Brits get more adventurous with more exotic fruit Julia Glotz Brits are getting increasingly adventurous in the fruit aisle, with exotics such as pomegranates and persimmons thriving whiles sales of better known exotics such as mangoes and pineapples are declining. Total volumes for these lesser-known fruits are still relatively small, but the growth rates they…
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Sustainable Production and Consumption Of Vegetables on Front Burner in Brussels
By JOHN M. SAULNIER, QFFI Chief Editor & Publisher Attributes of frozen and canned products in spotlight at PROFEL Conference, which addresses issues ranging from health and nutrition to price trends and CAP reform. The advantages and benefits that frozen and canned vegetables, as well as those distributed in jars, have over so-called “fresh” produce…
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‘Fresh Versus Frozen’ Continues
Great weather, great food and great company – the 2011 media lunch, hosted by the New Ice Age and Aldo Zilli at Zilli Fish in London, continued the ‘fresh versus frozen’ debate with the national media. Discussions at the event highlighted the cost, waste and taste benefits of frozen over chilled food equivalents. And, to…
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Let it rain – or plan for food shortages
Shoppers could face food shortages this summer if it fails to rain in the next fortnight, experts have warned. Farmers are hoping for rain – and lots of it – to save crops that were planted early to take advantage of the higher than usual temperatures before Easter. Those crops which rely on shallow and…
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Provexis extracts cause stir
Provexis is drawing closer to the commercialisation of many of its functional food ingredients, chief executive Stephen Moon told Food Manufacture. The company’s work with the Institute of Food Research (IFR), near Norwich, to extract high levels of isothiocyanates, which combat inflammation, from rocket and broccoli, had led to “large scale commercial collaboration”, said Moon.…
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