Sugar fuels land grabs, Oxfam claims
02 October, 2013Oxfam has taken aim at some of the biggest names in the food and beverage industry - including Coca-Cola and PepsiCo - for their lack of action on land grabs and conflicts throughout their supply chains.
Chips and tomato sauce from the same plant
01 October, 2013UK horticultural firm Thompson & Morgan has developed the TomTato - a plant that produces both tomatoes and potatoes.
Ashland Aqualon and Blanose cellulose gums
19 September, 2013 | Supplied by: AshlandAshland Specialty Ingredients' Aqualong and Blanose cellulose gums are used in masa flour mixes to improve water absorption and retention in tortilla dough, both cooked and uncooked.
Low-GI potato attracts attention
17 September, 2013Researchers have developed what they claim is the world's first low-GI potato. Research on the Carisma potato will be presented at the International Congress of Nutrition in Granada, Spain.
Edible coatings revolutionising the ready-to-eat fruit and vegetable sector
17 September, 2013The large, and growing, market share of ready-to-eat fruits and vegetables has been made possible by the development of invisible, colourless, odourless, tasteless, edible coatings.
New export malt quality barley named
13 September, 2013A new barley variety has been officially named at the Australian Barley Technical Symposium. The IGB1101, now officially named La Trobe, will reportedly improve export opportunities for Australian growers in medium to low rainfall areas.
Walnut crop arrives early in California
12 September, 2013This year's walnut crop will be slightly early, but will be of high quality, the Californian walnut industry says. The USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service California Field Office has predicted the annual yield will be 495,000 short tons.
Heilala Vanilla ground vanilla powder
11 September, 2013New Zealand vanilla grower and producer Heilala Vanilla has launched a vanilla powder. Made from 100% vanilla beans, the powder is free from artificial colours, flavours, buffers, additives and sugar, and is gluten free.
Root vegies the new source of natural colourings
09 September, 2013Speakers at the 246th National Meeting & Exposition of the ACS described how natural colours that were in use centuries ago are making a resurgence in response to consumer preferences, manufacturers' needs and their potential health benefits.
Manufacturers urged to switch to natural colours
06 September, 2013A leading authority on natural food colours has urged Australian food manufacturers to convert to natural food colours. Chr. Hansen's Ji Hoong Too said that Australia is falling behind developing markets in conversion to natural colours.
FDA permits spirulina blue as colour additive
22 August, 2013The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a petition filed by Mars Inc to permit the use of spirulina extract as a colour additive in candy and chewing gum.
Making frozen broccoli better
12 August, 2013 by Phyllis PicklesimerHaving found that frozen broccoli lacks the ability to form the anticancer phytochemical sulforaphane, reasearchers have found how food processors can restore the health benefit to the vegetable.
Economics provides the incentive for fish fraud
09 August, 2013Mislabelling seafood is a global problem. Consumers end up paying more for a lesser value product and the motive behind the fraud is purely economics.
Sibutramine in weight-loss products costs importers $9K
02 August, 2013The directors of Bruce Imports pleaded guilty and were convicted of 32 charges relating to the sale of imported weight-loss coffees, dried fruit and jelly which contained Sibutramine.
Branded milk sales up 8-10% in Coles
01 August, 2013Coles is noticing a resurgence of branded milk sales, with 8-10% growth in some branded product lines.
