Colors & Flavors
Europe: Cargill uses Rainforest Alliance Certified coconut oil in products
Cargill’s cocoa and chocolate business is reportedly the first company to use Rainforest Alliance Certified coconut oil sourced through a mass balance model as...
Middle East: Gat Foods launches ingredient to replace refined sugars in RTE cereals
Gat Foods launches Fruitlift, a real-fruit-based ingredient that can replace refined sugars in ready-to-eat (RTE) cereals.
The formulation consists of natural fruity goodness, including fibers,...
Asia Pacific: Olam buys BT Cocoa in Indonesia
Olam has bought 85% shares of YTS Holdings for a consideration of USD$90 million, the sole owner of PT. Bumitangerang Mesindotama (BT Cocoa).
The remaining...
Asia Pacific: Givaudan opens Zero Liquid Discharge factory in India
Givaudan has opened a flavors manufacturing facility in Pune, India worth CHF60 million (US$60.02 million).
Designed to deliver flavor and taste solutions, the new 40,000...
Asia Pacific: Chr Hansen launches brilliant red food coloring from sweet potatoes
Chr. Hansen launches a plant-based, brilliant red as a natural alternative to carmine and synthetic colors.
It uses a new vegetable variety – the Hansen...
Americas: IFST updates information on stevia
The Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) has updated its Information Statement on Stevia, which covers EU regulatory changes to mid-2018.
It also includes...
Asia Pacific: More Chinese are shunning salt, report
With families in China coming together to feast during the Lunar New Year (5th February) celebrations, a Mintel report reveals that Chinese consumers are...
Asia Pacific: Frutarom buys stake in Thai savory company
IFF's Frutarom Division has completed the acquisition of 60% of the share capital of The Mighty (Mighty), a savory solutions provider in Thailand, thus...
Europe: Corbion opens powdered vinegar facility
Corbion has completed construction for in-house production of the powdered vinegar component on which the company has based numerous sustainable, clean-label solutions for food...
Americas: Researchers make more stevia using yeast
A report in American Chemical Society's Synthetic Biology describes a way to prepare large quantities of stevia using yeast, which would cut out the...