All news articles for June 2014

Same mouthfeel, no palm oil

Bakels rethinks palm oil

The introduction of the Food Information for Consumers Regulation (FIR) in December 2014 will mean food and drink businesses will have to identify the source of the vegetable oils they use in their products.

Latvian answer to sleep

Don’t Sleep offers alternative to sleep

The Institute of Innovative Biomedical Technology (IBT) has launched a caffeine- and sugar-free energy drink called Don’t Sleep. The Latvian company revealed the product at Vitafoods in Geneva last month. It is made from concentrated apple juice, the...

About 30%of new launches in the UK are labelled as 'additive-free'

What exactly is a clean-label product nowadays?

By Paul Gander

The subject of ‘clean-label’ ingredients has not gone away, but there are increasingly other priorities which may take precedence, Paul Gander discoversEn dash: –

Vitamin E essential for human health

DSM researches vitamin E necessity

By Laurence Gibbons

Adults who use vitamin E supplements are less likely to be deficient in the essential vitamin, new research from DSM has claimed.

Grain D'Or has recently won two supermarket deals worth £8M

NPD integral to bakery growth

By Nicholas Robinson

Grain D’Or recognises that new product development has to become more important if the bakery is to grow, Simon Sloan tells Nicholas Robinson

David Wood Baking makes frozen bake-off and craft bakery products

Ready meal firm’s sale offers lifeline to 142 staff

By Rod Addy

Brakes Group has agreed to sell ready meals firm Creative Foods to David Wood Baking for an undisclosed sum, potentially saving 142 jobs, a move one Facebook campaigners called “brilliant news”.

£1M business opportunity for Bacheldre Watermill

Waitrose’s flour supplier for sale

By Nicholas Robinson

Niche flour milling operation Bacheldre Watermill is being sold for £1.4M, with a £1M business plan and the potential to create around 20 jobs.

Food and drink industry people on the move

People on the move in the food and drink industry

By Laurence Gibbons

The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) appointment of a new executive director leads our selection of the latest people on the move in the food and drink industry.

Advantame has been approved for use in the EU

New sweetener Advantame approved for use in EU

By Nicholas Robinson

A new aspartame-derived sweetener has been approved for use in Europe by the European Commission (EC) and touted as a means for manufacturers to cut sugar content.

Food and drink firms have hit back at local government claims they are helping to fuel the obesity crisis by failing to back traffic light food labelling

Food firms slam local government labelling criticism

By Michael Stones

Food and drink manufacturers have rejected claims from the Local Government Association (LGA) that they are contributing to Britain’s obesity crisis by failing to back traffic light labelling.

Children think bread comes from animals

Food origins still lost on children

By Laurence Gibbons

Children think that bread, potatoes and pasta all come from animals and that carbohydrate is more calorific than fat, a new study by the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) has revealed.

Catering staff must be trained to share allergy information

Sodexo gears up to meet allergen rule changes

By Rick Pendrous

Catering firm Sodexo has implemented a raft of food allergen procedures required for the meals it serves when the Food Information for Consumers Regulation (FIR) comes into force on December 13.

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