Moscow-based snack food company Bridgetown Foods has said that it
expects its trade turnover to double in 2004 compared to the US $65
million that the company is estimated to earn this year, according
to general director Dmitry Vasilyev.
MEPs last week voted to adopt a contentious report calling for
rules to be established at the community level on the coexistence
of genetically modified (GM) crops with ordinary crops. A move that
squares up against the Commission...
German firm Loryma has been awarded distribution rights within
Europe for MGP Ingredients' food proteins and starches. The
agreement does not include the United Kingdom or Ireland, but does
extend to other countries such as Turkey,...
Hot on the heels of disappointing third quarter results, notably in
the colours division hit by weaker sales in the US, Sensient
Technologies has announced a round of cost cutting measures which
will include job losses.
The movement of foodstuffs within the European boundaries will be
changed forever once the next step towards an enlarged Europe takes
place. Food and Life Sciences lawyer Raymond O’Rourke takes us
through a detailed look at some of...
With tight new rules on traceability soon to hit European food
manufacturers and retailers, European food lawyer Raymond O'Rourke
examines the new legislation and the impact this will have on
industry. Of concern, O'Rourke...
Obese men with prostate cancer are more likely to have aggressive
tumors and to experience cancer recurrence after surgery compared
to men of normal weight or those who are overweight but not obese,
according to two new studies.
Sales of cava, the Spanish sparkling wine, are likely to grow
substantially this Christmas as consumers across Spain raise a
glass to their loved ones, according to the head of the Consejo
Regulador del Cava, the body which regulates...
A new food safety technique coming out of the UK that uses a virus
is set to win an exclusive worldwide licence. The move marks the
first step towards the commercialisation of the technique that can
'explode' deadly food-poisoning...
Europe's first international conference on folates, taking place in
Poland early next year, is expected to shed new light on folate
bioavailability in foods and help understand how to boost
consumption of this essential vitamin
Czech food and cosmetics giant Setuza has said that it is gearing
up to spend a total of CZK 150 million (€4.6m) by the end of April
2004 on the reconstruction and modernisation of its plants in Usti
nad Labem and Olomouc.
Two of Scandinavia's leading retail groups announced last week that
they were to form a new joint venture in Latvia, Lithuania and
Estonia prior to those three countries joining the EU in May next
year.
Tetra Pak has been a pioneering force in the central and eastern
European food and beverage packaging sector. However, with
accession just around the corner a series of new challenges are
about to present themselves. We spoke to a...
Spain might well have a culinary heritage to rival that of France,
but like it trans-Pyrenean neighbour, consumption patterns have
been changing over the last few years, with more hectic lifestyles
(even in the land of the siesta)...
An innovative new food safety technique using a virus is set to win
an exclusive worldwide licence. This marks the first step towards
the commercialisation of this unusual process, a technique that a
UK scientist claims can explode...
Parliament adopts contentious report calling for rules to be
established at Community level on the coexistence of genetically
modified (GM) crops with ordinary crops 'without delay'.
The launch of a new low-fat version of Unilever Bestfood's
Hellmann's mayonnaise brand in the UK is the first step in the
company's bid to turn Hellman's into a 'master brand' over the next
five years...
The British are the biggest consumers of chocolate in Europe,
munching their way through more than 10 kg each every year. A
reflection of Britain's ongoing love affair with snacking - and
consumers' reluctance to choose...
The rye grain, and rye bran in particular, is rich in dietary fibre
and also contains a significant fructan concentration, which may
have important prebiotic properties, suggests a new publication.
Public health and safety company NSF International (NSF) has
announced a new alliance with the STAR-K Kosher Certification
organisation. The purpose is to meet the growing kosher food
certification demands of consumers and businesses...
In a bid to reinforce customer relations in Latin America, the
dairy ingredients business unit of DSM Food Specialties' has
expanded its presence in Latin America with the opening of a new
sales and customer services office in...
Ahold's worries
have hit the headlines throughout 2003, and while it now appears to
be on the road to recovery after revelations of fraud and losses of
€1 billion, it is still not all plain sailing for the Dutch
retailer.
Slovakia's sole salt producer Solivary, which is based in Presov,
in eastern Slovakia, has confirmed that it is to invest Slovak
crowns 700 million (€17 mn) in a new salt plant in Zbudza, near
Michalovce in eastern Slovakia.
