Honey carbohydrates have prebiotic properties
Complex sugars found naturally in a New Zealand variety of honey appear to have prebiotic effects, offering food makers a natural gut health ingredient.
Archives for March 25, 2005
Russia moves to slash hard cheese imports
Russia draws the wrath of the dairy exporting community, after imposing a duty hike of more than 100 per cent on hard cheese imports, Tom Armitage reports.
UK agriculture sector records rising output
The value of the UK agricultural industry's gross output including subsidies directly linked to product increased by 2.5 per cent to £16.9 billion while intermediate consumption rose by 5.4 per cent due in part to the rise in the oil price, to £9.0...
Unilever selects Kliklok for pro.activ project
Unilever Best Foods Netherlands has installed a packaging system that combines cartoning with an automatic product feeding system to handle the special pack design of its Becel (Flora) pro. active spread.
Brazilian drought drives up soy prices
Food makers using soybeans suffered further price increases last month as a worsening drought reduced production in Brazil.