Archives for August 12, 2007

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Food container made from recycled PET

By  Ahmed ElAmin

A new food container is made of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET), providing manufacturers with the opportunity to present themselves as "environmentally-friendly".

Weekly Comment

A helping hand to the confused consumer

Consumers are bombarded with an overload of nutritional advice and product marketing - be it from magazines, television shows, and product advertising - and without a degree in nutritional science, it's a wonder they can make sense of it at all.

National Starch targets dairy replacement

By  Lorraine Heller

The recent price and supply pressures facing users of dairy ingredients have spurred National Starch Food Innovation to launch a promotion platform for its new and existing dairy replacement ingredients.