Last week's dismissal of three executive board members at leading
Slovenian food manufacturer Droga has caused some degree of
consternation amongst the company's workers.
As the European Parliament delivers slices of the €99 billion
budget pie for next year, €45 bn earmarked for CAP and €400 million
for health and consumer protection, funding for science projects
confirmed.
An attempt by US-based brewing giant Anheuser-Busch
to keep Czech brewer Budejovicky Budvar from registering its name as a
European Community trademark was foiled by the Office for
Harmonisation in the Internal Market of the European...
The EU Council of Ministers has adopted a regulation on the
identification and registration of sheep and goats as part of its
ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of animal diseases. The body
believes that stopping animal disease...
Lactimilk, the subsidiary of Spanish group Ebro Puleva which
produces the Leyma, Ram and El Castillo brands, is to invest
between €36 and €45 million over the next three years in
relaunching all three brands.
Food products made with GM maize could soon be on the European
supermarket shelves despite the cynical consumer if policy-makers,
soon to take a decision on the sale of Syngenta's Bt11 GM maize ,
take a yes vote. A recent breakthrough...
Potatoes with low levels of reducing sugars could be the answer to
fighting the formation of the potentially carcinogenic compound
acrylamide in foods.
Scientists warn this week that our traditional christmas snack of
brazil nuts might not be for much longer if intensive harvesting
practices continue in 'persistently exploited' areas.
In response to an increasing worldwide demand for pectin, Danish
ingredients company Danisco is to expand its Czech production
capacity by 40 per cent to accommodate an expected growth rate of
5-6 per cent on the world market.
Calls by a number of consumer bodies tougher labelling on alcoholic
beverages have not fallen on deaf ears. No sooner had the National
Consumers League (NCL), the Center for Science in the Public
Interest (CSPI), and 67 other consumer...
Children should be strongly encouraged to regularly include
calcium-rich foods and drinks in their diets, report US
researchers, after a new study confirms the negative association
between the mineral and body fat.
Researchers in the US have designed a new potato for the crisps
industry with a 'favourable' starch to sugar ratio to beat the
burnt flavour when frying.
This year has been one the most hectic in recent times for the
British supermarket sector, what with the year-long Safeway
takeover battle, Tesco and Co-op strengthening their positions in
the convenience store sector, Somerfield...
Tesco, the UK's
biggest supermarket group with 13 million customers, is to
introduce degradable carrier bags in all of its stores from next
year, the first UK retail group to take such a move.
Children should be strongly encouraged to regularly include
calcium-rich foods and drinks in their diets, report US
researchers, after a new study confirms the negative association
between the mineral and body fat. Increasing calcium...
Bernard Matthews, a leading producer of fresh, chilled and frozen
turkey products, is to install cutting edge maintenance and
management software at all six of its facilities in the UK. The
company has signed an agreement with technology...
Infant formula to alpha-cyclodextrin via enzyme processing are all
on the table as the nascent food authority in Oceania calls for
comments on its food standards code.
US agri-giant Cargill is set to expand its gum manufacturing
capabilities in China. Working with its joint venture partner
Shandong Huanghelong Group, the company has announced a significant
capacity increase at its Zibo production...
China's soybean shopping team left for the US this week. Top of the
list? Contracts in the range of 1.5 million tonnes of soybeans,
predicts the Chinese government.
Following a year of investments in its production facility, leading
Hungarian pasta producer Soos Tesztagyarto, based in Vecses, near
Budapest, has said that it is now gearing up to increase its yearly
production to meet demand from...
Alongside the growing wealth of the average CEE consumer, the
region's food retail sector is growing at an unprecedented rate, a
recently published report finds. Fuelling that growth is the boom
in large-scale supermarket and...
Cencosud, the Chilean supermarket group, has ended its exclusive
talks with Dutch retailer Ahold over the acquisition of the
latter's Argentinian unit, Disco, after failing to reach an
agreement.
Carrefour, the biggest European retail group and the world's second
largest supermarket operator, is to begin a major overhaul of its
supply chain IT systems with its Asian operations.
Estonian state-owned cooking oil manufacturer Werol Tehased has
announced plans to launch a pilot project for the production
protein derived from rape seed oil. The company is also mulling
over a number of other projects, including...
