ISP buys into South America
International Specialty Products (ISP) continues to consolidate its position on the ingredients market with the news this week that it has acquired Brazilian ingredient systems company Germinal.
Archives for May 25, 2003
Tea beats halitosis
Who would have thought it? A nice cup of tea to combat those embarassing bad breath moments. Scientists in the US have found compounds in tea can stop the growth of bacteria that cause bad breath.
Bigger should mean better for S&N
Several major acquisitions and the sale of numerous UK pubs adversely affected results at Scottish & Newcastle last year. But this masks the underlying strengths of the group which is expected to increase its international presence in years to come.
Ahold delays audit results as fraud deepens
The financial scandal at Dutch retail group Ahold has deepened with the company revealing that its Tops supermarket unit in the US had also overstated profits in much the same way as the US Foodservice subsidiary. All of which means a further delay in...
Stick to the spinach?
Does iron fortification work ? And if so, how ? Scientists from the US government are working on a new study to investigate the absorption and utilisation - the bioavailability - of various iron sources used to fortify foods today.