The North American sweetener industry has rushed to denounce a
study linking aspartame with an increased risk of leukemia and
lymphoma in rats, fearful that such negative publicity could dent
industry growth.
Acrylamide, a harmful chemical identified in baked and fried foods,
does not increase the risk of breast cancer in women, say US and
Swedish researchers, writes Lindsey Partos.
Fending off price erosion, the landscape of the fermentation
industry continues to change as ingredients firms consolidate for
market strength in €10.97 billion industry, writes Lindsey
Partos.
Japanese sweetener and seasonings giant Ajinomoto plans to ramp up
production of its Masako flavoured seasoning in Indonesia, reported
the Nihon Keizai Shimbun yesterday.
Sending a ripple of fear through the food industry, in 2002 the
Swedish Food Administration found high levels of the cancer-causing
compound acrylamide in carbohydrate-rich foods heated to high
temperatures. As global efforts in food...
New research into the mysterious domain of taste by a US
neuroscientist suggests that calcium plays a key role in the
detection of tastes by taste cells in the tongue.