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Organic rules: impact on coffee industry
23-Oct-2002 - US federal regulations on using the term "organic" only went into full effect on Monday, but they are already rapidly transforming a niche of the...
Opta sees black
23-Oct-2002 - Food ingredients company Opta Food Ingredients this week boasted a healthy 24 per cent increase in revenue for the third quarter with the demand for...
Understanding Japanese functional food market
23-Oct-2002 - Analysts of the Japanese functional food market, Paul Yamaguchi and Associates, have recently released a report that sheds light on the $8.22 billion (€8.4bn) Japanese...
Flavours maintain largest slice of additives market
23-Oct-2002 - US demand for food additives is expected to grow 4.5 per cent per year to $5 billion (€5.1bn) in 2006, spurred by growth in value-added...
Bunge poised for record 2002
22-Oct-2002 - Bunge, the world's largest oilseed processor, said yesterday that quarterly earnings rose sharply as a slump in the Brazilian currency helped boost the performance of...
US introduces organic labels - a blow for European exports?
22-Oct-2002 - New organic food labels regulated by the US Agriculture Department made their debut on Monday, enabling household names like Kraft Foods to tell consumers which...
Sensient shines in 3Q
21-Oct-2002 - US flavours and fragrances maker Sensient Technologies last week reported higher third-quarter earnings at $20.2 million (€20.7m) up from $16.6 million a year earlier. The...
Organic juice market to hit €90m
21-Oct-2002 - A new strategic study by Organic Monitor finds that the European organic juices market has been expanding at over 20 per cent a year since...
Pesticide 'cocktail': low health risk in foods
17-Oct-2002 - In a week of news awash with food safety scares, consumers will find some comfort today with a report from the UK Food Standards Agency...
Strong 3Q for Kraft
17-Oct-2002 - US food giant Kraft Foods posted healthy third-quarter earnings of $869 million (€890m) on Wednesday claiming solid sales and a boost from new products. "Kraft...
Nippon meat woes boost Prima results
16-Oct-2002 - Prima Meat Packers, Japan's third biggest meat processor, said on Wednesday it had raised its full year group net forecast to a profit from a...
Food ingredients fuel Cargill growth
16-Oct-2002 - Agribusiness giant Cargill said on Tuesday that strong results from its food ingredient and grain and oilseed businesses worldwide had helped the company boost earnings...
New parent for Central Soya
16-Oct-2002 - US food company Bunge said on Tuesday that it had completed its purchase of a 54.69 per cent stake in rival French oilseed processor Cereol...
Aussie ingredients expand in South America
15-Oct-2002 - Australian bakery ingredients company Burns Philp has announced its intentions to expand in the emerging Latin American market with the acquisition of US Kraft Foods...
Cargill: industrial chocolate expands
15-Oct-2002 - Wilbur Chocolate, a unit of agribusiness giant Cargill said on Monday that it has purchased rival Peter's Chocolate from Nestle USA, making it the top...
Organic continues to soar
14-Oct-2002 - The amount of organic land in the UK has almost doubled in the last year, and sales of organic food are the second highest in...
Beverages boost strong growth for Givaudan
11-Oct-2002 - Swiss company Givaudan, the number two global flavours company behind International Flavors and Fragrances, could be on track to achieving its objective of becoming 'the...
Doubts over CAP: EU food and drink industry explains
10-Oct-2002 - The controversial topic of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in Europe formed the centrepiece for a reception this week in Brussels hosted by the Confederation...
Proteins donated
10-Oct-2002 - Ingredients company Central Soya has announced that it will donate nearly $500,000 (€505,000) worth of its Alpha Plus 26M, a whole milk replacement product, to...
Currency rates boost Sara Lee outlook
09-Oct-2002 - US food and household goods company Sara Lee on Tuesday raised its first-quarter earnings outlook, citing lower costs, improved sales of higher-margin items and more...
Dairy venture down under
08-Oct-2002 - Australian company Bonlac Foods is to enter into a joint venture with Japanese firm Imanaka to manufacture chocolate and sugar blended products at Dandenong, reports...
Ingredients group buys Ovaltine
08-Oct-2002 - In February this year Swiss healthcare group Novartis announced its intention to divest itself of the Health and Functional Food (H&FF) arm of its Consumer...
Rapid testing for common E.coli
08-Oct-2002 - UK company Oxoid has launched a new range of rapid diagnostic tests for the detection and identification of the most common non-O157 verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli...
Lonza investor to shed shares
07-Oct-2002 - Swiss fine chemicals company Lonza said today that Martin Ebner's BZ Group Holding plans to sell its 19.8 per cent stake in the business in...
Snacking starches from Avebe
04-Oct-2002 - Dutch starch producer Avebe has unveiled a new line of functional starches designed to improve the texture and processing of savoury snacks. The Snacktex range...
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