Lycored Ltd.’s unique tomato lycopene formulation is tailored specifically for use as natural colorant in surimi applications, enabling food manufacturers to use a natural, vegetarian colorant. Surimi is a highly popular food product in Asia and the U.S. and is available in many shapes, forms and textures—which are often identical to the meat of lobster, crab or other shellfish.
Solae, maker of soy-based ingredients, is leading a 4-year, €$11 million research project—MagPro2Life—funded by the 7th Framework Programme of the EU Commission.
DuPont will spend $10 billion and release thousands of new products over the next nine years aimed at improving food production and nutrion, company officials said.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. has acquired Brazilian food supplement company Probiotica Laboratorios Ltda. for the equivalent of about $86 million.
Improving children's nutrition and local sourcing of food will be the hottest trends on restaurant menus this coming year, a survey of U.S. chefs indicates.
The nutrition label on the front of a box of cereal, a frozen dinner or any other food should be as quick and easy to read as the Energy Star label on a clothes washer or an air-conditioner, according to a study requested by Congress.