Investigación y Desarrollo

Diciembre 14, 2007

FSA: trans fat ban in the UK not needed

A New York-style ban on trans fats in food is not needed in the UK because consumption rates are already very low, the official food watchdog has said. The Food Standards Agency's (FSA) Board ruled out mandatory restrictions after reviewing evidence ...

Diciembre 10, 2007

Wal-Mart to grow by more than 30 pct annually in China

Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N), the world's biggest retailer, said it will keep expanding in China at more than 30 percent annually, as it won government approval to open its 100th store in the fast-growing consumer market. The U.S. retail giant currently...

Diciembre 05, 2007

Avebe Solanic potato protein factory officially opened

Today, the Dutch Secretary of State for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Gerda Verburg, opened the new factory of Solanic, part of the potato-starch group Avebe. In her opening speech, Secretary of State Verburg set out her vision of biorefine...

Diciembre 04, 2007

Ontario To Make Schools Trans-Fat Free

Ontario is taking action to make schools healthier places to learn by moving to drop trans fat from lunchroom menus."Our kids' health is just too important to risk,"said Premier Dalton McGuinty. "Trans fats have no place in our schools a...

Diciembre 04, 2007

US food processing standards not good enough for Tesco's Fresh & Easy

Tesco has become a food manufacturer for the first time as part of its efforts to win over US shoppers. The UK food chain, which has more than a 30 per cent share of supermarket shopping in its home market, has built an 80,000 sq ft food preparation...

Diciembre 04, 2007

Cancer Research UK reassures women over acrylamide/cancer link

Cancer Research UK moved to reassure women over a study suggesting that a common chemical caused by frying, roasting or grilling may be linked to ovarian and womb cancer. The charity said that women should not be overly concerned as the study is the ...

Diciembre 01, 2007

Potato confidence buzzes at British Potato 2007

A buoyant and buzzing potato industry has gathered in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, for British Potato 2007 (BP2007), the key UK industry event of the year. Attendance over the two days (November 28 and 29) was up, according to event organisers the Briti...

Diciembre 01, 2007

British Potato Council Chairman David Walker receives award

The British Potato Industry Award Panel is pleased to confirm David Walker, founding chirman of the British Potato Council, as this year's winner. Presenting the award at the British Potato Council's premier event, BP2007, in Harrogate, Janet Godfrey ...

Noviembre 27, 2007

Norway's Stranda Baltic invests EUR 2 mln in Latvia

Vegetable producer Stranda Baltic has launched its new fresh vegetables production unit in Salas parish in Latvia at a cost of EUR 2 mln. The main product of Norwegian-owned Stranda Baltic SIA is small snack carrots, which are packed in mini plastics b...

Noviembre 27, 2007

ITC Aiming for Top Spot in India

Indian giant ITC has announced that it aims to treble the turnover of its packaged food operations and to become the overall leader of the Indian packaged food sector by 2011.The cigarette giant’s food units are growing at a rate of 68.17% annually.Exa...

Noviembre 27, 2007

States Slow to Ban Restaurant Trans Fats

States from Connecticut to California have looked this year to mimic the success of large cities like New York in banning artery-clogging trans fats from restaurants. But in the 14 states that have so far proposed a ban or restriction, not a single b...

Noviembre 27, 2007

Grain prices could rise by another 40 per cent says ING

Food and beverage processors will be fighting it out for an increasingly dwindling supply of grains sourced at ever higher prices, ING Group warned in a new forecast report for the sector.ING's financial analysts predict that agricultural prices will i...

Noviembre 25, 2007

Washington potato growers celebrate a heck of a harvest

Washington potato farmers harvested more than 5.1 million tons of potatoes in 2007, the state's second-largest spud harvest in history. Chris Voigt, executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission, said the state's potato farmers dug up ...

Noviembre 23, 2007

Simpler food legislation needed says EU report

While the harmonisation of the EU's food laws is supported by industry, legislation should be simplified to make it easier for small businesses to compete, according to a European Commission report.The 328-page report, released by the Commission at an ...

Noviembre 23, 2007

Tim Horton's Cuts Deal To Serve Wal-Mart Customers

Canadians might like to think they are different from Americans. But when it comes to eating out, Canadians are members of a fast-food nation just like their neighbor to the south.And amid a host of quick-service chains operating in Canada, native play...

Noviembre 21, 2007

Irving brothers look to break up empire

The legendary Irving family is moving to break up its $6-billion business empire as it struggles to accommodate the demands of new generations, thus ending a 125-year-old Canadian dynasty. Sources familiar with the sprawling family conglomerate say t...

Noviembre 16, 2007

Potatoes lost in floods? Still must meet contract

A Herefordshire potato grower who lost nearly £500,000 of crop in this summer's floods has vowed never to grow potatoes again for one the country's biggest processors after it refused to make allowances for the damage inflicted to his crop. Peter Vaugh...

Noviembre 15, 2007

ARS develops extrusion method for tasty lentil snacks

Researchers from the US Agricultural Research Service (ARS) claim to have stabilised a process of using extrusion technology to make healthy and tasty snacks out of legumes.