Limited consumer awareness threatens to restrain the development of
probiotics markets, finds a new Frost & Sullivan report, yet in
Europe the food ingredient is still set to more than triple in
value over the next six years.
Limited consumer awareness threatens to restrain the development of
probiotics markets, finds a new Frost & Sullivan report, yet
sales of the healthy ingredient are still set to almost triple in
value over the next six years.
A project funded by the European development organisation Eureka
has helped scientists to produce a fortifying feed for piglets
without the use of antibiotics.
A growing market for soy protein products and soyfoods in Western
nations is helping to create a new value-added market for soybeans
beyond the traditional uses of crushing for animal feed and
vegetable oils, according to a new report.
As the questioning consumer continues to show concern over the
safety of food products and notably the use of antibiotics in farm
animals, new research could offer a healthy alternative to boost
the immunity system of pigs - fish...
In the US, Bion Environmental Technologies and the California
Agricultural Technology Institute will work together to assess the
performance of a Bion NMS dairy waste treatment system.
With falling livestock numbers across Europe, feed antioxidant
manufacturers are suffering from lower volumes and lower prices -
causing them to look at the natural antioxidant market in an effort
to increase revenues. The category...
European ministers have reached a political agreement on
genetically modified foods and feed, paving the way towards some of
the toughest legislation on GMOs in the world. Although a supporter
of GM labelling, the European food industry...
Food manufacturers could be hit by a global shortage of grain and
wheat supplies, as harvest forecasts for the 2002-03 season look
increasingly unfavourable. With global stocks being eaten away,
what remains to be seen is how much...
American food companies expanded their foothold in Cuba's long
forbidden market last week, advocating normal business ties with
the communist-run island.
Rice grains with less phytic acid could mean improved nutrition for
the world's malnourished, more nutritious animal feed and less
potential for water pollution from manure, reports the US
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)...
Dairy Park, LLC - a subsidiary of Bion Environmental Technologies -
has entered into an agreement with investors Dr. Michael McCloskey
and Timothy den Dulk to develop, own and operate a number of large
dairy facilities in the US.
The fate of a significant part of this year's UK pea harvest hung
in the balance this week after one of the biggest pea processing
factories in Britain closed with the loss of 320 jobs, reports the
Financial Times.
Cuban President Fidel Castro's government was expected to buy more
U.S. food products this week, as executives of major poultry
producers headed to Havana, a group that tracks U.S.-Cuba trade
relations said on Monday.
Lately, numerous studies have been published regarding the health
benefits of flaxseed otherwise known as linseed, one of the oldest
cultivated plants used by man.
