SAF(USA), a subsidiary of Paris-based Lesaffre et Compagnie, the
global yeast company, announced on Tuesday the purchase of Red Star
Yeast from Sensient...
Coca-Cola and consumer products group Procter & Gamble have
formed a joint venture to develop and market innovative juice-based
drinks and snacks on a...
International Flavor & Fragrances Inc. provided yesterday an
update regarding its integration of Bush Boake Allen and the
progress of its reorganisation...
US drinks giant Coca-Cola Company and Carlsberg, the Danish brewer,
agreed on Wednesday to split the Coca-Cola brand market between
them. Under the terms...
From April 3-5, 2001 500 national and international exhibiting
companies from China and overseas will meet at the Food Ingredients
Asia (Fi Asia - China)...
US fruit and vegetable group, Dole Food, announced a fourth-quarter
loss that significantly exceeded Wall Street expectations, the
Financial Times reports....
US drinks giant, the Coca-Cola Company and Swiss group Nestle S.A.
announced on Tuesday the further development of their existing
joint venture partnership,...
Leading banana producer Chiquita Brands International Inc.,
currently facing financial difficulties, has filed a lawsuit
seeking 564 million euros ($525)...
Brand battered Japanese Snow Brand Milk Products Co. is join up
with Swiss food giant Nestle in a bid to strengthen its knocked
business. The image of...
Venezuela's Grupo Polar, the brewing company privately held by the
Mendoza family, on Monday offered to buy Mavesa, a local food and
consumer productsmanufacturer,...
The European Union will raise tariffs on U.S. corn gluten imports
next week in response to U.S. tariffs on wheat gluten, a spokesman
said Friday, Associated...
US snack and natural food company Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
announced on Thursday that it had acquired privately held Fruit
Chips B.V., a Dutch manufacturer...
Japan is to ask the United States to explain how genetically
modified corn banned in Japan has again been discovered in imports
from America, a Health...
UK drinks and confectionery group Cadbury Schweppes plc announced
on Thursday the acquisition of the confectionery brand, Mantecol,
in Argentina, for...
Fyffes, Europe's second-biggest banana importer, announced on
Thursday that it would freeze investmentin WorldofFruit.com - a
web-based exchange for...
Italy's first suspected case of BSE has been found in an animal
destined for the McDonald's restaurant chain, The Independent
newspaper reports. Traces...
Japanese dairy goods producer Snow Brand Milk Products Co Ltd said
on Monday it will close a total of five domestic milk plants as it
tries to rebuild...
Ajinomoto, the Japanese food seasoning giant, apologised to the
Muslims of Indonesia this week in several major newspapers over the
use of pig enzymes...
Britain's milk supply is running at historically low levels and may
fall short of the quota set by the European Commission, the
National Farmers Union...
Geest, the UK prepared foods group, said on Wednesday that it had
completed the acquisition of Cinquieme Saison, a French prepared
salads business ahead...
Transora.com, the eMarketplace for the consumer packaged goods
industry, and GlobalNetXchange (GNX), the business-to-business
online marketplace for the...
Amid increasing BSE fears in Germany, fast food giant McDonalds has
launched a new burger made entirely from pork. In a bid to protect
sales the fast...
The Belgian government has sought an explanation from Stephen
Byers, UK tradeand industry secretary, for his decision to order
Interbrew, the Belgianbrewer...
Amid stagnating sales of carbonated beverages, Coca-Cola Co. is
working on developing a line of milk-based beverages for children
under 12, according...
The Health and Welfare Ministry in Japan confirmed on Wednesday
that U.S.-grown genetically modified corn banned for consumption in
Japan has been mixed...
Nestle SA, the Swiss foodmaker, announced this week that it is in
talks to buy the50 per cent stake that it does not own in an
ice-cream joint venture...
BioProgress Technology International, Inc. announced this week that
it has signed a Product Development Agreement with Swiss food group
Nestle to develop...
BASF, the German chemicals giant, announced recently that it will
build newvitamins capacity in Europe and expand its plants,
providing it withfacilities...
A new report has found the incidence of mad cow disease in France
is moreprevalent than previously thought. France's Food Safety
Board said in apreliminary...
U.S. beverage marketer Tropicana Products Inc. is to use the
Internet topromote the new health claim that potassium-rich foods,
such as Tropicana PurePremium...
Henkel KGaA, the German-based industrial and consumer products
group,announced recently that it will combine its 50 per cent stake
in theHenkel-Ecolab...
Kraft Foods, Inc., the US food group, recently announced its plans
forintegrating operations of Nabisco with its Kraft Foods North
America and KraftFoods...
Coca-Cola on Thursday said earnings for fiscal 2001 are likely to
fall belowexpectations and could be further weakened by the weak
European currency,...
French supermarket giant Carrefour unveiled this week its first
hypermarket inJapan, the South China Morning Post reports. The
company plans to open...
Diageo, the global spirits company, and Pernod Ricard of France
announced yesterday that they had signed a joint venture agreement
covering their bidding...
Danone SA, the French food company, is to pay 123 million euros
($108.6 million) to buy out minority shareholders in
Brussels-listed Mecaniver SA, the...
Annual domestic turnover for herbal drinks in Thailand is expected
to reach Bt2.7 billion this year, indicating a 10 to 15 per cent
growth, reports The...
Eridania Beghin-Say, the French foods company, is to split into
four separately listed companies to help create a clearer and
simpler structure for their...
Nestle India Ltd is looking to invest further into India's
processed food market in the next few years, The Hindustan Times
reports. In an attempt o introduce...
Ocean Spray Cranberries, the US cranberry co-operative, is looking
to push the Japanese market. A 2 million barrel glut in the United
States has encouraged...
Cadbury Schweppes plc, the UK drinks and food group, announced this
week that its Australian subsidiary is to build on its Australian
beverages business....
After an extensive search, Obipektin AG and her sister company
Spreda AG - Swiss-based suppliers of speciality food ingredients -
have succeeded in finding...