06-Sep-2011 - It's a curate's harvest - good is some parts but poor in others, according to Stuart Borthwick, operations director, Roberts Bakery, based in Northwich, Cheshire.
02-Sep-2011 - Craft bakers fear they have been unfairly demonised by a report highlighting the high salt content of bread.
01-Sep-2011 - Pregnancy care brand WaterBaby has launched a water fortified with 400mcg of folic acid, plus a blend of vitamins and minerals designed to provide nutrition, care and hydration in a bottle.
01-Sep-2011 - To help food manufacturers stabilise costs in the midst of supply issues and volatile cocoa prices, Tate & Lyle has manufactured a cocoa replacement ingredient using a high-quality carob powder. The product, called Carcao, should enable manufacturers to reduce the overall outlay of recipes that include cocoa.
01-Sep-2011 - Ingredients supplier Jardox has created a new range of seasonings in time for National Sausage Week, which starts on October 31.
01-Sep-2011 - Typically, ice cream is made up of water (55-64%), milk fat (10-16%), sugars (12-16%), non-fat milk-solids (9-12%), stabilisers and emulsifiers (0.5%) and flavours and colours (0.5%). At least, it used to be.
01-Sep-2011 - As Winston Churchill said at a crucial time during the Second World War: "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is the end of the beginning." For food, drink and ingredients processors battling with health claims verification, the message after the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA's) initial opinions process has concluded is the same.
01-Sep-2011 - The European Commission last month authorised Cantox Health Sciences' application to market fermented black bean extract - which can be used to slow the breakdown of carbohydrates - as a novel food ingredient under European Regulation No 258/97.
01-Sep-2011 - Bakery ingredient firm CSM has improved the recipe for its Wrap Ice product. The firm says its new overwrappable icing has smoother application, better coverage and longer shelf-life.
01-Sep-2011 - Ingredia Nutritional says its weight management product, Chromax, is the first and only chromium picolinate to be approved by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
01-Sep-2011 - CP Kelco has developed a high powered xanthan gum that can be used in lesser amounts than previous versions to thicken and texturise products such as jams, sauces, yogurts or drinks.
01-Sep-2011 - Algatechnologies is boosting its range and production of algae extracts for food as well as supplements and cosmetics.
01-Sep-2011 - Sales doubled for LycoRed's tomato extracts in the year to July, double the rate of growth for 2010, according to Sam Bernhardt, director for new food ingredients at the company.
01-Sep-2011 - Growth in flavour and nutrition sales at Symrise offset raw material costs and currency effects in the first half of 2011, the firm claimed.
01-Sep-2011 - UK-based Ulrick & Short has launched a range of clean-label ingredients aimed at seafood processors looking to remove artificial additives.
01-Sep-2011 - Leader Foods has opened a snack bar factory in Finland and is inviting ingredients suppliers to collaborate with it on new product development.
01-Sep-2011 - The UK's largest supplier of eggs and egg-based products, Noble Foods, last month received planning permission to install a 110m commercial-scale wind turbine on land at Thornton at Fife in Scotland.
01-Sep-2011 - The British Retail Consortium (BRC) is increasing its focus on the competence of certification bodies (CBs) as it moves to introduce the sixth edition of its Global Standard for Food Safety, which was published in July and comes into force next January.
01-Sep-2011 - To meet the continued demand for free-from products, ingredients firm Brazilian Flavours has launched a gluten-free dough ball mix.
01-Sep-2011 - Anglo-Indian firm Atul Agro says it has made the UK's first foil-pouched pure Alphonso mango pulp product that has an 18-month refrigerated shelf-life.
01-Sep-2011 - Biocatalysts has opened the door to new flavours for enzyme- modified cheese (EMC) manufacturers by launching the "first ever" range of microbial pregastric esterases (PGEs) that match the flavours created by their animal-derived counterparts
01-Sep-2011 - In Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility, two Dashwood sisters have differing virtues. Marianne takes an emotional approach to the pursuit of a partner, while Elinor is more practical.
01-Sep-2011 - US firm Stratum Nutrition has further new product plans for the EU market and plans to set up a beverage laboratory based at Reus in Spain, according to Michael Faber, the company's business manager for Europe and Asia.
01-Sep-2011 - Rectory Food Ingredients (RFI) has already passed its 2011 sales target of £5M in annual sales.
01-Sep-2011 - Food processors looking to fortify wheat products with the mineral selenium can access a new service from scientific testing outfit LGC.