Heathrow Natural Food & Beverage Inc. announced that its board of directors approved a spin-off of all current food and beverage related operations into Heathrow Enterprises LLC, a private entity.
Only one in five Chinese consumers trust the quality of bottled beverages, and others cite illegal additives as their major concern, according to the results of a survey.
Little black or white exists, in regards to much nutritional information (to the frustration of consumers). Instead, there is a continuum of plausibility on nutritional information, ranging from “very unlikely to be true” to “pretty darn sure this is the way it is.”
The Food and Drug Administration and a leading doctor are disputing suggestions by television show host Dr. Mehmet Oz that trace amounts of arsenic in many apple juice products pose a health concern.
Researchers have developed 14 non-dairy-based calcium-rich products and 12 dairy-based calcium-rich products using methods like malting and fermentation "as food-based interventions" to raise calcium intake in children.
Frutarom Industries Ltd. has acquired Flavor Systems International Inc. of the U.S. for $35.3 million in cash. Frutarom will close the deal in a few weeks. This is the company's fifth acquisition so far this year.
McCormick & Co and Delhi-based Kohinoor Foods have completed the formation of a joint venture to market basmati rice in the country, the partners said. The venture, announced three months back, will be called Kohinoor Specialty Foods India.