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All aboard the almond train
12 Nov 2015
Carly Wood explains why almonds are the go-to ingredient for new product development…
Read moreColouring Foodstuffs Threaten Natural Colour Dominance
12 Nov 2015
John George, Ingredients Analyst at Euromonitor International See John George Speak at Day 0 ‘Natural Colour and Colouring Foods 2015’ at Fi Europe -http://www.figlobal.com/fieurope/conference/day0
Read moreMediterranean Diet Falls Victim to the Lure of Convenience
12 Nov 2015
Ewa Hudson, Head of Health and Wellness Research at Euromonitor International
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See Ewa Hudson speak on Day 3 Health and Wellness Trends track at Fi Europe -http://www.figlobal....
Pycnogenol shown to benefit cognitive function
26 Jan 2015
A study recently published in the Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences shows daily use of Pycnogenol, a natural plant extract from French maritime pine tree bark, may help improve attention span, memory, decision-making – including executive-level perfor...
Read moreFeijoa, blackberry found to have anti-inflammatory effect
14 Jan 2015
Feijoa and blackberry are two fruits with a strong anti-inflammatory effect that could help people with inflammatory diseases, according to recent research from the University of Auckland. The research into treatments for inflammatory bowel disease inv...
Read moreEuropean Consumers Await Next Generation Functional Dairy Drinks
17 Nov 2014
The European dairy industry has operated in a challenging regulatory environment in recent years as the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) worked its way through a series of health claim dossiers for functional products. A high level of uncertainty ...
Read moreYogurt, the Rock Star of Dairy Products
14 Nov 2014
Okay, maybe I should explain the title. You could say: “Why yogurt? Look at China. It is milk that is ‘rocking’ in China” – and you’d be right. The Chinese bring a carton of pasteurised milk as a gift to a party where Europeans give a bottle of wine. Y...
Read moreFunctional Ingredients: A Simpler Burden of Proof
11 Nov 2014
Functional ingredients lend foodstuffs energy boosting, health promoting or disease prevention properties. As supplements they are great in a number of situations. For example: Where lifestyle choices do not permit a diet that is replete in all necessa...
Read moreStage Set For New Stars in Superfruits
20 Oct 2014
The long-held belief that fruit is good for you has increasingly come to the fore in recent years with rising promotion of its health benefits combined with generic industry efforts to encourage us to eat more. With this background, plus rising globali...
Read moreThe Changing Face of Dairy Products
17 Oct 2014
With a whole glut of new products and with more emphasis on unique and specialist items, dairy as a whole has been an interesting ride for many over the past few years. Food & Drink International has been witness to many of these changes, but perha...
Read moreThe Food Industry’s Little Helper
14 Oct 2014
Enzymes are little helpers that make the food world go around. Chemically speaking, of course, they are complex biological catalysts that promote various kinds of biochemical reactions, mostly by lowering the activation energies of specific substrates....
Read moreFunctional Ingredients and Functioning Bodies
13 Oct 2014
In recent years, the relationship between diet and disease has been increasingly publicised in the hope of changing consumer lifestyle habits – and it seems to be working; with consumers paying more attention to their dietary habits and opting for bene...
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