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Europe: Unilever, institute create process to reduce sachet waste

Unilever unveiled the CreaSolv process to recycle sachets that is inspired by an innovation used to recycle TV sets. Developed with the Fraunhofer Institute for...

Europe: University releases categories of food scares

The food sector is now a world market with products sourced from all over the globe to meet the growing demand of consumers for...

Americas: USP releases new food fraud database

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has launched Food Fraud Database (FFD 2.0) to help food manufacturers and retailers make informed decisions about ingredients in...

Europe: Peanut allergy prevention strategy is nutritionally safe, states study

Introducing peanut-containing foods during infancy as a peanut allergy prevention strategy does not compromise the duration of breastfeeding or affect children’s growth and nutritional...

Americas: Eating butter may not be fatal, find researchers

Butter consumption was only weakly associated with total mortality, not associated with cardiovascular disease, and slightly inversely associated (protective) with diabetes, according to a...

Europe: Research body exhibits cleaning robot for beverage factories at show

Fraunhofer IVV Dresden will present a mobile cleaning robot for the beverage industry at the drinktec fair in Munich, Germany from September 11 to...

Asia Pacific: Probiotic for gestational diabetes

A study by the University of Otago has found a Fonterra probiotic could reduce cases of gestational diabetes in pregnant women by 68%. It is...

Europe: Research finds the elderly feel helpless with retail packaging

Packaging on supermarket goods can leave ‘older’ consumers feeling powerless and vulnerable, according to a study carried out at the University of Portsmouth. Issues such...

Americas: Honey is a new approach to fighting antibiotic resistance, say researchers

Honey could be a solution to the serious, ever-growing problem of bacterial resistance to antibiotics, said researchers. Medical professionals sometimes use honey successfully as a...

Americas: Seafood intake slows cognitive decline

Eating a meal of seafood or other foods containing omega-3 fatty acids at least once a week may protect against age-related memory loss and...