Wild about health
A Europe-wide project is underway to assess whether local wild vegetables eaten in southern Europe might have health-promoting properties, opening the way for a new breed of nutraceutical.
Archives for September 22, 2003
Price margins squeeze figures for Danisco Q1
Price competition in texturants put pressure on Danisco ingredients results for the first quarter of 2003/2004 but flavours and a long, hot summer went some way to boosting the underlying performance.
New warning to UK food companies
The UK's department of health has warned that food manufacturers have been too slow in cutting high levels of salt in their products.
One-stop shop threat to high street retail
Banking, insurance, mobile phones, holidays - areas not traditionally covered by food retailers but which are becoming an increasing part of the weekly food shop for many British consumers. But as the major multiples expand their range of services,...
Accreditation for Lloyd
Materials testing specialists, Lloyd Instruments, has passed its Transition Audit from ISO 9000:1994 to ISO 9001:2000, which gives the company TickIT accreditation for software excellence.
Surfing Swiss shoppers get more from Migros
Swiss co-operative retailer Migros has formed an alliance with LeShop, an online shopping portal, to create a web-based supermarket offering shoppers both Migros own label goods and a full range of branded products for the first time.
Bunge dives deeper into Indian oils
Only months after buying Unilever's Indian fats business Hindustan Lever, US agri-giant Bunge carves deeper into the Indian oils market acquiring the India-based assets of private edible oils company Prestige Foods this week.
Brazilian farmers to go against the grain?
Farmers in southern Brazil are urging the government to pass an emergency to allow use of GMO soybeans in the coming 2003-04 season (October-September), reports the American Soybean Association this week.
Ghana: second largest cocoa producer
A bumper cocoa harvest for Ghana has pushed the country into the number two global producer slot, behind the Ivory Coast and ahead of Brazil. Fresh figures from the West African country show farmers pulled in more than 500,000 tons of the commodity.