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Government support for UK food sector is 'a strategic priority': FDF
06-Oct-2009 - The next UK government must recognize that the food sector is “a strategic priority” by delivering greater “cohesion, clarity and consistency,” in policy-making, said the Food and Drink Federation (FDF).
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Northern Foods results match expectations
06-Oct-2009 - The first six months of 2009 will match ‘management expectations’ for Britain’s Northern Foods, with strong performance in chilled products offsetting a decline in frozen.
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Balchem hires de Boer to build Euro business
05-Oct-2009 - Balchem Corporation has hired a new European sales manager to manage its European choline business, and introduce new products and technologies.
New carrageenans to help jelly withstand the heat
05-Oct-2009 - Danisco is introducing two new carrageenan ingredients for use in powdered jellies and hot milk-based powdered desserts, said to provide a gelatine-like texture but withstand warm conditions better.
Survey shows huge lack of salt content awareness
05-Oct-2009 - The UK’s Food Standards Agency is launching a new campaign to encourage people to check salt levels on food labels, as 77 per cent of people are not aware that bread and breakfast cereals are amongst the most laden products.
Nestle stops sourcing milk from Mugabe farm
02-Oct-2009 - Nestle has said it will stop buying milk from a Zimbabwe farm appropriated from white owners and now run by Grace Mugabe, as the dairy board will resume start buying the farm’s milk instead.
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New funds for UK bee research
02-Oct-2009 - A new £1m grant has been awarded to two UK research centres to investigate the decline of honeybee populations.
Rice and pasta receive recession fillip
02-Oct-2009 - Higher prices in 2008 did not curb Brits’ appetite for rice and wheat-based pasta in 2008, despite the recession’s effects on shopping budgets, according to Mintel.
Meta-analysis supports safety of soy, red clover
02-Oct-2009 - Phytoestrogens like soy and red clover isoflavones pose no safety issues with regards to heart health and breast cancer risk, according to a new meta-analysis from Austria.
New yoghurt cultures target texture
01-Oct-2009 - Chr Hansen is introducing a new trio of yoghurt cultures said to deliver more texture and to cover different needs in the global market as widely as possible.
New enzyme to help brewers through recession
01-Oct-2009 - Danisco is launching an upgraded version of its Laminex Super brewing enzyme to help ease bottlenecks during the wort separation stage of brewing, which could ultimately help brewers to reduce costs.
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FrieslandCampina reveals cheese biz buyer
01-Oct-2009 - FrieslandCampina has announced that it has signed an agreement in principle for DeltaMilk to buy its Bleskensgraaf gouda cheese plant.
New partnership to yield biobased succinic acid
30-Sep-2009 - CSM and BASF have joined forces to develop biobased succinic acid and expect to start producing commercial volumes and quality in 2010.
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Cargill and Hojiblanca bottle olive oil together
30-Sep-2009 - A new bottling plant in Spain has been inaugurated by JV partners Cargill and Hojiblanca, supplying olive oil for private label.
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Stevia: Succeeding in an emerging market
30-Sep-2009 - A sustainable supply chain, adherence to quality standards and alliances with flavour companies are all keys to success in the increasingly competitive stevia sweeteners market, says Sneha Pasricha of Frost & Sullivan.
Danone splits from Wahaha; not talking to Mead
30-Sep-2009 - Danone’s troubled relationship with China’s Wahaha looks finally to be at an end; and rumours of a new deal with Mead Johnson over baby food are flatly denied.
Time for a change? More food jobs around now
29-Sep-2009 - The UK food job market has seen an upturn in recent months, according to a recruitment expert, and it’s no longer a buyers market for those in the hiring seat. But for mainland Europe, recovery is still to come.
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Stevia: beverages and replacing aspartame
29-Sep-2009 - Aspartame and sugar are likely to be the main substitution targets for emerging stevia sweeteners, and beverages the initial main application, writes Sneha Pasricha, a research analyst for Frost & Sullivan, in the first of two guest articles.
Powersalt claims to cut sodium in good taste
29-Sep-2009 - Norgrow has developed a clean label alternative to standard salt that promises to cut sodium content and enhance flavour.
Naturex merger to double 2009 earnings
28-Sep-2009 - Naturex, the French-based botanicals giant that recently acquired the ingredients business of Spanish company, Natraceutical Group, will earn €185m in 2009 – up from its 2008 income of €93.2m, as it announced details of the deal.
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The benefits of a probiotic witch hunt
28-Sep-2009 - Get your pitchforks ready! There are evil-doers out there! We’ve been conned: Probiotics don’t work. Dannon’s settling out of court, EFSA’s rejecting health claims, and the media is starting a witch hunt.
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How Mugabe’s milk could sour Nestle's image
28-Sep-2009 - Nestle is being slammed for sourcing milk from a Mugabe-owned farm in Zimbabwe. In a world where both business and information are globalised, any big business practices deemed unacceptable – wherever they take place – are liable to unleash a furious consumer reaction.
Kraft reportedly prepares hostile bid for Cadbury
28-Sep-2009 - Kraft Foods is reportedly preparing a hostile bid for Cadbury three weeks after the confectionery company rejected a £10.2bn ($16.7bn) offering.
Taste tipped to top the agenda at Stevia World Europe
28-Sep-2009 - Ahead of the Stevia World Europe conference in Frankfurt in November, business research firm KnowGenix has compiled a report detailing the quality, sustainability and taste issues that stevia still faces.
Here’s the scoop: Ice cream is next for stevia
25-Sep-2009 - Stevia could soon be adopted by ice cream manufacturers, claims a partnership of ingredient developers which believes it has overcome the technical challenges of producing frozen desserts using the natural sweetener.
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