Wiseman warning highlights dairy cost pressures
Soaring input costs threaten to drag down recovering profit margins for UK dairy firm Robert Wiseman, highlighting ongoing pressure on sector earnings.
Archives for October 2, 2006
Agency tackles problem of food waste
In a bid to help UK companies meet food waste disposal targets, the Yorkshire regional government has launched a project to band smaller manufacturers together to make collection less costly and more efficient.
EU fines highlight milk quota problems
More multi-million euro fines are to be handed out to EU member states exceeding their milk quotas this year, highlighting what some believe is an out-dated system.
McDonalds New Zealand adopts new nutritional labelling
McDonalds New Zealand announced last week its intention to increase nutritional labeling with percentage daily intake (%DI), following a similar announcement by McDonalds Australia.
Puratos looks to improve bakery with dextrans
Belgium-based Puratos has published research into the use of dextrans in sourdoughs, producing an "innovative functional ingredient for the bakery industry."
Pomegranate juice may cut Alzheimer's risk
A daily glass of antioxidant-rich pomegranate juice could halve the build-up of harmful proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease, says a new animal study from the USA.
Multi-scan RFID uses reflectors to reduce errors
A new system for scanning multiple radio frequency identification (RFID) tags reduces the high error rate found in current systems, its manufacturer claims.