After the merger of Béghin-Say with the sugar and agro-industrial
activities of Eridania in 1992, the Eridania Béghin-Say group, a
leader in the agro-industrial...
Galaxy Nutritional Foods, Inc., an American producer of plant
based, health-promoting dairy and dairy related alternatives, has
contracted with Balboa...
Coca-Cola, the American soft drink company, announced on May 28th
that it is withdrawing 700,000 bottles of Fanta-Pomelo, a
grapefruit flavoured soda...
Rumours are afoot that the two leading dairies in the UK will
merge, the BBC reports. Speculation started after after a reported
meeting between the bosses...
Indian company B M Thapar group is to liquidate its starch business
Bharat Starch, Indian paper the Economic Times reports. This
follows the company's...
Struggling British retailer Marks and Spencer Plc is considering a
shake-up of its food activities, one of the more stable areas of
its business, in a...
In a bid to stop "genetically engineered food contamination"
Greenpeace activists chained themselves to the entrance of a Nestle
factory in Hong Kong...
Hypermarkets in Thailand are taking the place of supermarkets,
reports the Bangkok Post. According to a survey, "Thailand's
Shopping Habits", released...
Danish oils and and oleochemicals company Aarhus Oliefabrik on
Monday reported an operating income improvement of DKK 6.2 million
to DKK 18.6 million...
The UK High Court on Friday advised Stephen Byers, trade and
industry secretary, that he would have to reconsider his decision
to force Interbrew, the...
Soybean acreage is expected to climb 4 per cent, opening the door
for a potential record soybean crop, according to U.S. ag attaché
in Canada, Kathleen...
Ango-Dutch consumer products giant Unilever expects to save £200m a
year from the sale of 1,200 global brands well ahead of its initial
five-year deadline,...
ConAgra, the US agribusiness and food products group, said it would
have to restate its figures because of accounting irregularities
which are being probed...
Two American start-up foodservice industry Internet sites, eFS
Network and Maverick Xchange, announced on May 22nd they will merge
to form a business-to-business...
A staggering 63 per cent of Americans will choose to drink bottled
water this summer, according to a recently published survey for the
International Bottled...
Avebe, the Dutch starch producer, will join Pilao Quimica Ltda
concern, the Brazilian producer of tapioca-based starch and
derivatives, in a joint venture.
Microencapsulated ingredients specialists Balchem Corporation
announced on Tuesday that its subsidiary BCP Ingredients, Inc. has
entered into an agreement...
The US food industry body, the Grocery Manufacturers of America,
this week showed its strong support for the International Trade
Commission's (ITC) efforts...
US e-commerce sales for the first quarter of 2001 are estimated to
have hit $6.994 billion, an increase of 33.5 per cent from the same
period last year,...
Coffee retailer Starbucks Corp. announced on Saturday that the
coffee shop revolution in the U.S. had halted a downtrend in coffee
consumption and raised...
US soft drinks giant Coca-Cola Co. is entering the growing market
for functional beverage products containing dietary supplement
ingredients such as...
Organic agricultural exports in New Zealand are expected to total
around NZ$ 64 million (US$ 26.9 million) this year, according to a
new report on organic...
A report on the handling of risk factors in the outbreak of mad cow
disease criticices France's Agriculture Ministry for dragging its
feet in forbidding...
Due to a sharp decline in sales after a massive outbreak of
food-poisoning last summer, Snow Brand Milk Products Co., a major
Japanese dairy product...
Dietary habits are rapidly changing in China, boosting total
consumption by 12 per cent per year and 15 per cent for the dairy
products. According to...
Nestle SA Chief Executive Peter Brabeck played down on Friday
market talk that the world's biggest food group may have its eye on
Dutch functional food...
