LONDON -(Dow Jones)- U.K.-based food, ingredients and retail group Associated British Foods PLC (ABF.LN) Monday raised its full year guidance following strong trading in the second half, which helped lift adjusted operating profit in the period.
The U.K. food producer and retail group said it now expects progress in adjusted earnings, compared with guidance provided in July of flat adjusted profit, despite previously flagged higher interest charges.
AB Foods, which has food businesses around the world, did not provide specific sales guidance for each division, but said sugar profit would be substantially …

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ebfe15/dairyderived_ingr) has announced the addition of Woodhead Publishing Ltd’s new report “Dairy-Derived Ingredients: Food and Nutraceutical Uses” to their offering.
Advances in technologies for the extraction and modification of valuable milk components have opened up new opportunities for the food and nutraceutical industries. New applications for dairy ingredients are also being found. Dairy-derived ingredients reviews the latest research in these dynamic areas.
Part one covers modern approaches to the separation of dairy components and manufacture of dairy ingredients. Part two focuses on the significant area of the biological …

September 7, 2009 – Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the Government of India sponsored processed food regulatory organization, will soon to introduce a new regulation for procurement of raw materials for the food processing units in the country. This regualation shall also be imposed on imported food.
According to FSSAI official sources, in order to ensure safe food in the country the government will soon to introduce new regulations for the process food industry in the country under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
 
Under this new regulation, no …

To disseminate information on current trends, developments and manufacturing activities in food science technology and functional food ingredients, Food Science and Technology Association of Thailand (FoSTAT), has organised “Food Ingredients Asia Conference 2009.” The event will take place on September 10-11 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre, Bangkok, and run parallel to the 15th Fi-Asia tradeshow.
This year, the theme is “What’s New in the world of Functional Food Ingredients” The organisers said that at present, health and safety have been prime areas regarding new food products across the globe. Extensive …

EDMONTON — When Jodie McKague and husband Adam Larson buy groceries, they tend to shop along the perimeter of the store where fresh produce and meats are sold.
As new parents of a two-year-old, they are making “a more conscious effort about foodstuff,” trying to buy “as fresh as possible.”
“I don’t want my daughter to think the only taste out there comes out of packages,” McKague says. “That will make me really sad.”
For the McKagues, “preservative” is a bad word.
But scientists at the University of Alberta are working toward food additives …