Karlshamns extends Swedish plant to up pumpable fat supplies
Swedish speciality fats and oils firm Karlshamns builds up supplies of pumpable fats and liquid margarine as industry spikes demand for convenience fats, reports Lindsey Partos.
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Soluble label promises to improve food quality
A soluble label that decomposes to indicate whether the product inside has been exposed to damaging conditions is currently being developed.
Topaz voted top Russian vodka
Russian vodka brand Topaz has beaten off prestigious competition to emerge as the country's best-tasting vodka brand, according to a recent taste test by the Russian alcohol producers' association. But the company has been criticised for making the...
Tate & Lyle controls supplies on Splenda success
Tate & Lyle, the world's only maker of the increasingly popular sweetener sucralose, must prioritise needs of existing customers as demand for the additive 'far exceeds our expectations.'
China builds up green tea supplies
At 3.15 million tonnes world tea production in 2003 beat 2002 supplies but prices remained firm reflecting season variability, reports the UN food and farm body, adding that China has pushed up green tea supplies.
One in five Scottish kids obese, tools needed to fight
Increased awareness and education are vital to combating rising levels of obesity in children, Scotland's health minister warns today.