New flavour division for Kerry
Irish food ingredients company Kerry Group formally introduced its new flavour division, Mastertaste during a press conference at the IFT's Annual Meeting and Food Expo in Anaheim, California, this week.
Archives for June 19, 2002
Corn sweetener controversy heads back to the courts
In the US this week the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a seven-year-old civil lawsuit that alleges Archer Daniels Midland and its rivals rigged what is today a $2.4 billion (€2.5bn) market for the corn sweetener high-fructose corn syrup,...
Burns Philp closes yeast plant
Australian ingredients company Burns Philp on Thursday announced the closure of a yeast manufacturing plant in South Yarra in Melbourne, reports Dow Jones.
Lycopene 'bursting out' of GM tomato
Fresh tomatoes look set to win the industry debate - ' Fresh or processed tomatoes - which have more lycopene?' - as researchers in the US create a tomato which has nearly three-and-a-half times the usual amount of the carotenoid.
Cerestar-Cargill deal ups European 'grey matter'
Cargill confirms the company's belief in recent French starch acquisition Cerestar, citing an enhanced R&D team and expanded product line as major advantages.