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16-Aug-2002 - The belief that a fatty diet is potentially harmful to human health gained more credence this week when a sixteen-year study found one of the...

Saudi milk processors merge

15-Aug-2002 - After a year of deliberating the five major players in the fragmented Saudi Arabia dairy industry have decided to opt for the safety of a...

Ice cream: the ultimate, affordable indulgence

14-Aug-2002 - Americans will spend over $20 billion (€20.3bn) dollars on ice cream, frozen desserts and frozen novelties this year - $2 billion more than was spent...

The calcium-fat balance: impact on cancer

08-Aug-2002 - Men diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer should try to reduce the levels of fat and calcium in their diet in order to delay the...

Cutting fat, calcium intake can slow prostate cancer growth

07-Aug-2002 - Men diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer should try to reduce the levels of fat and calcium in their diet in order to delay the...

Edible packaging from dairy ingredient

06-Aug-2002 - A scientist at the US Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has received a patent for her method to turn a milk protein into water-resistant films that...

Cheese plant closes

05-Aug-2002 - In a bid to improve operational efficiency, Canadian dairy processor Saputo announced today the closing of its Denmark (Wisconsin, USA) cheese manufacturing plant. This plant's...

Better education needed on lactose intolerance

18-Jul-2002 - A new poll sponsored by the US company McNeil Nutritionals has discovered that while many Americans know what lactose intolerance is, most of them are...

Flavoured milks gain share of teenage beverage market

12-Jul-2002 - Milk drinking among American teenagers has increased for the first time in six years, according to a new report by National Family Opinion's Share of...

Flavoured milks gain share of teenage beverage market

12-Jul-2002 - Milk drinking among American teenagers has increased for the first time in six years, according to a new report by National Family Opinion's Share of...

Danisco asks HOWARU

11-Jul-2002 - Danisco has launched the first of two new probiotic bacteria cultures which it claims can help boost the human immune system. The culture, called HOWARU ,...

Bion to build dairy complexes

10-Jul-2002 - Dairy Park, LLC - a subsidiary of Bion Environmental Technologies - has entered into an agreement with investors Dr. Michael McCloskey and Timothy den Dulk...

Danisco tackles vanilla market

10-Jul-2002 - Vanilla, recognised as the world's most popular flavour, has had a rough ride in recent years with the price rising steeply as a result of...

Are imported ingredients safe?

09-Jul-2002 - How easy is it to ensurethat foods and ingredients imported from outside the EU are safe, ofsufficient quality and legal? How can UK food companies...

Margarine movements in Romania

09-Jul-2002 - The Baring Central European Fund (BCEF) announced on Monday that it has sold Topway Foods International, Romania's leading margarine, ketchup, mustard and condiments producer, to...

FDA approves sweetener

08-Jul-2002 - A new artificial sweetener ingredient that claims to be 7,000 to 13,000 times sweeter than sugar has won federal government approval. Neotame from the US...

Amendment to Directive 96/77/EC on purity criteria of food additives

04-Jul-2002 - A European Commission Directive amending Commission Directive 96/77/EC for a fourth time was adopted unanimously by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal...

Ingredients boost earnings for Danisco

04-Jul-2002 - Danish food ingredient giant Danisco this week reported a solid profit of DKK 940 million (€126.4m) for the year ending 30 April 2002. Acquisitions in...

Novozymes moves forward in micro-organisms

03-Jul-2002 - Danish enzyme company Novozymes has increased its market share for industrial micro-organisms with the purchase of US company InterBio. On 1 July 2002, Novozymes took...

Fonterra - the next move

01-Jul-2002 - Fonterra Cooperative, a New Zealand based dairy products company, said on Monday that it has various growth options but remained coy on its intentions towards...

Food fortified with vitamin D - the future?

01-Jul-2002 - Health professionals across Europe are seeing more and more cases of rickets and increasing the amount of vitamin D in food could be one way...

Breast is best when it comes to brain development

01-Jul-2002 - Breastfeeding is still the best way to ensure that babies obtain the necessary nutritional intake, despite the raft of baby food products currently available. This...

Food allergen labelling - the debate deepens

01-Jul-2002 - Fuel to further fire the debate, on both sides of the Atlantic, surrounding the labelling of potential food allergens arrived this week with the outcome...

Colon cancer risk cut by dairy products - study

27-Jun-2002 - Milk and dairy products have long been promoted as a means of increasing calcium intake and fighting bone diseases such as osteoporosis, but new research...

Probiotic bacteria at weaning may help alleviate allergy in infants

27-Jun-2002 - Probiotics or 'friendly' bacteria given to babies during weaning may help alleviate the symptoms of eczema, according to research published in the British journal Gut....