Formulation

04-Sep-2002 - The battle between Budweiser and Budweiser has made the headlines across the world in recent years, pitching the might of Anheuser-Busch, the world's biggest brewer...

Commission green lights Karlsberg buy

30-Aug-2002 - The consolidation of the fragmented German beer market has accelerated in recent years with a number of players, both large and small, becoming units of...

Organic sweetener from Cerestar

23-Aug-2002 - French starch company Cerestar, recently taken over by US agribusiness giant Cargill, has launched a range of new organic sweeteners that target the bio-organic processed...

New Swedish partner for Finnish flagship beer

23-Aug-2002 - Lapin Kulta, the flagship beer brand of Finland's Hartwall group, has taken on a new marketing and distribution partner in the important Swedish market in...

Flavour focus

20-Aug-2002 - The American arm of Danish food ingredients company Danisco this week announced the launch of a flavour concept designed to target the ice cream and...

Stoli stand-off continues

19-Aug-2002 - There are two perceptions of Russian vodka. The one which is more likely to be recognised by the vast majority of Russians is that of...

Heineken brings marketing in-house

19-Aug-2002 - The turbulence in the UK beer market over the last 12 months or so has seen a number of changes in ownership and partnership agreements....

Coke, Nestlé tackle milk market

19-Aug-2002 - Choglit - no, not the name the European Commission wants producers of non cocoa-butter chocolate to adopt but the name of a new drinks brand...

DSM expands lactoferrin production

19-Aug-2002 - Dutch life science company DSM, together with Agennix, a US developer of recombinant human lactoferrin, has opened a new manufacturing facility on DSM's fermentation site...

Keep your spirits up - drink Cognac

19-Aug-2002 - Wine, both red and white, is increasingly becoming the focus of scientific research. Studies have centred on the polyphenols in red wine, powerful antioxidants which...

Clover signs ingredients agreement

17-Aug-2002 - Australian natural food ingredients producer Clover Corp announced this week that it has teamed up with the Food Spectrum Group to enhance the marketing and...

Enzymes sweeten up

17-Aug-2002 - Enzyme company Novozymes has announced the development of a new enzyme for syrup production. According to the company Liquezyme X allows manufacturers to improve syrup...

Caffeine hit enigma solved

16-Aug-2002 - A protein that intensifies and prolongs caffeine`s kick is identified in this week`s issue of the science journal Nature.Although caffeine is probably the world's most...

16-Aug-2002 - UK chemical analysis company Burkard Scientific has developed a compact package for accurate and user-friendly sugar analysis, the company claims this week. Multi-channel, flow analysis...

Organics extended at National Starch

15-Aug-2002 - UK starch ingredient company National Starch, a subsidiary of chemical giant ICI, this week announced the launch of Novation 9330 and Novation 9360 - a...

Popular health drink gets a boost

12-Aug-2002 - Nestle Singapore, a subsidiary of Swiss food group Nestle, is to replace its popular health food drink MILO, introduced in Singapore in the 1950s, with...

New facility for functional flavours

10-Aug-2002 - US functional flavour company Blue Pacific Flavors has opened a state-of-the-art finished beverage R&D application facility for the development of functional beverages. The company reports...

S.American flavour hits Europe

09-Aug-2002 - UK ingredient company Porters Foods announced this week that it has introduced a new caramel-like flavoured confection to its range of fine food ingredients. Dulce...

Uniform global soy isoflavone testing

01-Aug-2002 - In a bid to validate different soy isoflavone testing methods around the world, newly merged Dutch ingredients company, Acatris, a subsidiary of Royal Schouten Group,...

Dietary ingredients expand

18-Jul-2002 - Croda Healthcare, a division of UK-based speciality chemicals manufacturer Croda Oleochemicals, is to market a new range of soy nutraceuticals derived from whole soybeans. The...

New energy drink from Bally

17-Jul-2002 - Bally Total Fitness, the US-based operator of health and fitness clubs, has launched its own line of energy drinks under the Bally Blast name. The...

Calcium-enriched OJ hits Canada

12-Jul-2002 - Canadian company Sun-Rype Products, which makes apple-based foods and beverages, has launched a new calcium-enriched orange juice. The company claims it is the first such...

FDA rules against nicotine water

03-Jul-2002 - The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has ruled that the product called Nico Water is an unapproved drug and that it cannot therefore be...

Basketball link for Accelerade

02-Jul-2002 - Accelerade, the sports drink brand produced by PacificHealth Laboratories, has become the official sponsor of The Hoop Group, an organisation which runs basketball training camps...

Herbal drink joins energy drink range

24-Jun-2002 - The Dr Enuf energy drink range has been extended with the addition of a new herbal variant, Herbal Dr Enuf, a cherry-flavoured drink containing ginseng...