Latest News in the food Industry

22 Jan 2015

Direct selling company Amway has acquired the XS Energy brand, co-founded by former Amway business owner David Vanderveen. The deal expands the brand’s geographic reach and advances Amway’s strategy of connecting with young entrepreneurs. &...

21 Jan 2015

Taura Natural Ingredients has announced that its Mini’s – which it claims are possibly the world’s smallest real fruit pieces – are now available to manufacturers across Europe and the US. As tiny as a grain of quinoa, the company says that Mini’s is a...

21 Jan 2015

Frutarom BU Health, Switzerland, has launched EFLAsense, a new line of all-natural liquid extracts, with sensory properties to boost flavour and health benefits in products such as beverages, confectionery, dairy, bakery and liquid dietary supplements....

21 Jan 2015

Biosearch Life has registered an application for a new patent to protect two new probiotic strains for use in the control of Hypercholesterolemia: “Probiotic strains having cholesterol absorbing capacity, methods and uses thereof”. This patent is the r...

21 Jan 2015

Novozymes has announced its new corporate strategy, “Partnering for impact”. The strategy is accompanied by a new set of long-term social, environmental and financial targets and a new purpose statement which reads, “Together, we find biological ...

21 Jan 2015

Barry Callebaut has announced sales volume up 0.2% for the 3-month period, achieved against what the company believes was a market that declined by 1.8%. Sales revenue was up 15.1%. The increase was driven by resumed growth in Western Europe, the gourm...

20 Jan 2015

A new Canadean report finds that half of UK consumers are now aware of the health benefits of protein, presenting an expanding opportunity for protein enriched food and drinks. A survey in the report shows that 49% of UK consumers are now “very a...

20 Jan 2015

Lesaffre claims that it is to break new ground and launch a range of organic baking products to help bakers produce top-quality organic bread in line with European regulations. The ‘Biorganic’ label includes yeast, sourdough and bread improvers in its ...

20 Jan 2015

Evolva and Cargill have signed an agreement to co-develop a sustainable, customisable, and cost-effective fermentation production process for a second family of high-value food and beverage ingredients. This additional collaboration between the two com...

20 Jan 2015

Arla Foods, the farmer-owned dairy company, has launched Arla Protein into the yogurt category. Made from natural ingredients, Arla Protein is high in protein and fat-free. It will initially be available in Raspberry, Strawberry and Blueberry flavours ...

19 Jan 2015

After a decade of research, BioHarvest, a consumer health and wellness company, has announced what it describes as a revolutionary new product: VINIA Red Grape Powder. Available initially in the U.S. market, it is said to be the first-ever biofood, a n...

19 Jan 2015

Renewable oil and ingredients company Solazyme has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a favourable response to Solazyme’s notification concluding that Whole Algal Protein is Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) as an ing...