Archives for January 8, 2007

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'Serious compromise' needed over EU nutrition labelling, report

By  Jess Halliday

Food industry and consumer groups are poles apart over the question of mandatory nutrition labelling, according to the results of a public consultation conducted last year, with government opinion somewhere between the two.

Baker serves up a slice of the black stuff

By  Catherine Boal

Ireland's signature drink, Guinness, can now be found in a loaf as well as a pint glass thanks to an unusual example of new product development in the country's bakery sector.

Drought blights Australian dairy exports

By  Dominique Patton

Australia's dairy industry may see export earnings drop by more than 24 per cent to under A$2 billion (€1.2bn) in 2006-07 because of drought, potentially causing global prices to rise.

Single origin chocolate keeps consumers guessing

By  Catherine Boal

With Easter fast approaching, UK based gift service Gourmet Games has devised a new way to combine the consumer trend for single origin, health-boosting chocolate with novelty confectionery for the holiday season.

German project to create meat analysis RFID

By  George Reynolds

Researchers in Germany are developing radio frequency identification (RFID) technology that will measure and transmit the quality and condition of meat as well as enable processors to identify products throughout the supply chain.

Weekly comment

FSA rules ok? The labelling rebellion

The battle of wills between the UK food watchdog and industry heavyweights over nutrition labelling threatens to destabilise the balance of power between industry and government.

Lycopene protects vitamins in milk, study

By  Stephen Daniells

Lycopene, microencapsulated in gum arabic-sucrose capsules, slowed the degradation of vitamins A and D3 in skimmed milk by 45 per cent, says new research.

Olive oil linked to lower blood pressure

By  staff reporter

Moderate intake of olive oil, a mainstay of the Mediterranean diet, was successful in reducing the blood pressure of healthy men who don't usually eat a Med-type diet, suggests a new study.