Industry News

Tea, RTD Tea Trends Report
11/06/2009 - Market research publisher Packaged Facts released its fully updated report, “Tea and Ready-to-Drink (RTD) Tea in the U.S.: Retail, Foodservice and Consumer Trends”, which examines the U.S. market for tea across the retail and foodservice spectrum, including ready-to-drink (RTD) tea, leaf (bagged and loose) tea and instant tea. ...

FDA, FSIS Team to Prevent Foodborne Illness
11/06/2009 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will hold a joint public meeting focused on improving the system for tracing of food products and ingredients that are causing illness outbreaks or presenting other risks to the health of consumers Dec. 9-10. ...

DSM Lauded for tensVida Product
11/05/2009 - DSM’s lactotripeptide blood pressure ingredient, tensVida, received recognition for its product development, winning the Outstanding Application in Nutraceuticals category at the European Outsourcing Awards. ...

General Mills Invites Innovation
11/05/2009 - General Mills announced the launch of General Mills Worldwide Innovation Network (G-WIN). ...

Meijer Canned Soup Recall
11/05/2009 - Bay Valley Foods LLC is recalling approximately 20,286 pounds of canned “Meijer Cream of Mushroom Reduced Sodium Condensed Soup” because it was inadvertently mislabeled and may contain an undeclared allergen, egg. ...

Protein Ingredients to Induce Satiety
11/04/2009 - At SupplySide West, Fonterra Ingredients will showcase dairy ingredients that can be used in food and beverages to boost satiety. ...

Investigating Tocotrienol
11/04/2009 - Dr. Lee C. Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Davos Life Science Pte Ltd, will review the research supporting tocotrienal in a VendorWorks presentation on Nov. 12, from 4:30–5:20 p.m. at SupplySide West, Nov. 11-13 in Las Vegas. ...

CP Kelco Opens New Facility
11/04/2009 - CP Kelco opened its newest hydrocolloid facility in Taixing, China that complies with China Food GMP standards and has the flexibility to produce carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) for the food, paper, oilfield and industrial markets. ...

Acid-Proof Caramelized Sugar Flavor
11/04/2009 - An acid-proof Caramelized Sugar Flavor from D.D. Williamson provides the characteristic flavor of burnt sugar in beverages and sauces. ...

Alcohol Sales Predicted to Fall in 2010
11/04/2009 - Total alcohol sales in all away-from-home venues are expected to decline 2.5 percent in 2010 with the largest declines occurring in the casual full-service restaurants and high-end white tablecloth restaurants. ...