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Nippon Meat faces press
20-Aug-2002 - Japan's Nippon Meat Packers, battered by a beef mislabelling scandal, will give results of an investigation on Tuesday at a news conference in which its...
Cocoa focus for Indonesia
20-Aug-2002 - Indonesia's ambition to become the world's largest cocoa producer by 2010 could wreak havoc on the global market, even if its beans do not make...
DSM denies rumours over Gist sale
20-Aug-2002 - Dutch chemicals group Royal DSM has denied being in talks with Australian food group Burns Philp over the purchase of its Gist Brocades unit, IndustrySearch.com...
Goodman Fielder sells milling operation
19-Aug-2002 - Australasian food group Goodman Fielder ended months of speculation on Friday by selling its flour milling and mixing business to GrainCorp and US grains giant...
Nutraceutical boom continues
19-Aug-2002 - Nutraceuticals have exploded in popularity and are now enhancing products once considered totally unhealthy, according to a new report from Packaged Facts. The report highlights...
Gloomy results from Numico
16-Aug-2002 - Dutch food group Numico NV is the latest company this week to post a slide in first-half profits well below expectations on Thursday. Hit again...
Profit plunges for Roche
16-Aug-2002 - Pharmaceuticals giant Roche this week reported a 28 per cent fall in net profits for the first half of the year. The Swiss company saw...
Dip in profits for Degussa
16-Aug-2002 - Leading German chemicals group Degussa released first-half year results this week, announcing that core businesses lifted sales 1 per cent to € 5.5 billion, but...
Enzymes support sustainability
16-Aug-2002 - Danish enzyme company Novozymes claimed this week that research into local crops in Brazil as a source of inexpensive and nutritious food is part of...
Revenue dip for food irradiation
15-Aug-2002 - US food irradiation company Food Technology this week announced a drop in revenue for the first and second quarters of 2002. The company attributed the...
Steady growth for Novozymes
15-Aug-2002 - Danish enzyme group Novozymes this week reported continued business growth for the first half of 2002 with an increase in the net turnover of 8...
Unilever invests in Far East
15-Aug-2002 - PT Unilever Indonesia plans to invest an estimated $500 million (€512m) in the next 10 years in Indonesia, an official with its parent company said...
Profit leap for Burns Philp
14-Aug-2002 - Australian yeast and natural ingredients company Burns Philp this week reported a healthy 65 per cent jump in net profit to A$146.2 million (€80m) for...
Ice cream: the ultimate, affordable indulgence
14-Aug-2002 - Americans will spend over $20 billion (€20.3bn) dollars on ice cream, frozen desserts and frozen novelties this year - $2 billion more than was spent...
Cargill 4Q in the black
14-Aug-2002 - US giant Cargill, one of the world's largest agribusinesses, returned to profit in the fourth quarter compared with a year ago, as its efforts to...
Quorn debate continues
14-Aug-2002 - A Quorn Foods official has defended his company's meat-free foods, following an attack by lobby group Center for Science in the Public Interest, according to...
A Nestlé bid for Novartis?
13-Aug-2002 - Swiss food giant Nestle on Monday reiterated its interest in some cereal brands put up for sale by Novartis as speculation mounted that the food...
Japanese meat scandal spreads
13-Aug-2002 - In the latest scandal to hit Japan's food industry, supermarket operator Tokyu Store Chain said on Tuesday that it had been involved in selling beef...
Retailer condemns misleading labelling
12-Aug-2002 - A UK supermarket chain is calling for the government to crack down on misleading food labels - underlining the link between unhealthy eating and inappropriate...
Scandal hits Yakult
12-Aug-2002 - Shares in functional drink giant Yakult Honsha on Monday dropped sharply after a local weekend report that the Japanese beverage maker had paid off a...
Mini offer for Hershey foods
09-Aug-2002 - Even as Pennsylvania lawmakers move forward in attempts to halt the sale of the chocolate maker, Hershey Foods said on Thursday that it had received...
UK restaurateurs upbeat
09-Aug-2002 - The UK restaurant sector's financial performance is, on average, better than that of the rest of the hospitality industry, writes a new report released this...
Ajinomoto invests in R&D
08-Aug-2002 - Japanese ingredients company Ajinomoto is to open two new food research and development centres in China and the United States. The centres are positioned as...
Terminal agreement for Burns Philp
08-Aug-2002 - Australian food ingredients company Burns Philp said on Thursday that it had agreed to sell its Australasian terminals division to Kaneb Pipe Line Partners for...
The European tastebud evolves
07-Aug-2002 - Is the collective European tastebud becoming more refined? According to a new report from market research company Datamonitor, this is indeed the case. Speciality foods...
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