Heinz’s recall of some infant cereal products in China after excessive quantities of lead were detected in ingredient samples has prompted calls for tough global food standards.
The rise in obesity in the UK has been primarily caused by a decline in physical activity, not by increased calorie and sugar consumption, according to the Institute of Economic Affairs.
Individually wrapped portions of free-from foods will be needed in restaurants and other catering outlets to meet increasing numbers of consumers with allergies and food intolerances, a leading expert has claimed.
Food and drink manufacturers should treat energy management as seriously as health and safety, according to the boss of energy efficiency specialist JRP Solutions.
A report claiming that organic crops are more nutritious than non-organic crops is not supported by the evidence, according to leading experts in the field.
Competition to become Personality of the Year 2014 is intensifying as the deadline to vote draws closer, so readers will have to act fast to register their online nomination.
Cambridge University is searching for a real life Willy Wonka to study the fundamentals of heat-stable chocolate, including how it to prevent it from melting in hot countries.
US organic baby food manufacturer Plum PBC – owned by Campell Soup – has announced plans to “wind down” its Plum Baby UK operations before the autumn, following a strategic review of the business.
UK mustard production could be at severe risk, causing problems for manufacturers of brands such as Unilever’s Colman’s mustard, if a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides is enforced in the UK, a leading seed geneticist has warned.
How soon EU regulators and the supply chain start to take realistic exposure levels into account in assessing risk in food-contact packaging could depend on the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA’s) reception to new software.
Providing Trading Standards and environmental health officers with the skills needed to spot food fraud will be a priority for a new membership organisation set up by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH).
Food industry cultures must be overhauled to foster the development of ‘intrapreneurs’ if genuine innovation is to be encouraged, according to an expert in the field.
Tesco and Sainsbury will likely follow Asda’s cost- and price-cutting lead to combat discounters Aldi and Lidl, according to food industry commentator Clive Black, responding to Asda’s latest results.
Fire damaged pasty manufacturer WC Rowe will have to spend more than £2M on its Falmouth site to bring it back up to standard, the director in charge of the renovation has said.
The world’s major dairy companies faced stagnant sales growth and a decline in billion dollar deals, making it tougher to overtake the competition, according to financial services group Rabobank.
Genetically modified (GM) foods should not be scary and a balanced debate about the science must take place for the food industry to provide consumers with more choice.
A food packaging firm was fined £30,000 and must pay costs of £2,979 after an employee suffered severe injuries to his leg when he was struck by a forklift truck.
Bakkavor delivered strong growth in fresh prepared food ahead of the UK market as a whole in the past financial quarter and is significantly boosting investment to support customers’ growth plans.
Food and drink businesses are set for a depressing Christmas as price competition among major retailers will dampen price inflation on food products in December 2014, according to a report by Mintel.
Demand for baking ingredients and kits is set to crumble as health conscious consumers look to avoid sugar and spend less time in the home, according to a report by Mintel.
Nutrition is not a precise science. Most studies on the effects of human dietary intake have to take account of potentially confounding factors, since it is rarely possible to control what people eat in extended studies as it might with lab rats.
Frozen food distributor Yearsley Logistics has begun the second phase of a £5M three-part expansion next to the group’s headquarters in Heywood in Greater Manchester less than a year after opening its new cold store.
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Soy sauce can be used to reduce the salt content of manufactured foods by more than 30%, according to recent research from the Dutch university Wageningen’s UR Food and Biobased Research centre.
California’s 2014/2015 almond crop will increase by 52,000t on last year, according to the California Almond Board (CAB), but won't be enough to meet increasing demand.
The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) admission that 2 Sisters Food Group’s Scunthorpe plant did breach hygiene rules, after clearing it, could damage the food industry’s attempts to restore consumer confidence after the horsemeat scandal.
EU energy regulations cost the UK economy up to £93.2bn, in excessively high energy prices, and threaten 1.5M jobs, claims news research from Business for Britain (BfB).
A steel fabricator contracted by Fox’s Biscuits faces costs of £17,885 after a worker was horrifically burned after deviating from agreed safety procedures.
A growing trend among street food markets for spicy American BBQ and Korean and Vietnamese dishes will hit the retailers in 2015, according to food coatings firm Bowman Ingredients.
Arla Foods Ingredients has begun production at its new dairy ingredients factory in Germany, the product of a joint venture with German cooperative Deutsches Milchkontor.
Fire has damaged Barry Callebaut’s chocolate processing at Banbury in Oxfordshire, but the company has reassured customers that it could maintain normal levels of service by drawing on other facilities.
Nestlé aims to step up efforts to eradicate child labour in the cocoa supply chain, after an independent report indicated progress was being made, but more needed to be done.
Free-from foods are set to storm the foodservice sector, as consumers continue to exclude things like gluten and dairy from their diets, those working in the sector have predicted.
Arguments in favour of fortifying bread flour with folic acid to reduce neural tube defects in foetuses have come under attack, following new research which shows unprocessed folic acid in the bloodstream could damage people’s health.
Food manufacturers could slash sugar content in products by applying four technologies to use sugar differently, according to Leatherhead Food Research’s head of ingredients and product innovation Dr Wayne Morley.
