Formulation

21-May-2012 - A high intake of cheese during pregnancy may reduce the risk of dental decay during childhood, a study has revealed.

News in brief

Poster sessions will help Vitafoods showcase cutting edge science

18-May-2012 - Vitafoods Europe is launching a unique programme of research presentations and poster sessions to showcase the latest scientific developments in the industry at this year’s show.

Wild targets regional tastes with strawberry launch

16-May-2012 - Manufacturers of fruit gums, milk cream fillings and ice cream can now benefit from a range of natural strawberry flavours that has just been launched by flavours firm Wild in Germany.

Greek yogurt success expanding beyond the refrigerator

16-May-2012 - Food companies are getting creative with Greek yogurt, expanding it into new categories and formats, as they seek to profit from its meteoric rise.

Carbery explores flavours for ageing consumers

15-May-2012 - Carbery is exploring the potential of flavours to make protein-fortified products more palatable to ageing consumers, according to head of research and development Aine Hallihan.

Personal Nutrition: Vitamin B may offer blood pressure benefits to 1 in 10 people

15-May-2012 - Increased intake of vitamin B2 (riboflavin) could significantly lower blood pressure in around 10 percent of people, according to new research that links a common genetic factor with the vitamin.

Sexier mice eat probiotic yogurt: researcher hints at human implications

11-May-2012 - The co-author of a research paper that found that mice fed probiotic yogurt displayed 'mouse swagger' and better sexual performance has told DairyReporter.com that the findings were potentially relevant to humans.

Milk proteins will cut salt in cheese by 65% - Arla

03-May-2012 - Arla Food Ingredients have developed a range of proteins for cheese manufacturers which they claim can cut salt content by up to 65% and processing time by an hour.

Breast milk probiotic targets Spanish mammary inflammation

26-Apr-2012 - Spanish supplier Biosearch Life is targeting women suffering from mastitis with its human breast milk-derived probiotic strain previously used only in infant formula products.

Industry damns sucralose study at cancer conference

25-Apr-2012 - Research led by the controversial Italian scientist, Dr Morando Soffriti, linking the artificial sweeteners sucralose and aspartame to cancer, was presented today at the Children with Cancer science conference in London; a move industry is damning “irresponsible”.

Donkey milk derby? Study trumpets health boosting potential for elderly

24-Apr-2012 - Donkey and horse milks and their derivatives could prove valuable foods for elderly consumers, and could also be used in probiotic drinks due to health-promoting properties.

Low-fat dairy could reduce stroke risk

20-Apr-2012 - Consumption of low-fat dairy foods could help to reduce the risk of stroke, according to new research.

Whey protein lent healthy ageing opportunity with new research: Volac

12-Apr-2012 - Europe’s largest whey protein supplier Volac claims that new scientific research backs the ingredient’s healthy ageing benefits for older consumers, and the need for ‘tailored nutrition strategies’ to meet their demands.

Personalised Nutrition: Genome testing could make dietary interventions for genetic disease possible, study suggests

11-Apr-2012 - Researchers may have moved a step closer to fighting certain genetic diseases with dietary interventions after new a new study found that come genetic mutations could be corrected with diet.

DISPATCHES FROM ANUGA FOODTEC 2012

FOSS claims new NIR dairy analyser offers profit and sustainability

04-Apr-2012 - At Anuga Food Tec 2012 FOSS launched its new near infrared dairy analyser, and in this exclusive video shot at the show, dairy market manager Dorthe Bisgård Oldrup told DairyReporter.com that it broke new ground in terms of analysing milk powder to cut energy consumption and achieve other cost savings.

Biocatalysts enzyme taps into new and growing Halal/Kosher cheese market

30-Mar-2012 - Enzyme manufacturer, Biocatalysts, has broadened its microbial dairy enzyme range with a product designed as an alternative to porcine pancreatin, a pig pancreas derivative, for dairy flavour applications.

Nestlé scoops ice cream rivals with avalanche research

28-Mar-2012 - Nestlé scientists are working with an avalanche and snow research team to identify the main mechanisms which alter ice creams texture and structure.

Starter culture can extract more curd from milk, increasing cheese capacity – DuPont

23-Mar-2012 - DuPont Nutrition and Health claims that its new cheese starter culture will ‘boost capacity without increasing milk consumption’, by saving protein commonly lost in whey waste when producers use other cultures.

News in brief

Sensient Flavors hopes customers will melt at new seasonal ice cream concepts

21-Mar-2012 - Sensient Flavors has launched new ice cream concepts that allow manufacturers to offer products that fit with seasonal consumer preferences, using fruit preparations with a 'fresh and healthy' appeal and added cookie, meringue and coffee bits.

New dairy analog antibiotic could improve food safety, US researchers find

20-Mar-2012 - Researchers at the University of Illinois say they have discovered a new antibiotic that, as an analog of milk peptide nisin, has potential for use both as a food preservative and for treatment of bovine mastitis.

DuPont champions alternative hydrocolloids as guar replacers

08-Mar-2012 - Amid sky-high prices and shortages of guar gum driven by an unprecedented surge in demand, food formulators have renewed focus on finding replacers and DuPont is championing use of alternative hydrocolloids.

Monthly career insider

Dairy NPD veteran: “Grass won’t grow faster when you start pulling the blades.”

01-Mar-2012 - In this month’s Career Insider, we get a taste of beverage development at a leading dairy ingredients company. It’s more than just a creative “fuzzy front end”…

Fonterra presents probiotic and dairy lipid research in Moscow

28-Feb-2012 - New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra has presented what it claims is significant research showing that its proprietary probiotic strains reduce childhood disease and childhood allergy rates, while the addition of dairy lipids to formula aids infant cognitive development.

Exclusive interview

UK whey protein market hitting ‘critical mass’ - Volac

23-Feb-2012 - Mark Neville, head of lifestyle ingredients at Volac, told BeverageDaily.com that the UK market for whey protein was hitting “critical mass”, since everyone knew someone who used such ingredients, with word spreading as to their benefits.

Functional foods offer ‘protective matrix’ for probiotic delivery, confirm researchers

23-Feb-2012 - A new model to evaluate probiotic survival in the gut has confirmed that many bacteria strains survive better when consumed in a functional food matrix such as fermented milks – so allowing a greater chance to promote health, say the researchers.