From April 3-5, 2001 500 national and international exhibiting companies from China and overseas will meet at the Food Ingredients Asia (Fi Asia - China)...
Sales of soy products in the U.S. have now risen above $2.5 billion annually, reports US organisation Foods for the Future. Purchase of soyfoods is...
Quaker Oats, the US food and beverage group, on Thursday reported a 15 per cent rise in fourth quarter profit, excluding charges, and said its...
Commission calls on Europe to follow UK exampleEuropean Union countries being swept by fears over BSE - mad cow disease - have been urged to...
US Northland Cranberries Inc. anticipates a smallprofit for the fiscal year 2001 Chairman John Swendrowski said on Tuesday. Speaking at the shareholders annual meeting Swendrowski...
Philip Morris, the food and tobacco giant, said on Wednesday that fourth quarter profits rose 7.5 per cent and anticipated that earnings would grow in...
US consumers are increasingly turning to the web for food and consumer products, a study released on Wednesday suggests. US market analysis companies Information Resources...
US fruit and vegetable group, Dole Food, announced a fourth-quarter loss that significantly exceeded Wall Street expectations, the Financial Times reports. The company blamed a...
In a bid to prevent an outbreak of mad cow disease in Australia a special committee met in Melbourne on Tuesday. The Australian National Health...
At a meeting of European agriculture ministers this week to discuss the BSE crisis, Franz Fischler, the European Farm Commissioner, warned that the situation was...
US drinks giant, the Coca-Cola Company and Swiss group Nestle S.A. announced on Tuesday the further development of their existing joint venture partnership, Coca-Cola and...
Danone, the French foods group, on Tuesday reported a 5.7 per cent rise in 2000 net profits, helped by a higher revenue from its drinks...
Natural products producer, US Boca Foods, is to launch an organic soy line in April. The company is claiming to be the first national manufacturer...
Cerestar, a leading starch supplier and flagship company of Eridania Béghin-Say, announced this week the launch of its C*Bio range of starches. The company claims...
Allied Domecq, the UK wine and spirits group that includes the Kahlua and Courvoisier brands , said onMonday that it was on track to achieve...
Ministers of Agriculture from the European Union debated through Monday night whether to ban for human consumption the vertebral column from cows. An agreement was...
Flavour ingredients company Treatt plc announced recently the launch of Sugar Treattarome™ 9806, a clear flavour suitable for particular use in diet/low-calorie products. The company...
Anglo-Dutch consumer products group Unilever Plc said on Monday it is to sell several European brands to Campbell Soup for one billion euros ($925 million)....
Leading banana producer Chiquita Brands International Inc., currently facing financial difficulties, has filed a lawsuit seeking 564 million euros ($525) million in damages from European...
Interbrew, the Belgian brewer, on Friday effectively accepted that it would be forced to sell Bass Brewers - but in order to limit damage it...
The World Health Organisation executive board approved a resolution in Geneva this week urging governments to tighten their controls on the marketing tactics of the...
US consumer product group Sara Lee Corp. said on Thursday it is eliminating 7,000 jobs, mostly in the conglomerate's underwear and food operations. The job...
US fast food giant, McDonald's Corp. said on Wednesday that its fourth-quarter net income fell 7 per cent, slightly missing Wall Street's expectations, as European...
French supermarket giant,Carrefour, announced this week that it would soon begin exporting Argentinian beef to sell on its shelves. Carrefour, the world's second-largest supermarket chain,...
A consortium of US food manufacturers and distributors has launched Maverick Xchange, a New York City-basede-marketplace aimed at serving the needs of the $390 billion...