Americas: New ingredient for reduced sugar fruit spreads
DuPont Nutrition & Health has developed Grindsted Pectin PRIME 541 for food manufacturers to formulate reduced sugar fruit spreads recipes faster and without processing...
World: Consumers want quick, healthy breakfast, report finds
A DSM survey conducted in seven countries shows that breakfast is a meal under pressure.
About 25% of respondents say they spend just five...
Americas: Long-term consumption of fish oils damages the liver, research finds
An international group of scientists led by the University of Granada (UGR) has demonstrated that the long-term intake of sunflower or fish oils damages...
World: RTD tea is evolving, states report
India currently vies with China as the world’s biggest packaged tea for household consumption market.
From Mintel's estimates, India consumed a total retail volume...
Americas: AOAC validates ground beef, flour validation systems
Hygiena has received extensions to its AOAC-Research Institute validation for the BAX System Real-Time Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) Assay Suite for STEC for two...
Americas: Pregishas opens US$1M testing lab
Pregishas invested US$1 million in a new 1,000 square foot testing lab for its Grand Rapids, Michigan, blown film manufacturing facility in the US.
Lab...
Americas: Duravant to buy Key Technology
Duravant has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Key Technology, enabling the former to further reach across food processing with new complementary products...
Americas: DSM releases packaging with a ‘feel’
DSM releases Skins, a series of resins that enhances the sense of touch for graphic and packaging design.
The resins, launched via the characters Rubbert...
Americas: Graphic Packaging releases on-the-go packaging
Designed for hassle-free on-the-go eating, Graphic Packaging releases Integraflex with characteristics of folding carton and flexible packaging to deliver a user-friendly compact pack that...
Americas: Curcumin found to improve memory, mood
Daily consumption of a certain form of curcumin — the substance that gives Indian curry its bright color — improved memory and mood in...