Soiken links up with drink maker to develop health drink
Japanese biotech firm Soiken signs joint research agreement with a beverage manufacturer to drill into the established functional food market.
Archives for December 9, 2004
Nutritional profiles continue to cause headache for European officials
The controversial issue of nutritional profiles will remain one of the biggest hurdles for EU legislation on health claims but recent reports suggest that Germany may be ready to concede some elements of profiling, reports Dominique Patton.
Aston group increases Russian refined oil capacity
The Aston Group, which has ambitions of becoming the biggest raw vegetable oil manufacturer in Eastern Europe, has begun supplying retailers with refined deodorised oil from its $60 million extracting plant MEZ Volshebnii Kray, writes Angela...
Russian drinks group cuts costs with bottle plant investment
Russia's OST group, one of the country's biggest alcohol producers, has built a new bottle plant near Moscow which will supply it with up to 600 million bottles a year - and save it more than $10 million, writes Angela Drujinina.
First strawberry map to lead to better flavour?
Breakthrough science for the popular fruit ingredient, the strawberry, as UK scientists construct the world's first molecular map for the wild strawberry, opening up opportunities to create market leading varieties with improved flavours.