News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The Burns Philp - Goodman Fielder saga continues with the news today that the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has cleared the hostile bid from Australian ingredients company for Australia's largest food company.
Portuguese retail group Jeronimo Martins has sold its Eurocash cash & carry business in Poland to an MBO, allowing it to concentrate on its Biedronka business there.
The secrets of the tequila plant are set to be revealed with the launch of a new study in the UK that will seek to study the properties of this heady plant.
Growing and steady interest in herbal supplements, particularly in the US, is spurring demand for plant-derived chemicals. According to a new report figures show that in the US growth is expected to rise by 6.8 per cent annually in coming years, to...
SABMiller, the world's second largest brewer, has added another Polish brewery to its portfolio there. The addition of the Dojlidy brewery's brands will help extend the company's geographical presence in the north east of Poland.
Loma Systems will be displaying its new checkweigher range at the forthcoming CFIA 2003 to be held in Rennes, France, next month.
Emmenthaler production is set to grow steadily over the next two years, but too much cheese on the market has led to rock bottom prices and a lack of any real brand identity - a situation export market leader Emmi hopes to rectify.
Comparing prices between stores is a tried and tested means of stealing a march on competitors in the food retail business. But the basis for these comparisons must be shown to be correct and not misleading, as the advertising watchdog in the UK told...
Danish vegetable oils and fats company Aarhus Oliefabrik announced yesterday that together with Astion, it will increase the development portfolio of BSP Pharma principally using oil from the African shea nut.
Responding to recent media reports that bananas may be extinct within ten years, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has urged producers to promote greater genetic diversity in commercial bananas.
Scientists at the Purdue University in the US have discovered that ozone gas can eliminate insects in grain storage facilities without harming food quality or the environment.