Food & Drink news & information for Spain

A CONSIGNMENT of pasteurised liquid egg which tested positive for a banned insecticide has been seized in the Basque Country upon its arrival from France just days after Spain's government assured no contaminated...

A CONSIGNMENT of powdered eggs contaminated with the insecticide fipronil has been seized in Catalunya a week after a haul of liquid egg was confiscated at customs in the Basque Country – but neither had reached the...

A SPANISH company claims to have created a 'diet avocado' – lower in fat, faster to ripen and slower to go off.

THREE of Spain's restaurants have made it into TripAdvisor's top 25 in the world – and one of them is in the top five, according to the list released last night (Wednesday).

SPANISH health authorities have agreed to reduce the amount of added sugar in grocery products by 10% in a bid to reduce the ever-increasing incidence of obesity in modern society.

THREE brands of baby milk have been withdrawn from sale in Spain as a precaution after cases of salmonella were linked to them in France.

BARS and cafés in Andalucía are now required by law to give customers free drinking water if they request it as part of the regional government's drive to improve the population's health.

GERMAN supermarket chain Lidl has become the first store in Spain to refuse to sell any produce from battery hens.

LACTALIS has withdrawn a further 37 baby-food and milk products from the shelves in Spain in addition to the brands taken off the shelves in December – but reports now claim that the only infant in Spain affected by...

NATIONWIDE department store El Corte Inglés has started selling its grocery produce in Cuba following a deal with the Italian company Farmavenda, a spokesperson for the group confirmed this week.

CAKE manufacturers Dulcesol has announced all its products will use free-range eggs only within a maximum of five years, having already started on actively checking out its suppliers.

BAR and restaurant trade went up last year for the first time since Spain was still in recession, according to market research firm The NPD Group.