Food Industry News

Made from the alfalfa plant, Luzixeen is 45–60% protein of “high biological quality”, meeting the growing demand for plant-based protein, according to its maker Luzerne Recherche et Développement.

• Protein

Arjuna Natural Extracts Ltd. have announced the opening of its new sales office in Dallas, Texas, to better serve its North American customers and bring its new natural preservatives line to the US.

• Preservatives
• U.S.

School lunch options have come a long way. That was apparent at the Colorado School Nutrition Association’s Annual Summer Food Show at the Colorado Convention Center.

• Food
• Summer

Food prices rose at their fastest annual pace in more than six years as increasingly expensive vegetables were made more scarce by wet weather in autumn.

• Food
• Price

Yumi, the Los Angeles-based baby food delivery service co-created by former TechCrunch and Wall Street Journal reporter Evelyn Rusli and Angela Sutherland is finally open for business

• Baby
• Food

Less than two months after Myanmar’s Food and Drug Administration declared victory over the use of formaldehyde in Yangon food markets, the poisonous preservative is back.

• Preservative
• Food
• Aldehyde

Today's Chinese citizens have grown hungry for fatty, high-protein foods, but the country's agriculture industry may have hit its limit.

• China
• Food

The European Commission has started consulting with members of the food packaging industry on an EU measure on printed food contact materials (FCMs).

• Food
• Packaging
• EU

Food contained in uncoated aluminium dishes can contain high levels of the metal, according to a study investigating foods that are cooked and then chilled.

• Food

Nine NGOs have filed an objection to the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision to continue to allow perchlorate in dry food packaging materials.

• Food
• Perchlorate

Food coloring comes in many forms consisting of liquids, powders, gels, and pastes. Food colours are important factors in food sensory quality, and food colors are divided into natural food colours and synthetic food colors.

• Food
• Color

A team led by Associate Professor Ray Steptoe at the UQ Diamantina Institute has been able to 'turn-off' the immune response which causes allergic reaction in animals.

• Allergies
• Food

A powdered variant of a sweetener claimed to offer no aftertaste is now available from Omega Ingredients.

• Sugar
• Sweeteners

The tax on soft drinks, which comes into force in April 2018, needs to be changed to give manufacturers more incentive to reduce the sugar in their products, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has argued.

• Sugar

Iodine levels in organic milk are now ahead of conventional milk for the first time since testing began, according to a study by a farmers’ co-operative.

• Organic
• Milk
• Suppliers

Nine new fat-soluble flavours for fillings in confectionery, bakery and dairy products have been launched by Sensient.

• Chocolate

If you’ve become an adept label reader, you may have noticed that at the end of a string of ingredients, you’ll often find the mysterious indication of “natural” or “artificial” flavors.

• Flavors
• Food

For some time now, eating sugar-sweetened foods and beverages has been identified as the cause of overweight or even obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome.

• Sugar

In November 2014, Berkeley, Calif., passed the first significant tax on sugary drinks in the U.S. The facts are in, and it’s working.

• Sweetener
• Soda

One of the national government’s positive missions has been to grow the food that we need in Sri Lanka instead of busting up millions of dollars to import junk food or processed rubbish.

• Chemical
• Food
• Junk