Archives for September 24, 2006

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UK support for sugar reform revealed

By  Anthony Fletcher

The UK's food and farming minister has revealed how almost £500 million of additional support for sugar reform will be incorporated within the Single Payment Scheme (SPS) over the next seven years.

FMC to increase prices on back of market pressures

By  Lorraine Heller

FMC Biopolymer will again increase prices for its food ingredients on the back of high energy and raw material costs, and the company says it expects prices to continue rising.

Small xanthan gum amounts boost gelling of proteins

By  Stephen Daniells

Canadian researchers are looking into the effects of gelling of whey protein isolates with xanthan gum in concentrations well below that usually reported, and have already filed for a patent on the technique.