Acacia gum is safe for use as a food additive concludes the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following a risk re-evaluation request from the European Commission.
Premium Ingredients has developed new stabilisers for acidified dairy drinks that it says will alleviate some of the strain created by rising prices and dwindling availability of pectin.
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.
Tight supply and high prices in guar gum are set to continue until at least the end of 2012, and probably beyond, claims a leading hydrocolloid industry analyst.
The UK’s Food Standards Agency has added to its listing of companies that do not use the Southampton-six colours, including Cool Drinks company, Lakeland, Montgomeryshire Natural Spring Water products, Plas Farm Ltd, Rubicon Drinks, and Sunny Delight...
Additive and enzyme associations have welcomed the adoption of the new FIAP package on additives, flavourings and enzymes – but concern remains about the Southampton colours warning.
Cutting out colours and preservatives from the diets of hyperactive
children should be standard part of dealing with the disorder, says
a professor who takes a more stringent view than the FSA following
the Southampton study publication.
Sweeteners and colourings in food aimed at children should be
banned, while additives ought to be used in other products only if
they provide an advantage to the consumer, said the EU Environment
Committee.
In the wake of a damning scientific report on the health effects
of artificial additives, Cadbury Trebor Bassett and Mars UK
today said they are cutting the chemicals from their products.
Three consumer organisations have accused the UK regulator of
having "misled" the public and of being in the pocket of
manufacturers over its approach to a major study on food additives.
This comment was amended to correct a statement about bans
of additives in other countries. Some of the chemicals were
previously banned by Norway, Austria and Australia but those bans
have since been removed. Allura red AC, tartrazine...
The Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) is calling for
comments and additional information on uses of certain compounds,
including sweeteners and colors, in order to assess their inclusion
in the Codex General Standards for Food...
The European Food Safety Authority's review of additive safety
could have a bigger effect on the ingredients industry than the
ejection of certain colours and flavours with a suspect safety
record. It could give the natural ingredients...
EFSA has issued a damning opinion on the safety of food colour Red
2G (E128), the first under its reassessment programme and a strong
indication of a sea-change in the use of additives in processed
foods.
Growing use of natural ingredients in the UK food and drink
industry took on greater importance this week in anticipation of a
new study again linking widely used additives to behavioural
problems in children.
Growing use of natural ingredients in the UK food and drink
industry took on greater importance this week in anticipation of a
new study again linking widely used additives to behavioural
problems in children.
The European Court of First Instance confirmed this week that
Jungbunzlauer (JBL) and Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)
engaged in an illegal citric acid price fixing cartel, and has as a
result upheld the original fines imposed.
Adding one per cent vitamin C to the natural red coloured betalains
from the purple pitaya fruit boosted pigment stability, say German
researchers, and could offer a viable alternative to red beets.
The UK's Food Standards Agency is seeking views and comments on
proposed amendments to European colour regulations covering Sunset
Yellow FCF (E 110) and Titanium Dioxide (E 171).
The combination of common food additives could interfere with the
development of the nervous system, raising new concerns about the
health implications of children's diets, according to a new report
published today.
Leading pectin and xanthan gum supplier CP Kelco is to acquire Gold
Millet, the second largest producer of xanthan gum in China, the
firm told FoodNavigator-USA in an exclusive interview.
Gellan CP Kelco, bought by JM Huber last month, has launched
Kelcogel HM-B gellan gum, a hydrocolloid system designed to provide
suspension of cocoa and minerals in ready-to-drink dairy based
beverages, writes Philippa Nuttall.
The less than sparkling, but stable, full year results for Danish
ingredients giant Danisco mirror the current state of play for
ingredients companies in today's market marked by squeezed margins,
higher raw material prices and...
Number one global xanthan gum supplier CP Kelco is on the auction
block as majority stakeholder merchant bank Lehman Brothers opts to
sell its slice in the leading hydrocolloid company, reports
Lindsey Partos.
Tapping into the €83 million market for cellulose gum use in food
applications, UK-based ingredient firm Fiske has signed a new
agreement with CMC leader Noviant to distribute the firm's range of
cellulose gums.
Natural colours UK firm Overseal Foods is set to carve a deeper
position in the US market, signing a new distribution deal with US
company RFI Ingredients and meeting growing demand for natural
colouring foodstuffs, writes Lindsey...
Ingredients giant Danisco leapfrogs into the second global position
for cultures as the Danish firm acquires the food ingredients arm
of ailing French chemical business Rhodia.
After a heated tug of war with the board, the man who last year
took speciality chemicals company ISP private has abandoned efforts
to gain control of US chemicals and food gums company Hercules.
Rhodia Food, a subsidiary of French company Rhodia, has
strengthened its position in Australia with the signature of a
distribution agreement with Australian chemical giant Orica.
