News On Ingredients from Europe

Tweeëntwintig activisten van Greenpeace zijn vrijdag in Vlaardingen aangehouden nadat zij zich hadden vastgeketend aan containers met palmolie.   Met de actie wil Greenpeace aandacht vragen voor het kappen van vele hectaren bos in Indonesië voor de ko...

In het eerste kwartaal van 2008 komt de eerste gecertificeerde en duurzame palmolie op de markt. Binnen enkele jaren kan waarschijnlijk de hele palmolieproductie van RSPO-plantages zijn gecertificeerd. RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) is ee...

De zetmeelaardappelteelt blijft in Nederland, ook als de Europese steun wordt ontkoppeld. Dat concludeert landbouweconomisch instituut LEI in een onderzoek naar de gevolgen van de herziening van het Europese landbouwbeleid.Ontkoppeling van de steun ...

Starch group AVEBE has concluded the financial year 2006/2007 with a net profit of EUR 25.2 million.  These results are reflected in the annual report that AVEBE is sending at the end of this month to the cooperative members.  “The 2006/2007 annual ...

Voor Avebe en beoogd Akzo-dochter National Starch zijn de hoge prijzen voor melk en melkproducten een buitenkansje.   Avebe-dochter Solanic begint deze maand met de productie van hoogwaardige vervangers van melkeiwit. National Starch verkoopt al heel l...

DSM Food Specialities has received approval for Danish food safety authorities for the use of its Preventase, meaning that the acrylamide-reducing enzyme can now be used in food products throughout the EU and the US.At present, enzymes used in food pr...

Tate &Lyle, a manufacturer of food and industrial ingredients, has reported a 19% fall in profit before tax to GBP120 million for the first six months of 2007, compared with GBP149 million for the same period in 2006.

EU regulators and processors say they are examining the use of diacetyl for foods, following reports of hundreds of US workers falling ill from a deadly lung disease linked to the inhalation of the popcorn flavouring chemical."The experts of the ...

The UK government has taken a significant step towards the possible banning of trans fatty acids by asking the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for its urgent advice.board meeting was held yesterday to seek the views of members of the food industry, consume...

Zetmeelcoöperatie Avebe en de vakbonden hebben een overeenkomst gesloten over de manier waarop het aantal arbeidsplaatsen bij het bedrijf wordt teruggebracht. Avebe gaat naar 850 personeelsleden in augustus 2011. Nu werken er nog circa 1.050 mensen. De...

A probe into the culinary offerings of the UK's favourite fast food restaurants has found "shockingly high levels of salt in some family, individual, and children's meal options", which in many cases could result in kids receiving well over ...

Flavor firm Wild reports seeing a surge in interest for its diacetyl-free butter flavors, following rekindled concerns in recent months surrounding the safety of the ingredient.The group, which originally launched its flavors around four years ago, sai...

Following the Southampton study that cast safety suspicions over certain artificial colourings, ingredients firms are redoubling their development and communication efforts to highlight alternatives from other sources.The FSA-funded study conducted at ...

The food industry faces a government inquiry into its role in Britain’s surging obesity and heart disease rates with ministers considering a ban on trans fats as the first decisive step. The inquiry, ordered by Alan Johnson, the health secretary, fo...

Wild is looking to go public - an announcement that could shake up competitors if the German flavour powerhouse capitalizes on investment and fine tunes its operations. "My main concern is to secure the future of the company, which my parents fou...

Royal DSM N.V. and AVEBE U.A. today announce that the business group DSM Food Specialties and AVEBE Food have entered into a strategic partnership. The combination of DSM’s enzyme expertise and AVEBE’s starch knowledge will lead to new opportunities ...

National Starch Food Innovation has become the latest ingredients firm to signal a price rise in the face of rising raw material costs, with starches for food, beverage and pharmaceutical use set to become more expensive.

Flavor and fragrance manufacturer Symrise has acquired Unilever’s non branded food ingredients business in the UK. The food ingredients portfolio comprises dry seasonings and wet pastes. The turnover of this non core business for Unilever UK was 5m€ i...