Archives for July 24, 2003

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Profit drops for DSM

By all accounts DSM presented a less than rosy set of second quarterly figures this week with sales and operating profit figures both plummeting. The company predicts a further downward trend in the third quarter but should rebound by the end of the year.

Eat the wrapper!

Edible vegetable and fruit wraps, among the latest developments from modern chemistry, look set to keep lunches fresher longer and be substituted for some non-biodegradable wraps, says the creator, food chemist Tara McHugh.

Cash injection for food security

The €435 billion US food industry has welcomed a move by the Bush administration to inject more cash into food security. "Both Secretary Thompson and FDA Commissioner McClellan emphasised that the focus of this new food security research will be on...

Novel foods and health: effects difficult to measure

The actual feasibility of linking consumption data to health outcomes came to light this week following investigations into the buying and eating of novel - to include genetically modified - foods.

The useful needle in a chemical haystack

German scientists claim to have developed a new technique facilitating the identification of useful and even unknown ingredients in natural plant extracts.

Future is key at CRN conference

The Council for Responsible Nutrition Annual Conference on Dietary Supplements, taking place in September, aims to focus on future challenges concerning the industry.

WHO keeps the pressure on

Executives from global food and drink firms, under increasing pressure to improve the nutritional value of their products, continued talks on their role in global health at a WHO meeting last week.