Robotic Revolution
• Nestle to acquire Kraft frozen pizza business • Burger King highlights gluten-free menu items • Nestle opens R.&D. global center
• November restaurant performance index mixed • Menu labeling has impact on calorie intake • U.S.D.A. sees higher food costs
• Lack of policy clarity poses challenges to baking • Petition concerns safe use of vitamin D2 bakers yeast • Standards for foods marketed to children proposed
• Food aid shipments rise 10% • Au Bon Pain opens first cafe in India • Cargill to acquire Goodman Fielder unit
• Validation seen for folic acid fortification in studies • Soy intake may benefit breast cancer survivors • Study estimates safe intake levels of acrylamide
• Average wheat price climbs to $4.81 per bu • U.S.D.A. sees higher food costs • November milk production down 1% from 2008
• Canola protein products gain self-affirmed GRAS status • Resistant starch suppresses appetite in study • Software measures flavor rates in snack foods
• The Next Step • At the Heart of Mexican Pastry • Capturing the Passion
· Using 'real women,' Kellogg pitches cereal · Brumby's WA boss takes the dough · Retail Food to reacquire Brumby's territories
Role of technology likely to be riveting in coming years
One year left to improve flour use in first decade
• October butter and cheese stocks up from 2008 • October red meat production down 3% from 2008
