Flavours & colours

Mitsubishi International Food Ingredients Inc.

Finding ways to fight the artificial with the plant-based trend

15 June 2017 | By Christiane Lippert | Head of Marketing Food | Lycored, Roy Manuell | Junior Editor

With the shift towards natural and plant-based ingredients, how do we as an industry, find ways to bring plant-derived ingredients into the mainstream?

Using enticing food labelling to make vegetables more appealing

13 June 2017 | By New Food

Does labelling carrots as "twisted citrus-glazed carrots" or green beans as "sweet sizzilin' green beans and crispy shallots" make them more enticing and increase vegetable consumption?

Food is not just the sum of its nutrients

23 May 2017 | By New Food

Traditionally investigations of a foodstuff's implications for human health focus on the content of individual nutrients such as proteins, fats, carbohydrates, etc.

National drinks company looks to increase output by 500%

17 May 2017 | By New Food

Iced drinks company, Polar Krush have experienced unprecedented growth in the past 12 months.

Rise in moderate alcohol consumption presents opportunity

16 May 2017 | By New Food

As consumers across Europe embrace a healthier lifestyle, a growing trend for more moderate alcohol consumption is emerging.

Webinar Review: Use of Stable Isotope Analysis in Commercial Food Authenticity Testing

8 May 2017 | By New Food

Dr. David Psomiadis, Laboratory Manager at Imprint Analytics GmbH, provides answers to some of the most interesting questions posed to him during our recent webinar ‘Use of Stable Isotope Analysis in Commercial Food Authenticity Testing’...

Closer cooperation needed on food colour regulations between EU and US

13 April 2017 | By European Commission Joint Research Centre

New study suggests that EU and the US companies and consumers have much to gain from closer cooperation on food colouring.

The glow of food dye can be used to monitor food quality

16 February 2017 | By American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Can food dyes really enable us to better monitor and keep tabs on food safety and quality control? New research opens up new possibilities...

Lifting the lid on the clean label trend

16 February 2017 | By Lindsey Bagley, BA, CSci, FIFST, Flavour Horizons

Clean label is no longer a trend - it is now the rule and accordingly New Food asks Lindsey Bagley, Flavour Horizons, to delve deeper into one of the industry's definitive trends...

Disney to create fun and fruity healthier confectionery

27 January 2017 | By New Food

Disney team up with Bon Bon Buddies to launch healthier range of confectionery

The flavour trends that will take off in 2017

25 January 2017 | By Deb Murray, Anderson Partners Food Ingredients

New Food asked Deb Murray from Anderson Partners Food Ingredients to give us an insight into which flavours will come to define 2017...

Roha takes a strategic step in Europe by acquiring Essential SRL in Italy

12 December 2016 | By New Food

Roha has announced the acquisition of Italy based Essential SRL, a leading manufacturer of Plant and Fruits based natural colouring and flavouring ingredients...

Big Bear – heritage sweet-making specialist

27 November 2016 | By Ross Stanley - Big Bear Confectionery

The UK confectionery market is driven by passion, innovation and dynamism; attributes that have kept the interest of consumers for hundreds of years.

Industrial uses of yeast – brewing and distilling

14 October 2016 | By Graham G. Stewart (Heriot-Watt University)

Graham G. Stewart, Emeritus Professor in Brewing and Distilling, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland describes the industrial uses of yeast in brewing and distilling...