01-Jan-2012 - DSM has launched a range of savoury flavour ingredients called Maxavor YE All Natural. Globally certified as natural, the portfolio has a 'yeast extract' label declaration, and is the first of its kind to adapt to changing global flavour regulations relating to the term 'natural'.
30-Nov-2011 - A driver was taken to hospital and a section of the M1 motorway was closed yesterday after an accident resulted in 20t of Marmite being spilled onto the carriageway.
01-Aug-2011 - Red Strawberry Fragaria is the newest natural colour to be launched by Chr Hansen. Designed for fermented milk and fruit preparations, it offers a more cost-effective and consistent way to colour yogurt with a lower concentration of the colour that is needed in the manufacturing process.
21-Jul-2011 - Kerry Flavours and Ingredients is playing down the potential significance of a new vinegar flavoured salt that it has invented.
01-Jul-2011 - Rod addyThe Pasteur Institute in Lille is making progress on a range of nutritional studies, including work with Roquette on eye health investigating the potential of feeding hens lutein and zeaxanthin to enrich eggs.
01-Jul-2011 - Kerry Ingredients & Flavours has launched 'taste twists', a range of six natural citrus flavourings for beverages, plus prototype drinks to showcase them.
01-Jul-2011 - Givaudan is investing in continuing projects in Egypt and India in addition to its European savoury flavours plant, construction for which was announced in March.
01-Jul-2011 - Chr Hansen's other Italian activities – dairy, human health, natural colours, wine and meat cultures – will move to another site in Parma after selling most of its functional blends business.
01-Jul-2011 - The future for spirulina – the blue colouring derived from algae that is used in Nestlé's Smarties – remains uncertain as the Food Standards Agency (FSA) reported that it had delayed its investigations into this and a number of other substances used to colour food because of "resource issues".
01-Apr-2011 - Foods fortified by, and rich in, carotenoids, should be a vital part of the diet to offset Vitamin A deficiency, age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and other complaints.
01-Apr-2011 - January marked the end of the two-year transition period for flavouring regulation EC 1334/2008, which means firms are expected to have completed any changes necessary to comply with the new law.
07-Mar-2011 - As the food industry shifts from synthetically-derived colours, past ‘natural’ ingredients to colouring foodstuffs, we highlight the challenges this is currently creating.
03-Mar-2011 - A survey instigated by natural colours supplier GNT has raised concerns over chemically modified colours from natural sources.
01-Mar-2011 - Naturex aims to launch a portfolio of colouring foodstuffs later this year to suit beverage, confectionery, ice cream, fruit preparation and dairy products.
15-Apr-2010 - Elaine Watson reports on changing tastes, consumer trends and profit margins in the world of food flavourings
15-Apr-2010 - The first fruits of a collaboration between flavours giant Firmenich and biotech firm Senomyx will bear fruit this month with the launch of a new ingredient that enhances the taste of the high intensity sweetener sucralose.
15-Apr-2010 - A UK firm pioneering the use of electrostatics to apply flavourings to food has seen sales grow by 25% this year as food manufacturers have started to embrace the technology.
29-Mar-2010 - Spirulina, the blue colour from algae used in Nestlé’s Smarties, is one of 10 substances used to colour food that faces an uncertain future as...
05-Feb-2010 - It's High Noon for the notorious 'Southampton six' food colourings, reports Michelle Knott
27-Jan-2009 - As the drive towards natural colours gathers further momentum, manufacturers need to adapt their processes to the challenges this presents. Lou Reade reports
25-Jan-2008 - Overseal Natural Ingredients has perfected a range of naturally sourced alternatives to Red 2G, the red pigment that was banned by the European Commission in...
25-Jan-2008 - Ingredients specialist S Black is distributing natural brown colourings derived from malt and malt extracts supplied by Muntons, based in Stowmarket, Suffolk, under the brands...
25-Jan-2008 - A new variant of caramel colour powder has been introduced by global colour manufacturer Sethness-Roquette, based in Merville, France.Because of its lower tinctorial power compared...
25-Jan-2008 - Current health trends are seeing ingredients supplier LycoRed's tomato-based natural colourings grow in popularity.The latest evidence, based on a German study published in the Journal...
25-Jan-2008 - Replacing synthetic colours is not a simple process and is presenting a host of challenges surrounding formulation and shelf-life, says Rod Addy