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barry callebaut has signed an agreement to acquire spain’s chocovic, in a deal that will give the chocolate giant its first manufacturing plant in spain. currently owned by the nederland group, around 60 per cent of chocovic’s sales are to industrial customers, and 40 per cent to artisanal or professional users such as restaurants, pastry chefs and chocolatiers. its product and brand portfolio is “highly complementary” to barry callebaut’s.

compounds produced by frying, grilling, or pasteurizing may be driving inflammation and ageing, according to a new study from the us. but reducing intakes of compounds called advanced glycation end products (ages) may reduce inflammation and help boost the body’s natural defences, according to results of a dietary intervention published in the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism.

specialist food colouring company dd williamson has developed a natural acid-stable burnt sugar flavour, which it says responds to demand for clean-label flavours in beverages and sauces. the us-based company has long been a global manufacturer of caramel colours, and it is through the use of its existing experience in this area that it has developed its new burnt (or caramelized) sugar flavour.

a resource map outlining where and how much meat and fish – as well as it associated packaging – is wasted in the supply chain is to be developed in a bid to cut all three and save cash for industry players. the waste and resource action programme (wrap) and envirowise are leading the research which will also look to identify the amount of water consumed and disposed of during meat and fish processing.

chr hansen’s refocus on bioscience over the last four years, and a pipeline of new products, has yielded yet another year of growth in both sales and profits that defies the economic downturn. the danish company today reported revenue of €511m for the financial year 2008/9, up 10 per cent on last year in local currencies. operating profit (ebitda before special items) was €155m, up 9.

u.s. food and drug administration (fda) microbiologists are experimenting with naturally occurring bacteria that can kill salmonella and other pathogens on fresh fruits and vegetables, reported the washington post. eric brown and his team worked with more than 300 species of plant bacteria before isolating five "good" bacteria effective against salmonella. those five species of bacteria don't appear to be harmful to humans though further investigation is needed.

total alcohol sales in all away-from-home venues are expected to decline 2.5 percent in 2010 with the largest declines occurring in the casual full-service restaurants and high-end white tablecloth restaurants, according to a new report from technomic. technomic estimates that 2009 alcohol sales will end the year down 4.9 percent. the drop in sales is further supported by current data from the technomic/guestmetrics partnership which shows check averages are down 6 percent through the third quarter of 2009.

interhealth nutraceuticals announced its uc-ii® ingredient was affirmed gras (generally recognized as safe) by a scientific panel assembled by the burdock group. “the safety information on uc-ii® was persuasive,” stated dr. george burdock, president of the burdock group. “this information, along with other data reviewed, provided the substantiation needed to confidently make the gras determination.

chr. hansen released its financials for the year 2008/09, reporting revenue increased by 10 percent in local currencies to €511 million, and earnings (ebitda) reached 30.3 percent. sales growth was particularly strong in the health & nutrition division, with sales of probiotics to the food, supplement and agriculture industries up almost 27 percent; sales in the company’s largest business area, cultures and enzymes for the food industry, grew 9.

eating a meal quickly reduces the release of hormones in the gut that induce satiety, which often leads to overeating, according to a new study that will appear in the january 2010 issue of the journal of clinical endocrinology & metabolism (jcem). in the study, subjects consumed the same test meal, 300ml of ice-cream, at different rates. researchers took blood samples for the measurement of glucose, insulin, plasma lipids and gut hormones before the meal and at 30 minute intervals after the beginning of eating, until the end of the session, 210 minutes later.