Archives for August 8, 2002

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Mini offer for Hershey foods

Even as Pennsylvania lawmakers move forward in attempts to halt the sale of the chocolate maker, Hershey Foods said on Thursday that it had received an unsolicited mini-tender offer to buy less than 2 per cent of the company.

UK restaurateurs upbeat

The UK restaurant sector's financial performance is, on average, better than that of the rest of the hospitality industry and restaurateurs are confident about the future, writes a new report released this week.

Antioxidants measured: biomarkers, methods, ROS

Dietary antioxidants are currently at the centre of a new collaboration between scientists and the industry with increasing evidence to suggest that these compounds could have beneficial effects on the ageing processes. Most of the evidence for the...

Food agency receives functional food application

Signs that the functional food market is gaining ground were revealed this week when the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) announced it is considering a 'novel food' application by a food manufacturer to market 'milk and yoghurt type' products with an...

Organics extended at National Starch

UK starch ingredient company National Starch, a subsidiary of chemical giant ICI, this week announced the launch of Novation 9330 and Novation 9360 - a range of organic, functional native starches.