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the japanese food company kikkoman corporation and six other food makers have teamed up with the japanese national institute of technology and evaluation and four universities to sequence the genome of koji, a fermenting agent used to make soy sauce and soybean paste (miso), by 2003, the nihon keizai shimbun reported. the research is aimed at designing a low-energy micro-organism plant, which can produce chemicals without emitting toxic waste by exploiting enzymes produced by koji.

danisco\'s research centre in brabrand, denmark was the meeting point on september 10-11 for a group of international researchers focusing on asian eating habits and the latest food trends. consumers in the western world eat a great deal of food that is either partially or completely prepared by the food industry and the tendency is really starting to take hold in asia now as well.

on september 20, green fusion corporation announced that its acquisition target house of brussels holdings ltd., which owns and operates the north american chocolate manufacturer brussels chocolates ltd., has struck a distribution agreement with park\'nshop supermarkets, a hong kong retail grocery and fine food chain. under the agreement, brussels chocolates will be sold in park\'nshop\'s hong kong locations.

the european protein ingredients market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.9 per cent to reach over $9 billion by 2007, claim market analysts frost & sullivan this week. they predict that the market for protein ingredient manufacturers will be tougher as food manufacturers look to substitute animal proteins with plant proteins. this is combined with the increasing consumer desire for gm free soya proteins and the requirement of manufacturers to increase the functional and nutraceutical properties of these products.

french food ingredients group eridania beghin-say is to demerge in july 2001. the news arrived at the same time as mixed financial results for 2000. the group reported a drop in net income from euro 138.9 million in 1999 to euro 57.3 million in 2000, for the large part due to an increase in allowances for goodwill amortisation, euro 156.5 million compared to euro 29.6 million in 1999.

ocean spray\'s ingredient technology group (itg) announced this week the launch of a new website, www.oceansprayitg.com . visitors can access the group\'s latest corporate, product and applications news. the site will also provide an on-line facility for customers to purchase ingredients from full size orders to product samples. commenting on the launch ron mcmillan, general manager for europe with ocean spray itg said, \"our new web site will serve as a central contact point for the ocean spray ingredient technology group.

chicken soup may be good for colds, a new study suggests, reuters reported this week. scientists at the university of nebraska medical centre found that chicken soup contains several ingredients that affect the body\'s immune system. they discovered that chicken soup and many of its ingredientts helped stop the movement of neutrophils - white blood cells that eat up bacteria and cellular debris which are released in great numbers by viral infections like colds.

qualicon, inc, a business unit of dupont, introduced recently its bax system pcr assay for screening qualitative gmo\'s. the tests have been created to enable food processors and service labs to establish whether a sample of raw or processed soy or corn food, ingredient or crop contains a threshold level of genetically enhanced components. the bax system can detect gmo in samples containing as few as 12 copies of the target.

canadian company formbes medi-tech inc. announced the first consumer product test market launches in australia and the u.s containing its phytosterol-based cholesterol-lowering ingredient, phytrol (tm), branded as reducol (tm). phytrol (tm) is a proprietary, phytosterol-based cholesterol-lowering compound exclusively licensed on a worldwide basis to novartis consumer health, inc. for use as a functional food ingredient, dietary supplement and inclusion in certain over-the-counter products.