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'More to accomplish' for Campbell
16-May-2002 - Campbell Soup said on Wednesday that its quarterly net income fell 21 per cent as it spent more to market and improve its brands. The...
Aarhus Olie takes on the nutritional oil market
15-May-2002 - Accustomed as the FoodNavigator.com team is to seeing Danish oil and fats company Aarhus Olie at food ingredients industry events, it was with some surprise...
German brewers stress health benefits to boost sales
15-May-2002 - A glass of beer is one of the best ways to keep your body healthy, at least according to the German Brewers' Federation. The decision...
Coke planning milk drink rollout
15-May-2002 - Coca-Cola, the world's largest soft drinks company, is set to unveil the latest addition to its portfolio - a milk-based drink called Choglit. According to...
Pernod on track as Seagram brands recover
15-May-2002 - French wine and spirits group Pernod Ricard has posted a 20.8 per cent rise in sales in the first quarter, its first reporting period since...
ADM's Chinese soybean unit begins operations
15-May-2002 - US agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland started operations this week at its joint venture crusher in China with a big daily soybean crushing capacity of...
Monsanto to share high-tech soybean technology
14-May-2002 - Monsanto, the giant biotech group, has said it will make public its genetic soybean technology as part of a pledge to help the industry engineer...
Glanbia to close UK meat division
14-May-2002 - Irish food group Glanbia has confirmed that it has been forced to close its UK consumer meat division as a result of worsening trading conditions....
Marketers still ignoring senior consumers
14-May-2002 - A report by independent market analyst Datamonitor finds that marketers need to reassess their strategies to account for the growth in the number of over...
Source locally, UK supermarkets urged
14-May-2002 - The UK-based Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) has called on the country's supermarket groups to increase their sourcing of local food to...
Nestlé reiterates interest in Novartis food brands
13-May-2002 - Food group Nestle has reiterated its interest in parts of the functional food unit put up for sale by Novartis after a top executive said...
New coffee flavours from Danisco
13-May-2002 - Danisco, the Danish company which claims to be the world's leading supplier of flavours to the coffee industry, has launched a new concept - Danisco...
Alternative meat flavours from DSM
13-May-2002 - DSM Food Specialties is highlighting a new range of SavorKey yeast extract-based flavours offering a boiled beef and boiled chicken taste at this week's IFIA...
Mexicans seek sweet alternatives to sugar
13-May-2002 - The sugar-laden diet of Mexicans is putting their health in jeopardy, but concerns over taste are hindering the uptake of reduced sugar products, according to...
New sesame supplement launched by Cerebos
13-May-2002 - Cerebos Pacific, the Singapore-based company best known for its BRAND'S Essence of Chicken brand, has launched a new health supplement which contains no essence of...
Snow Brand talks to its banks
13-May-2002 - Japanese dairy product maker Snow Brand Milk Products, which has been at the centre of a number of scandals in recent months, said it is...
Beghin-Say reports 1Q results
10-May-2002 - French sugar manufacturer Beghin-Say reported a 3 per cent increase in sales in the first quarter of 2002, from the same period last year. Sales...
Caramel manufacturers look east for promising markets
10-May-2002 - Caramel colours manufacturers in Europe are operating in an increasingly mature market with average levels of growth of only 1 to 2 per cent per...
Cadbury Schweppes -'satisfactory' results
10-May-2002 - British confectionery and soft drinks firm Cadbury Schweppes released results from this year's first four months trading, and said it was on track to hit...
Chocolate co's dismiss US toxic claims
10-May-2002 - Europe's confectioners yesterday strongly rejected a US lawsuit alleging top chocolate makers had failed to disclose that some products contained hazardous levels of toxic metals...
Kraft bid for British snackmaker unlikely
08-May-2002 - Bankers yesterday downplayed the likelihood of North America's largest food maker Kraft Foods making a bid for Britain's United Biscuits, as reported in Britain's The...
Danisco buys Belgian flavouring company Perlarom
08-May-2002 - Danisco announced its acquisition of Belgian-based flavouring company Perlarom, boosting its strong position in the US, the UK and Scandinavian flavours markets. It said its...
Organic foods have significantly fewer pesticides
08-May-2002 - Not long after a New Zealand report damning the health claims associated with organic foods, a new study which compared pesticide residue data on fresh...
The sunshine crop
08-May-2002 - The UK's National Farmers' Union (NFU) is launching a `charm offensive' on oilseed rape, a plant with a bright yellow flower, often seen growing in...
Nestlé's recycling practices revealed
07-May-2002 - Nestle Japan Ltd, a Japanese unit of food giant Nestle, is using surplus stocks of old instant coffee products to make new products, industry sources...
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