CAROL STREAM, Ill.— Premium Ingredients International is expanding its presence in Canada, establishing PII Food Ingredients as a division of Bulk Pharmaceuticals Corp., Scarborough, Ontario. Bulk Pharmaceuticals has been in business for more than 15 years serving the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and veterinary industries, and was acquired by Premium Ingredients in May 2008.
PII Food Ingredients will concentrate on offering a targeted portfolio of core ingredients, including vitamins, acidulants, preservatives and flavors, to the food industry in Canada. Don Thorp, president of Premium Ingredients, said, “The establishment of PII Food Ingredients will …

St. Petersburg, FL – Scientists announced today to a group of 12,300 food industry executives attending the Global Food Additives Convention that a new sweetener is expected to be approved by the FDA and hence given world-wide acceptance.
It is expected that the new sweetener, called santonexame, will rapidly displace aspartame. santonexame is 200 times sweeter than aspartame. Although it is 100 times as expensive, food industry executives will be essentially obliged to use it thanks to their fiduciary responsibilities to stock holders.
In trials on Chinese prisoners, no adverse effects were …

Brussels – European food watchdog EFSA has worked out guidelines to assure that the often genetically engineered food enzymes are safe. In a brand new guidance document, the food regulators specify the information that industry must provide and is required for the obligatory safety assessments.
The enzymes, which carry out chemical transformations, are added to food to perform a technological function in manufacturing, processing, preparation, treatment, packaging, transport or storage. Food enzymes can be used in certain cases as alternatives to food additives in order to improve the texture, appearance or …

LUDHIANA: Food security has always been of concern in developing countries but off late a new concept of healthy food has slowly crept into the 
minds of economically well off and health conscious people.
A further improvisation of organic foods- few industrialists and entrepreneurs who afford the means have started cultivating food items for their dining tables under their own strict vigil.
With a whole new market of organic foods items emerging in city, seriously conscious people feel that people engaged in commercial production of organics may sometimes ignore quality owing to their …

ONCO-Z Corious Versicolor Extract, which is produced by Hong Kong manufacturer PuraPharm International, recently became the first traditional Chinese medicine ingredient to become “USP Verified.”
This indicates that the ingredient has passed the rigorous requirements of the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention’s Dietary Ingredient Verification Program. USP is a scientific nonprofit organization that sets standards for the quality of medicines, dietary supplements and food ingredients, which are used in more than 130 countries. Through its voluntary ingredient verification programs, USP also assesses the quality of dietary supplement and pharmaceutical ingredients.
Through the Dietary Ingredient …

BEIJING – Germans introduced Tsingtao (Qingdao) Beer to China in 1903, a brand that continues to thrive. Fast forward a century later and Identity Fruit, or “iF Juice,” is bringing fresh squeezed juice to Beijing. Founded in 2007 by two Germans, iF Juice prides itself on providing juices and smoothies made with no additives, preservatives, sugar or water. iF Juice has locations in the Central Business District, Sanlitun, and Chaoyang District. Co-owner Hans Au answered our questions about his business and doing business in the Middle Kingdom.
How did you get …

The list of 599 additives approved by the US Government for use in the manufacture of cigarettes is something every smoker should see. Submitted by the five major American cigarette companies to the Dept. of Health and Human Services in April of 1994, this list of ingredients had long been kept a secret.
Tobacco companies reporting this information were:
American Tobacco Company
Brown and Williamson
Liggett Group, Inc.
Philip Morris Inc.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
While these ingredients are approved as additives for foods, they were not tested by burning them, and it is the burning of …

Event Profile:
Launched in 2006, China International Food Expo is a showcase for manufacturers, distributors, and suppliers from around the world, representing all of the key sectors within the food and beverage, food processing and packaging machinery trade. This exhibition will be held three days between 8 to 10 Oct, 2009 at Changsha, Hunan Province in the China and organized by the China Council For the Promotion of International Trade.
Visitor’s Profile:
Visitor profile include – Restaurateurs, Hoteliers, Chefs, Owners / Operators, Caterers, Managers / Assistant Managers, Food and Beverage Managers, Institutional Food …

OFFICERS from the Ministry of Health’s Food Control Unit have confiscated a number of food products from supermarket shelves because they have not met the requirements of the new Food Safety Act (No.10 of 2003).
Although the ministry has given local manufacturers, exporters and importers until October 14 to tidy up their dealings and ensure that food items they sell fall into the required standard, officers have been conducting inspections at some of the major supermarkets around Viti Levu.
Requirements include the presence of proper product labels, packaging information, information on food …

Richard Clark has more energy, feels less tired and feels healthier than ever.
The North York resident attributes this to eating organic foods – which he started 10 years ago.
Clark said he began to eat organic when he became more aware of contaminates in food and started reading the labels.
“If you don’t know what it is you’re reading, why would you eat it? What does it do to your body when it metabolizes? You don’t know,” he said. “They say things are safe, but there haven’t been enough long-term studies to …