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Understanding the elderly taste bud

The acuity of senses like taste and smell, essential for our enjoyment of food and drink, decreases with age. Such changes in sensory capacities will clearly have an impact on the choice the older consumer makes with regards to their food preferences.

Sucralose approved in Ireland

Moving in step with the European Union, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland this week granted a temporary authorisation for the marketing and use of the high-intensity sweetener sucralose.

Raisio sells Carlshamn ice cream unit

Finland's Raisio group has sold its Swedish ice cream business Carlshamn to Ingman Foods, another Finnish dairy producer, for an undisclosed sum. Raisio is selling off non-core businesses to raise cash for its more important ingredients and life...