FSA flags up new food research opportunities
Driving research in the area of chemical contaminants, nutrition and microbiology the UK's food agency is calling for scientists to fulfill a batch of new research requirements.
Archives for December 6, 2004
Glass closures - more elegant than the cork?
Last week Alcoa began commercial production of Vino-Lok, its glass-on-glass wine closure system. Has upmarket wine finally found an alternative to the screw cap? asks Kim Hunter Gordon.
Sunnyland adopts Amcor Plasti-Twist closure
European juices producer Sunnyland has included Amcor's 33mm Plasti-Twist closure in its range of PET-packaged hot fill juices and juice based products produced in-house.
Ajinomoto ramps up aspartame production
Japanese aspartame supplier Ajinomoto will ramp up production of its sweetener on the back of growing demand for low calorie food and beverages, the Tokyo-based firm announced this week.
More recalls for illegal red food colour
An illegal red colour identified in a popular food oil prompts a recall in the UK, the latest in a series of similar moves by the country's food watchdog.
Caseinate alternative from Arla ingredients unit
Dutch firm Arla Foods Ingredients launches a new milk protein onto the competitive dairy protein market, positioned as an alternative to caseinates in salami formulations.