Fruit Juice

Coca-Cola 4Q11 Sales Beat Expectations

The Coca-Cola Company released its fourth quarter 2011 financials that beat expectations and long-term growth targets for non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages, sparkling and still beverages. The company experienced strong full-year global volume growth of 5% led by the ...More
February 7, 2012
Posted in News
FDA Blocks More OJ Imports Over Fungicide

Brazil's orange juice industry has removed the pesticide carbendazim from its list of recommended fungicides for crop treatments after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) blocked another 20 shipments of orange juice last week from entering the country because they ...More
February 6, 2012
Posted in News
CSPI Attacks Juice Makers

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has launched an attack on juice manufacturers, claiming the companies are misleading consumers with ambiguous health and nutrition label claims. ...More
February 1, 2012
Posted in News, Fiber
IDFA Voices Concern About Milk Restrictions in Schools

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) commended the USDA for highlighting the nutritional role that dairy products play in the final regulations governing the reimbursable school meal program released Jan. 25; however, it expressed concern that restrictions on ...More
January 27, 2012
Posted in News
Test Provides Chemical Analysis for Carbendazim

Silliker launched its high performance liquid chromatography for chemical analysis of Carbendazim in orange juice. ...More
January 20, 2012
Posted in News
2012 Restaurant Trends to Drive Traffic

Improving the healthfulness of kids’ meals and restaurant fare, along with the influence of the growing Asian, Hispanic, boomer and millennial population groups, are factors shaping the restaurant industry in 2012 and beyond, according to The NPD Group. Overall, consumer ...More
January 17, 2012
Posted in News, Bakery / Cereal
FDA: No Measureable Carbendazim Residue in Imported OJ

On Jan. 4, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began testing all shipments of incoming orange juice products from all foreign sources for the fungicide carbendazim. As of Jan. 12, 31 samples have been collected; 28 are still pending analysis; three samples revealed ...More
January 17, 2012
Posted in News
FDA Testing OJ Imports for Carbendazim

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will begin testing orange juice sold in U.S. supermarkets for the fungicide carbendazim it believes entered U.S. commerce through imports from Brazil. FDA also will sample import shipments of orange juice and will deny entry to ...More
January 11, 2012
Posted in News
Apples Earn A+ in Health Benefits

Apples have a prominent place in our house. Our famously picky preschool-age daughter has fallen in love with all things apple. Fresh apples, applesauce, apple juice, apple crisps and yes, wait for it, apple butter are top on her culinary list of favorites. ...More
January 11, 2012
Posted in Blog
ABA Rebuffs Paper on Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes

The American Beverage Association (ABA) issued a statement denouncing a recent paper supporting the theory that a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages would reduce health and cost burdens of diabetes as nothing more than another attempt by researchers and their supporters who ...More
January 11, 2012
Posted in News