Bidding starts soon for Degussa ingredients unit
Bidding for the food ingredients business at Degussa, Germany's third largest chemicals group, could be underway by the start of the second quarter.
Archives for February 10, 2005
EU backs proposals on flavouring agents for Codex
Europe tells international food body it welcomes the opening of discussions on options to integrate flavouring agents into the global code system, and puts its weight behind the fourth option that proposes industry guidelines.
Taste innovation to bring growth to UK cheese market
Cheese manufacturers operating in the UK's £2.6 billion cheese market could benefit from increased product diversity on the supermarket shelves, finds a recent industry - consumer event organised by dairy ingredients firm DSM, reports Lindsey Partos.
Lack of integration hobbles four-fifths of manufacturers
A piecemeal approach to investing in a global web of suppliers, producers and distributors can result in significant loss of potential profit, claims a new report.
Splenda fights back
Tate & Lyle's Splenda brand in the news again this week as McNeil Nutritionals, the table-top supplier of this increasingly popular sweetener, takes the US sugar industry to court.