Farewell to Zylepsis
Innovative and respected UK ingredients company Zylepsis is to exit the business with the final investors pulling the plug on funding last week.
Archives for October 15, 2003
Small slide for Cargill earnings
Burgeoning private agribusiness Cargill saw net earnings slip in the first quarter of 2004, but performance remained on track topping last year's figures by a wisp.
Experts call for more research on semicarbazide
Calls to food manufacturers to develop alternative methods for sealing jars of food were voiced by the UK Food Standards Agency this week following a European scientific review on the presence of semicarbazide - a weak carcinogen - in foods.
Price puts brake on organic sales
One year after new rules on organic standards hit the American food industry one in ten Americans are eating more organic foods, reports a US trend tracker - but price is still a barrier to new converts.
Mixed results from heat-hit retailer
Hot weather in France pushed down Q3 sales at Guyenne & Gascogne, but the same phenomenon helped lift turnover at the company's Spanish joint venture, Centros Comerciales Carrefour.