Cargill in lecithin alliance
Cargill and Riceland Foods have announced their intention to link up to manufacture, market and sell lecithin products to food, pharmaceutical, and technical customers.
Archives for July 14, 2003
Spar plunges deeper into the red
Spar, the German retail group, dropped deeper into the red last year after restructuring costs of €272 million. But a positive performance from the Netto discount chain gave some cause for optimism to Spar's French owner, Intermarché.
Tougher rules for Brazil nuts
Europe has introduced additional measures to prevent Brazil nuts contaminated with unnacceptable levels of aflatoxins - a potential carcinogen - from entering the union.
Light at the end of the tunnel for Carrefour?
While currency translation continued to reduce sales growth at Carrefour in the second quarter, the company posted its first quarterly sales increase in six quarters last week. A sign that the worst is now over for the group's operations in Latin...
Food: the future is customised
The annual meeting of food technologists kicked off in Chicago at the weekend, and with it the opportunity for debate. 'Customised nutrition' came under the spotlight at a symposium on Sunday.