03-Oct-2011 - National Starch's former European marketing manager Laura Goodbrand described the challenge of producing clean-label food as a "matrix". "You can't simply pull one ingredient and put another one in," she says. "Each one is part of a matrix. It's like a jigsaw puzzle. It's about finding out how ingredients interact to get that jigsaw as tight as it can be when you are taking pieces out and chiselling them down to have a different profile."
03-Oct-2011 - Now in his 90s and bright as a button, Giancarlo Vanini, ICAM's former head of sales, still drives to its office and helps out, having worked for the company since it began in 1946. Anyone who meets him can tell there's nowhere else he would rather be. His unassuming work ethic symbolises the entire business.
03-Oct-2011 - The UK shortfall in sustainable palm oil fractions is set to ease considerably within a year, according to baked goods manufacturer Ginsters.
03-Oct-2011 - Sales growth in monosodium glutamate (MSG) is slowing globally due to negative publicity, despite trade in the ingredient booming in the Far East, according to Leatherhead Food Research.
03-Oct-2011 - Ulrick & Short is working with a plant baker on loaves containing a super-performance wheat protein that could hit retailers early in 2012.
03-Oct-2011 - Demand for locally-sourced UK meats in the run up to the London 2012 Olympics presents new product development (NPD) opportunities for TMI Foods, according to its head of innovation Christian Binney.
03-Oct-2011 - Europe is undergoing a revival in vitamin research, with a focus on their effects on healthy life development and ageing, according to global ingredients giant DSM.
03-Oct-2011 - Sustain's Real Bread Mark has been criticised by the plant baking industry for potentially demonising necessary additives and failing to recognise work already achieved to deliver clean-label bread.
03-Oct-2011 - The UK’s second high-pressure processed (HPP) juice has been introduced with an exclusive retail launch through Waitrose recently.
03-Oct-2011 - News that Denmark is to become the first country in the world to introduce a tax on foods with saturated fat, in a bid to foster healthy eating, has sharply divided British opinion.
30-Sep-2011 - The freak September heatwave is providing a welcome boost for the food industry but placing impossible demands on some parts of the supply chain, it has been claimed.
28-Sep-2011 - Scottish food group Lees Foods has posted a rise in sales but a fall in profits for the six months to June.
28-Sep-2011 - Leading confectionery brand Maltesers is to carry the Fairtrade logo from next June in stores throughout the UK and Ireland.
23-Sep-2011 - Ginsters has overcome supply issues to become the first manufacturer to secure 100% sustainable palm oil in the category of branded savoury pastries, in co-operation with fats and oils supplier AAK.
23-Sep-2011 - Food suppliers have reacted nervously to Tesco’s announcement of £500M of price cuts, and warned that the grocery sector’s discount culture will cost more jobs.
23-Sep-2011 - Britain’s free-from food sector is witnessing meteoric growth as more consumers report intolerance to certain foods, according to a new report about to be published by market research company Mintel. Retail sales are set to soar from £303M a year to £519M by 2016.
22-Sep-2011 - Essex-based ingredient supplier Edme has agreed a joint venture with Dutch malt extract ingredient producer CereX to distribute malt extracts in the UK and in Europe.
19-Sep-2011 - Fruit purée processor Fourayes wants to expand its product portfolio, leaving no stone unturned in its quest to keep on top of market trends, drive up sales and offset cash flow fears, md Phil Acock told Rod Addy in this exclusive podcast.
19-Sep-2011 - Fruit purée processor Fourayes is looking into expanding its product portfolio, leaving no stone unturned in its quest to keep on top of market trends, drive up sales and offset cash flow fears, md Phil Acock told Rod Addy.
16-Sep-2011 - Food manufacturers continue to turn away from artificial sweeteners and preservatives in favour of ‘natural’ flavours, and healthy and functional additives, a new report from Leatherhead Food Research (LFR) has claimed.
14-Sep-2011 - Research starts this month on how food manufacturers can exploit opportunities in the allergies, intolerances and the ‘suitable for’ food market, which is predicted to grow to £132M within four years.
09-Sep-2011 - The launch of two new gluten-free products by Dr Schär UK is further evidence of the category’s move from niche to mainstream lifestyle choice, according to the free-from manufacturer.
08-Sep-2011 - Manufacturer Typhoo Tea has reacted angrily to an accusation that it is making a mockery of the government’s voluntary Public Health Responsibility Deal.
08-Sep-2011 - Japanese delicacy sushi threatens to topple some sandwiches from their place as the nation’s favourite lunchtime snack thanks to the promotion of celebrity chefs such as Jamie Oliver.
08-Sep-2011 - A second randomised clinical trial has substantiated the efficacy of a cranberry powder in the prevention of recurrent urinary tract infections in women, according to the product's European distributor: Lallemand Health Ingredients.