trade.
Revoking the GRAS status of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) in a bid to crack down on artificial trans fats is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, says the American Bakers Association (ABA), which has urged the FDA to consider four alternative...