Low-carb market figures confirmed
Despite recent publicity that suggested Atkin's was modifying its advice to recommend less meat, low-carb diets seem to be more popular than ever with one in three Americans watching their carbohydrate consumption.
Archives for January 20, 2004
Erotic chocolate cosmetics, anyone?
Innovation in cosmetics has taken an erotic turn. Pop singer Jessica Simpson has launched a new line of beauty products that features whipped body cream and chocolate body gloss.
Market boost for trehalose sweetener
Buying entry into the nascent European trehalose sweetener market last year from British Sugar, US company Cargill will welcome claims from scientists this week that the ingredient could ease Huntington's disease.
Another bidder for Thorntons
The private equity arm of the bank Lehman Brothers has emerged as the latest challenger to bid for Thorntons, the high street chocolate retailer and manufacturer.
Slicing time off production
Dutch group Kiremko, a manufacturer and installer of machinery required for the processing of potatoes into French fries, chips and other speciality snack products has developed, in co-operation with ACEco, a new device that it claims will yield...