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The food industry must do more to prevent food fraud, says an interim UK government report commissioned to assess food integrity in the wake of the horse meat crisis.
Forget chocolates and knitted jumpers this Christmas. If you know someone who adores olive oil (or it’s your New Year’s resolution to get them hooked on it), consider these gift ideas: 1. The Little Book of Olive Oil Tips …
We gave the European food industry a check-up at this year’s Food Ingredients Europe (FiE), talking with some of the industry’s top ingredients players about EU health claims, economic recovery and how to remain competitive on a global stage.
A new 100% naturally butter flavoured olive oil is threatening to churn up the British breakfast table. British butter lovers regularly turn their backs on the ‘healthy eating rulebook’ to indulge in a daily dairy treat with their breakfast. But a revolutionary new product now offers all the creamy taste of butter with a fraction…
It was used to groom ancient Olympic athletes and remains a widely used modern staple in Greece’s diet. But olive oil could be the latest victim of the country’s grueling financial crisis. The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development is advising Greece to allow the sale of olive oil blended with cheaper vegetable oils to…
Leading olive oil major Dalmia Continental plans to launch a blended olive oil variant using rice bran oil. This is to offset rising cost of imports due to the depreciating rupee. Oliryze, the new blend, would be launched under the economy brand of Marco Polo. It will contain 30% olive oil, the balance will be…
Looking ahead to the coming year, the biggest trends in R&D for the food and beverage industry will be clean label, natural ingredients and industry regulations, though there are several, more fragmented “micro” trends from sodium reduction and fiber fortification to GMOs, said Charles Purcell, technical development specialist at ingredient supplier Univar.
The North American Olive Oil Association (NAOOA) said the report on an investigation into the olive oil industry by the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) “fell short of the objective analysis that Congress requested,” and “favored the narrow perspective of the domestic industry.”
The UK’s traffic light nutrition labelling system is unfair on Italian foods and could harm EU trade in traditional goods, according to the Italian delegation at the EU Council of Ministers.
Advanced notice is also given that the 2014 AOA processing workshop will be held in NSW. Venue and date are currently TBC. We’ll update in Friday Olive Extracts as soon as the details are released.