After a hard day at work, you make up your mind to hit the gym. Exercising poses maximum health benefits, allowing your mind and soul to relax and divert your attention from your professional life. If you haven’t been exercising rigorously and have been inconsistent, there are chances you&r...

Following Kerry Group's $220 million (€193m) investment into research and development (R&D) last year, what's next for ingredient innovation at the Irish company? We caught up with the firm's Chief Innovation Officer.

"We were a dairy cooperative – we started out taking mil...

Virtual reality has arrived and is set to change the way the food industry engages with consumers and even the way consumers taste food by creating multisensory experiences, according to one digital marketing expert.

Several food and drink manufacturers are already using virtual reality t...

High in fibre and sugar-free, the jackfruit is the largest tree-borne fruit in the world with a fibrous texture that can be shredded, minced or pulled - and it's even cheaper than soy, says The Jackfruit Company.

“It’s a great meat alternate because it mimics the texture and a...

Two decades have passed since the Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) epidemic struck Europe. Commonly known as mad cow disease, BSE remains without a cure and, after a long incubation period of 2 to 5 years, is completely fatal due to the spongiform degeneration of the brain and spiral cord.<...

Andrew Lino is a consumer safety inspector (CSI) whose assignment covers four establishments, two processing plants and two export facilities in the Long Beach, CA, Circuit.

Prior to working for FSIS, Lino was an assistant production supervisor at Establishment G-1340, an egg processing e...

Gastroenteritis illnesses among customers of a Seattle seafood restaurant who ate raw oysters there in June have caught the attention of public health officials, who posted a public notice Wednesday.

One person has tested positive for vibriosis infection caused by the Vibrio parahaemolyti...

Coca-Cola European Partners has pledged to double the amount of recycled plastic used in its bottles in Great Britain, as part of a new sustainability strategy launched today. 

At present, bottles contain 25% recycled PET (rPET). This will be doubled to 50% by 2020.

In additi...

Oil giant Avril has strengthened its lecithin portfolio with the acquisition of French supplier Novastell.

Founded in 2006, Normandy-based Novastell supplies a range of organic, conventional and non-GMO lecithins in liquid and powder form that are derived from soy, sunflower and rapeseed,...