US chemical industry urges feds to ban bisphenol A in baby bottles
The leading US chemical industry body is urging federal authorities to change the law to ban the use of bisphenol A (BPA) is baby bottles and children’s sippy cups.
Archives for October 10, 2011
Sweet taste modulator may help provide 'true' sugar taste with zero calories: Senomyx
Small molecules that modulate the human sweet taste receptor could help to provide zero-calorie foods and drinks that have "the true taste of sugar", say industry scientists.
Hershey seeks stronger foothold in health & wellness market with more cocoa-based functional foods
More functional foods capitalizing on the health benefits of cocoa should hit shelves next year as confectionery giant Hershey seeks to gain a stronger foothold in the health and wellness market via its new Apure subsidiary.
Purac launches online beverage fortification tool
Purac has designed an online calculating tool designed to help research and development (R&D) teams formulate stable calcium fortified beverages.
Givaudan confident price hikes will offset crippling input costs
Flavours and fragance house Givaudan, while posting third quarter results, said its decision to increase its prices will soften the impact of higher raw material input costs for products such as citrus and orange oil in 2011 and fully cover them in 2012.
Blowfill investment sees CCA slash Australian PET use
Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has opened two new blowfill lines costing AUS $35m at its Australian bottling facility in Adelaide, in a move that it said would significantly reduce its use of PET resin and energy.