Brazilian cocoa processing upgraded by ADM
Major food commodity processor and ingredients supplier Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) will expand cocoa operations in Brazil to match expansion of current product lines, the firm said this week.
Archives for February 28, 2005
Sudan: top scientists remind UK food industry on rules
Lessons will have to be drawn. So concludes an emergency meeting of scientists in Brussels last week to assess the fall out after the arrival of the illegal food colour sudan 1 in over 450 processed food brands on the UK market, reports Lindsey Partos.
Gellan gum lauched to improve soy suspension
CP Kelco, now part of the JM Huber Corporation, has launched Kelocogel HS-B gellan gum - a competitively priced alternative to improve the suspension of soy, cocoa and minerals in soy-based beverages.
Fairtrade Foundation appeals to generous Brits as sales top £140 million
Sales of food and drink products carrying the Fairtrade mark in the UK reached £140 million in 2004, more than 50 per cent more than in the year before, but this year's Fairtrade Fortnight will seek to push this figure higher still by highlighting the...
Nestlé, Indofood create culinary product JV
Indonesia's largest noodle producer Indofood Sukses Makmur has joined forces with the world's biggest food company Nestlé to create a new joint venture which will expand production and marketing of the two firms' various culinary product brands.
PepsiCo joins companies reducing ads to kids
PepsiCo has become the latest company to bow to pressure on the food industry from the rising tide of obesity, introducing voluntary restrictions on its advertising to children, according to an article in today's London-based Financial Times.
ABF yeast pace continues into 2005
Asian and South American yeast markets perform strongly, offsetting weaker markets in the US, London-based Associated British Foods reports today.
Are branded ingredients the secret to growth?
The news this month that the world's number one drinks giant Coca Cola has linked up with Tate & Lyle's Splenda sweetener in a new branding venture could signal the beginning of a new wave of ingredient - manufacturer tie-ups.
Consumer group wants salt to become food additive
Consumer group CSPI said last week that it is filing a lawsuit to demand that the FDA reclassifies salt from GRAS to food additive.
R&D spending inches up in EU
The latest figures on research and development (R&D) expenditure from Europe's statistic's gathering body Eurostat show that overall investment is now nudging the two per cent mark.