McCormick spices up portfolio with $4.2B deal to buy Reckitt Benckiser's food division

With the acquisition of Reckitt Benckiser’s food division, McCormick is adding a roster of brands to its spice and seasoning mix portfolio that further strengthens the company’s position as a go-to destination for adding flavor to a variety of dishes. While large food manufacturers struggle as consumers shun packaged foods in favor of fresher, more nutritious items, […]

Cranberry ingredient could feed healthy gut bacteria

Ocean Spray supplied the purified xyloglucans and partly funded the study. A prebiotic from cranberry skins could be a lucrative use for a waste product for the cranberry juice manufacturer, if its health benefits can be defined.###The compound’s role in synbiotics — combinations of probiotics and prebiotics — may be an area of particular intferrous fumarate […]

Residue of glyphosate found in Ben & Jerry's ice cream

The use of glyphosate has been extremely controversial in the food space.###Some have argued that the herbicide causes cancer in humans, though scientists were divided on the issue after a four-day Environmental Protection Agency meeting last year. In 2015, the World Health Organization classified glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic,” but a follow-up report last year from WHO […]

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