Kefir appears to be bucking the trend that has seen launch activity in drinking yogurts and fermented beverages remain relatively static in recent years. While kefir launch numbers are still limited globally, Innova Market Insights data indicate that they grew more than three-fold between 2011 an...

While most of us would rather concentrate on savouring the flavours of a dish than worrying about its etymology or pronunciation, it is not always a good thing. Good knowledge never goes to waste, besides imagine all the embarrassment you can save yourself from if you rightly knew the names of th...

Before the federal Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention went public with the first announcement of a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7, the boss let everyone working on foodborne diseases know there was one “notable thing” about the brewpub chain involved.

“A...

Henkel will be holding a series of Food Safe Packaging webinars from March 8, 2017 on food packaging safety.

The first webinar will cover food contact materials.

Conducted in English, the 10 live webinars will present topics relating to adhesives in packaging and the requirements ...

A three-year initiative came to fruition in Edison, N.J., last week when specialty fats and oil supplier AAK opened the doors to its AAKTION Lab, an innovation center located on-site at the company’s U.S. headquarters and designed to facilitate close collaboration with customers. The state-...

Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate has launched new additions to its coatings and fillings range offering extended capabilities to manufacturers, with innovations designed to answer key trends and consumer preferences. Each of the coatings and fillings responds to a trend identified in Cargill Cocoa &...

This article was originally published on August 30th, 2016. According to a major new study, eating a Mediterranean diet can help reduce risk of one of worst types of breast cancer by 40 per cent.

The summer holidays are drawing to a close, but chances are you’ll remember the food &n...

Technically, everything used to be a pie

Originally, the pie's pastry shell was designed to be used as a baking dish, storage container, and a way to serve the filling. Records show that Romans would use meats, oysters, mussels and fish as the filling and a mixture of flour, oil and water...

FSSC 22000 launches version 4 of its international food safety and quality management system certification Scheme. Based on the experience in applying version 3 during the past years and the expectations of major stakeholders (among which authorities and industry), FSSC 22000 has effectuated seve...