News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The reported purchase of 240,100 tonnes of cocoa on the London futures market by a sole trader will not impact hugely on supply to industry, as cocoa processors have already shored up bean stocks for the next four months, claims the International Cocoa...
Global demand for functional additives and barrier coatings for plastic packaging is forecast to grow by 4.3 per cent in the five years from 2009 to reach US$752m by 2014, according to Pira International.
Dispatches from IFT
The IFT trade show has ended for another year, but before they quit Chicago the FoodNavigator team gave a final round up of what caught their attention.
The European Commission has approved part of the proposed acquisition of ingredient firm Eurochem by Univar, which could see a host of food chemicals added to its product portfolio.
Neogen has maintained its impressive growth record after posting full year 2010 net income of US$17.5m – a year-on-year jump of more than a quarter.
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) has developed a range of natural chicken and beef flavours to meet new EU regulations.