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marks & spencer bans hydrogenated fats
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marks & spencer's commitment to remove all hydrogenated fats from its entire food range by mid 2006 suggests that awareness of trans fats has now fully hit europe. the firm is the first major retailer in the uk to place a blanket ban on hydrogenated fats, and could set in place a trend that snowballs, with consumer choice increasingly informed by health and nutritional knowledge. hydrogenated fats are oils that have been processed through a chemical hardening method to achieve increased stiffness of the liquid oils. the process can create trans fatty acids, which are generally man-made, but can also form naturally in cow's milk and in vegetable fats. these interfere with metabolic absorption efficiencies and tend to congregate at adipose tissue sites. in addition, they have effectively been linked to higher blood levels of bad (ldl) cholesterol that increases the risk of heart disease. in the us, where food companies are desperately looking to remove the substance from their products before the 1 january labelling deadline that will require all food companies to label the amount of trans-fat in their products, consumer awareness is high. but europe has been slower to catch on. nonetheless, the european food safety authority (efsa) did issue a statement last year saying that the effects of trans fatty acids (tfas) on heart health may be greater than that of saturated fatty acids. and while there are no such labelling rules in the european union certain national governments are pushing for change. indeed, denmark became the first country in the world to introduce restrictions on the use of industrially produced trans fatty acids. oils and fat are now forbidden on the danish market if they contain trans fatty acids exceeding 2 per cent. m&s's announcement to ban trans fats can therefore be seen as an anticipatory step. consumer demand for trans fat-free food in europe is growing, driving ingredient makers and food manufacturers to develop new, innovative products. the move also follows the uk retailer's recent initiative to remove all artificial flavourings, artificial colourings and hydrogenated fats from all its chilled ready meals. the company says that additive and hydrogenated fat-free ready meals have been in store since october. however, the confirmation that all its foods would be free from hydrogenated fats by mid 2006 has driven the stakes higher. "we know that consumers are concerned about additives and believe we are well ahead of any other retailer in terms of removing additives from all our foods," said guy farrant, director of food at marks & spencer. "over the past few months we've gone back to the kitchen to make over 450 recipe changes to our ready meals to remove artificial colourings, artificial flavourings and hydrogenated fats and most of these lines have no artificial preservatives. "having removed artificial colourings, artificial flavourings and hydrogenated fats from our ready meals, we are now actively working to remove hydrogenated fat from all our food products, including confectionery, by mid 2006." the move has been welcomed by leading charity, the hyperactive children's support group (hacsg). "we welcome the move by marks & spencer to remove additives from its ready meals and applaud its commitment to further remove all hydrogenated fats from its entire food range by mid 2006," said nick giovannelli, project director of hacsg. "this is a significant undertaking and one that we believe consumers will welcome."
Source :foodqualitynews.com
Date :
24
November
2005
Category :
Food And Health
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the status of the noni plant as a novel food ingredient has been boosted with the manufacturer, tahitian noni, last week receiving its third european union novel food approval for the puree and concentrate forms of the fruit. the company, which makes and markets products based on the tropically-sourced morinda citrifolia or noni plant including beverages, beauty, and weight loss lines, has already received approval for its noni juice and its noni leaves under the bloc’s novel foods regulation.
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the european food safety authority recently turned in its first health claim verdicts, rejecting eight of nine. european food regulations expert lorène courrège explains why efsa’s tough health claim approach may stifle product innovation. by setting an unworkably high standard for claims substantiation, efsa is threatening r&d not to mention health claims that have long been officially approved in many jurisdictions.
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the eu's food industry association is calling for a raft of changes to proposed laws, calling some of them unworkable and misleading, including those that would regulate additives and enzymes, flavourings, additives, chemicals and health claims. the eu has been in the process of placing the food industry under increasing regulatory control, mainly due to public concerns about safety, quality and the amount of information it receives about the products they eat.
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imperfect as they may be, the european union’s regulatory efforts in the food area have attracted the attention of regulators around the world, some of whom view what is being done in the bloc as a legislative template. in food and food supplements, like most areas of the eu legislative process, there has been a huge amount of ‘to-ing and fro-ing’ as regulators have attempted to account for the divergent interests of 27 member states plus trade, consumer and government interest groups.
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the european food safety authority has published its first series of opinions on the list of ‘general function’ health claims compiled by member states and the european commission, finding that two-thirds were currently unsubstantiated. experts on efsa’s panel on dietetic products, nutrition and allergies (nda) evaluated the scientific evidence for more than 500 claims, with the opinions to help inform future decisions of the european commission and member states concerning the authorisation of health claims.
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changes to the european novel food regulation could bring the waiting time for approval down from around three years to just one, according to european advisory service. the european commission's revision of the rule is aimed at simplifying the process and fostering industry innovation in the eu, a food is judged to be novel if it was not eaten in a significant quantity in europe before may 1997.
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the advent of new european legislation on genetically modified organisms - applicable as of last week - will hit all players in the food industry. in a bid to render the new rules clearer we have decided to take the step to publish an outline of the legislation as presented by the european commission this week. what is the eu regulatory framework for gmo authorisation? genetically modified organisms (gmos) and genetically modified micro-organisms (gmms) can be defined as organisms (and micro-organisms) in which the genetic material (dna) has been altered in a way that does not occur naturally by mating or natural recombination.
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Coca.Cola
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PEPSI
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Mcdonald
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Nestle
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Mars
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Baskin & Robins
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Nutrika
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Mumika
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Chika
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