Colors & Flavors
World: Reduce sugar intake for health, WHO urges adults, children
A new World Health Organisation (WHO) guideline recommends adults and children reduce their daily intake of free sugars to less than 10% of their...
Europe: Tate & Lyle releases Prima low-calorie sugar
Tate & Lyle's Dolcia Prima Low-Calorie Sugar it the company's newest ingredient for allulose, a low-calorie sugar that exists in nature and can be...
Americas: Researchers find fructose more toxic than table sugar in mice
When University of Utah biologists fed mice sugar in doses proportional to what many people eat, the fructose-glucose mixture found in high-fructose corn syrup...
Europe: Barry Callebaut receives patent on reduced fat chocolate
The European Patent Office has awarded Barry Callebaut Group its patent EP 2 152 091 on reduced fat chocolate, enabling the company to broaden...
Asia Pacific: Mondelez International to sell stake in Ajinomoto General Foods
Mondelez International will sell its 50% interest in Ajinomoto General Foods, Inc. (AGF) to its joint venture partner, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
AGF manufactures and sells...
Europe: Chr Hansen joins in project on wine production
A new four-year project has received a grant of €4 million (US$4.47 million) from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions European Training Network within the European...
World: IFF expands facility in South Africa
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) has expanded its flavors facility in Isando, South Africa.
The expanded facility, located near Johannesburg and adjacent to IFF’s...
Europe: Lycotec to present beauty chocolate at UK event
Lycotec will present beauty chocolate Esthechoc at the Global Food Innovation Summit in London, UK, next month.
The product is based on 70% cocoa dark...
Europe: EC investigates regulatory compliance in Cargill’s acquisition of ADM
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether the proposed acquisition of the industrial chocolate business of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)...
Asia Pacific: Molenbergnatie opens coffee warehouse in Vietnam
Molenbergnatie has recently inaugurated a coffee warehouse in Binh Duong, Vietnam, following completion of construction in December 2014.
The new warehouse and processing plant, which...