Sugar giants pull trigger on research group
Sugar Nutrition UK: Born 1964, died 2016
50 year-old industry funded research body Sugar Nutrition UK has disbanded citing the need for sugar science to go global.
Archives for November 9, 2016
Danish Crown drives forward to target northern Europe
Danish Crown aims to become market leader in northern Europe as part of a strategy it has just launched dubbed ‘4WD’.
Some RSPO members are ‘first-class hypocrites’: The scathing personal view of palm oil boss (who also happens to be the organisation’s co-chair)
RSPO co-chair and boss of Malaysia’s United Plantations Berhad, Dato’ Carl Bek-Nielsen gave a measured address at the opening of the organisation's RT14 conference in Bangkok.
UK petition demands nutritionist become protected job title
UK nutritionists are calling for their job title to be legally protected like dietitian's are, with a petition to government collecting nearly 2,500 signatures in five days.
Palm oil industry under fire as Indonesia’s haze drama continues
Haze from slash-and-burn agricultural has returned to Southeast Asia this year. Is it enough to wait for regulators to bring the (mainly palm oil) culprits to justice? Asian resource legal experts Rick Beckmann and Kresna Panggabean enter the storm.
FOODNAVIGATOR EXCLUSIVE
Cargill invests €35m to broaden European sweetener choices
Ingredients giant Cargill will invest €35m to expand its sweetener options throughout Europe in anticipation of strict sugar production quotas that will end in 2017.
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Dubai confectionery and dairy procurement firm expands in Algeria
Ar-kom project management and consultancy firm, is building a confectionery plant in Algeria to become operational in 2017.