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Europe: Tea may improve mood, excite creative thinking, say researchers
Unilever scientists investigated the immediate effects of tea consumption and found that a cup of black tea improved mood and tended to enhance creative...
Europe: Food wholesaler installs Ishida multihead weighing technology
Germany-based East European food wholesaler Monolith Fleisch und Teigwaren is using Ishida mulithead weighing technology to substantially increase its output and embark on a...
Europe: Researchers develop cooling technique for ultracold gases as possible refrigerants
Physicists at the University of Basel have developed a cooling technique for mechanical quantum systems.
Using an ultracold atomic gas, the vibrations of a membrane...
World: Canadean predicts spices, healthy foods, fusion flavors trends in 2015
As the end of 2014 draws near, Canadean forecasts the top trends which will influence consumer behavior in 2015, and provides an insight into...
Americas: Researchers create sensors to detect gases, pollutants
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) chemists have devised a new way to wirelessly detect hazardous gases and environmental pollutants, using a simple sensor that...
Europe: UK’s contract catering market shows signs of recovery
The outsourced contract catering industry in the UK involves providing meals in a wide variety of places including businesses, industry, schools, universities, leisure centers,...
Asia Pacific: Medical foods supply to grow, finds report
Medical foods are often confused with dietary supplements and functional foods that are neither targeted for specific disease conditions nor require medical supervision for...
World: Frozen foods market to grow to US$261.50B in 2015, says report
The global frozen food market is expected to grow from $218.41 billion in 2010 to US$261.50 billion in 2015 at an estimated compound annual...
Asia Pacific: Chinese found to consume more yogurt, finds DSM
DSM has published a paper investigating the reasons behind rising yogurt consumption in China and provides new insights in how health-conscious, lactose-intolerant Chinese are...
World: Asia, US invest in creating market-ready bioplastics products, finds report
Bioplastics production capacity is set to increase from around 1.6 million tons in 2013 to approximately 6.7 million tons by 2018, according to the...