IMCD partners with Tate & Lyle to meet Fairtrade sugar demand
Food ingredients and chemicals firm IMCD Benelux has partnered with Tate & Lyle Sugars to supply specialty cane sugar ingredients in Benelux, Germany and Poland.
Archives for October 25, 2012
Hershey eyes China for new Asia plant
China tops the list of countries for Hershey’s new manufacturing facility in Asia, according to the company’s CEO.
IOI Loders Croklaan opens new oils and fats refinery
IOI Loders Croklaan has opened a new oils and fats refinery in Wormerveer in the Netherlands, with a particular focus on sustainably sourced oils.
Royal DSM to acquire Cargill’s enzymes and cultures business
Royal DSM has said it will acquire Cargill’s enzymes and cultures business in an all-cash deal worth €85m.
Nestlé UK goes Fairtrade with Kit Kat two-finger
Nestlé UK & Ireland is doubling its commitment to Fairtrade cocoa by making its two-finger Kit Kat brand Fairtrade from January 2013.
USMEF director warns Europe over food policies
Europe could be isolating itself from the world food market and risking food security by refusing to adopt new technologies, a leading figure in the US meat industry has warned.
More than 1,000 sick in Dutch salmonella outbreak
An outbreak of Salmonella linked to smoked salmon ‘appears to be over’ according to the Netherlands’ National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) after sickening more than 1,000 people.
Foreign funds needed for Oceania to become Asia’s food bowl
The agri-food sector in Australia and New Zealand will have to overcome a host of barriers if it is to tap the opportunities presented by rapidly developing Asian countries, and the biggest of these hurdles is capital.
Hold the greens, rural Indians now eating more meat and eggs
Growing income is leading to increased demand for protein in India’s hinterland, but a shortage of supply is resulting in higher food inflation.
Industry focus
Oz egg lobby slams moves to end caged egg production
The representative group for the egg industry has hit out at a new campaign by a leading animal rights organisation against caged-egg production in Australia.
Amy’s Kitchen CEO: Only in America can you consume GMOs without knowing it
Bosses at Amy’s Kitchen, Whole Foods Market, UNFI, Nature’s Path and Jimbo’s… Naturally have joined forces to tackle myths they claim are being perpetuated by opponents of Californian GMO labeling initiative Prop 37.
Higher dairy intake lowers semen quality – Harvard study
Young men with a high daily intake of full-fat dairy may be risking their chance of having children, US researchers have claimed.
Online tool seeks to evaluate impact of food production systems
A program being developed at Washington State University has received a $240,000 grant from the Clif Bar Family Foundation to develop science-based tools to evaluate the sustainability of various food production systems.
Flowers Foods expands its bakery empire in the West Coast with Sara Lee/Earthgrains licensing deal
Flowers Foods has expanded its bakery empire with the acquisition of certain Sara Lee and Earthgrains assets and trademarks in California and Oklahoma City from Grupo Bimbo subsidiary BBU, Inc, for an undisclosed sum.
Russia sees rapid growth in turkey production
Turkey is the fastest growing sector of the Russian livestock industry and is forecast to increase by 133% by 2020, according to industry experts.
Will the ‘processed food’ definition in Prop 37 really kill off ‘natural’ claims on pack?
The dispute over whether Californian GMO labeling initiative Prop 37 will prevent manufacturers from using the term ‘natural’ on foods that contain no GMOs at all continues to rage, with Yes and No campaigns offering diametrically opposed interpretations...