HAZMAT crews called to Coca-Cola ammonia spill
Fire and Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT) teams are on the scene of an ammonia leak at the Coca-Cola Bottling Plant in Speedway, Indianapolis, US.
Archives for June 14, 2015
Judge to FDA: When are you going to make a decision on evaporated cane juice labeling?
A federal judge in California has asked the FDA whether it is planning to clarify its position on evaporated cane juice (ECJ) labeling any time soon as confusion over whether food manufacturers should or shouldn’t use the term continues to abound.
Comment - Special edition: Fizzing up carbonates
PepsiCo’s Stubborn Soda: Will beer gestures bubble trouble?
PepsiCo has announced the launch of Stubborn Soda, a line of craft soda beverages expected this summer. It's obviously very excited about craft – but are the soda’s beer gestures going to court concern?
Brain hormone could help distinguish sugar and zero calorie sweeteners
Fruit flies have a set of neurones that fire only when they encounter real sugar – triggering the release of a hormone that is not released when they eat a non-calorific sweetener. And researchers suggest that humans possess the same ‘molecular machinery’.
Coffee drinkers beware: Brazil’s coffee harvest set to decline again
Brazilian coffee growers will collect just 44.28m sacks (60kg) of coffee in 2015, the second lackluster harvest in a row for the world’s largest coffee producer and exporter.
Mobile payments, matching snacks and facial recognition: Douwe Egberts on coffee vending revolution
Coffee vending machines are evolving: mobile payments, the offer of complementing snacks, and even machines with facial recognition software are innovations helping boost consumer confidence, according to Douwe Egberts Professional.