BASF and Fortitech to form a strategic alliance
On the second day of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual 2001 meeting in New Orleans, US nutrient systems company Fortitech and chemicals...
Archives for June 25, 2003
Good news and bad for Glanbia employees
Glanbia Meats Ireland has announced that it is to spend €27 million expanding its two production facilities in Edenderry, county Offaly and Roscrea, county Tipperary.
Marmite pushes the ad boundaries - again
Unilever Bestfoods, the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods producer, is unlikely to win many new followers for its Marmite brand with its latest advertising campaign - but then, as market analysts Datamonitor point out, that is not really the point.
Another Ahold executive resigns
Frank Curci, head of the Tops Markets supermarket group in the US has carried the can for the $29 million in accounting irregularities recently uncovered at the Ahold unit - the latest in the ongoing saga which has seen the rapid decline of the once...
Probiotics beat infant infection
A boost to infant formula in the form of probiotics could provide infants with the means to combat gastrointestinal and respiratory infections.
New quality scale for onions
Onions designed to meet different needs could soon reach the shelves, reveals a long-term analysis of taste and texture by European scientists.