Food & Beverage News

Opening the gateway to Asian markets
Fi Asia 2006 is the meeting place of choice for international and regional suppliers of ingredients with manufacturers and producers from South East Asia.

Camlin to launch Sucralose at Fi Asia
Camlin Fine Chemicals, the world's second largest and Asia's largest producer and marketer of synthetic food grade antioxidants - TBHQ and BHA, plans to launch Sucralose - a synthetic sweetener (made from sugar) at Fi Asia.

CP Kelco targets hydrocolloid market
Hydrocolloids are used extensively by the food industry to texturise and stabilise food products from dressings to ice cream.

Research on edible packaging gaining prominence globally
The growing demand by consumers for healthier and more ecological foods has driven researchers to develop new systems of packaging that prolong the useful life of the products and that are, at the same time, recyclable.

Caramel colour & burnt sugars moving beyond 'Just colouring'
Caramel colours have been around as preferred brown colourings for more than a century.

Flavour industry to grow with new trends in FP
The food flavour industry, being a value adding section of food ingredients in India, is growing with the food processing industry

Riddhi Siddhi vying to be major player in F&B
Ahmedabad based Riddhi Siddhi Gluco Biols Ltd (RSGB), promoted by Chowdhary family and operating three plants across the country, is the largest wet corn miller in the country, manufacturing starch and its derivatives.

A real challenge to instill quality awareness
Paradigm Services Private Ltd (PSPL), a certified ISO 9001:2000 management consultancy, has seen the rough patches in a short span of time while implementing food safety

Rupande Food to cross international borders
Having a history that dates back to 1945, Rupande Food Products is today a name to reckon with in the Western India food ingredients market.

FELDA and Nandan Bio evaluate partnering opportunities in herbal sector
The Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) of Malaysia has expressed its interest in associating with the Hyderabad-based nutraceuticals company, Nandan Biomatrix.