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BEN & JERRY'S FEATURE
BY MONICA DOBIE
THE AVERAGE consumer that tucks into a pint of Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia or Chunky Monkey has no idea that this supposedly quaint, hippy-dippy company that started out of an old garage in the beautiful landscape of America’s Vermont Green Mountains, is really owned by the nemesis of such small companies – a faceless multinational – in this case, Unilever.…
BEN & JERRY'S FEATURE
BY MONICA DOBIE
THE AVERAGE consumer that tucks into a pint of Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia or Chunky Monkey has no idea that this supposedly quaint, hippy-dippy company that started out of an old garage in the beautiful landscape of America’s Vermont Green Mountains, is really owned by the nemesis of such small companies – a faceless multinational – in this case, Unilever.…
DOPAMINE
B
Y KEITH NUTHALL
US scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have found that the mere sight or smell of food spikes levels of a brain “pleasure” chemical called dopamine.…
SRI LANKAN SPICE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SRI Lankan government has adopted a five-year plan to boost annual national income from exports of spice and allied products from SL Rupees 6.5 billion (US$67million) in 2001 to SL Rupees 30 billion (US$311million) in 2006.…
CAFFEINE AND QUININE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NEW European Union labelling rules have been set by the European Commission insisting that food and drink products sold in the EU containing caffeine or quinine must list these ingredients on their packaging. Labels would also have to declare any high caffeine content in products.…
SMOKE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SAFETY assessment procedures for authorising manufactured smoke flavourings have been proposed by the European Commission. They are produced by condensing fresh smoke into water.…
SWEETENER
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed the authorisation of two new intense sweeteners within the European Union: sucralose and an aspartame-acesulfame salt.…
SINGAPORE EXPORTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SINGAPORE is seeking to develop its processed and ready-to-eat food sectors’ export performance in an attempt to offset problems in its high tech electronic and technology sectors.…
CZECH COCOA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CZECH Republic has warned it may impose temporary safeguard duties on cocoa powder imports, which it claims boomed following its imposition last year of protective duties on sugar substitutes.…
FETA CHEESE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CHEESE sold in the European Union as Greek Feta will be only produced in certain areas of Greece and follow strict product specifications if a proposed registration of the product as a Protected Designation of Origin is approved by EU ministers.…