A new range of specialty carrageenans designed to increase yield,
prevent drip loss and ensure freeze/thaw stability for meat, fish
and poultry is set to be unveiled.
As supply and demand issues for non-GM lecithin propel ingredients
manufacturers to push alternatives onto the market, Danish
emulsifier firm Palsgaard launches citric acid ester as a lecithin
replacer.
Raw material costs start to bite as alginate supplier International
Specialty announces price rises on all its alginates-based products
from 1 November this year.
Major food grade carrageenan supplier FMC BioPolymer passes
spiralling energy prices onto the market, announcing a price hike
for its pharmaceutical and food brand products by 5 to 10 per cent.
Targeting growing demand for fat-reduced food formulations, Danish
emulsifier firm Palsgaard launches a new emulsifier-stabiliser
system for chilled, quark based aerated desserts.
Alumni of the food ingredients world will gather in Paris this
November at the FI Europe show, with suppliers demonstrating their
wares in a roll call of launches.
All round gains in flavours, speciality, and dairy ingredients help
Irish ingredients group Kerry face "highly competitive trading
conditions" and contribute to the 12.8 per cent rise in first-half
profit.
Growing pressure on food manufacturers to cut salt levels has led
to a frantic search for alternatives. Joan Watsabaugh tells
FoodNavigator-USA.com why AlsoSalt could provide the
industry with a viable solution.
ConAgra Ingredients has streamlined its business in order to better
address the needs of its customers, and was at the IFT conference
last week to show off its potential, writes Anthony
Fletcher.
One starch for all temperatures that behaves as an instant,
lump-free thickener hits the market, as Dutch co-operative Avebe
extends its line of Paselli EZ potato starches, reports Lindsey
Partos.
Global supplies for the hydrocolloid gum arabic could creep up as
Lagos announces plans to sow 500 million seeds to produce the
popular confectionery ingredient, writes Lindsey Partos.
US starch product supplier Penford Food Ingredients targets growing
demand for rice starch, for the first time adding a variety of rice
starches to its current portfolio of potato, tapioca, and corn
starch products,reports Lindsey...
Alginate specialist International Specialty Products (ISP) expands
and consolidates its food stabiliser portfolio, acquiring the
technology and customers of UK business Creative Food Systems
(CFS), reports Lindsey Partos.
Acquisitive US ingredients firm Cargill leapfrogs into a leading
pectin position as the Citrico acquisition clears allowing pectin
products to fall into Cargill's portfolio, reports Lindsey
Partos.
The recent evolution of supply and demand issues for non-GM
lecithin is pushing ingredients manufacturers such as Danisco to
promote their alternatives on the market, reports Lindsey
Partos.
Buffer stocks are the cornerstone of a new strategy unveiled to
stabilise price and sustain permanent supplies for gum arabic in
the world's top three producing countries, writes Lindsey
Partos.
Hydrocolloid industry sees competition step up a gear as US
ingredients firm Cargill, for the first time, buys into the pectin
market through the acquisition of Citrico, reports Lindsey
Partos.
Knocked by an economic slowdown and the strength of the Euro
against the US dollar, growth in turnover for the European food and
drink industry rose by a 1.9 per cent wisp from 2002 to 2003,
concludes a new report from the US government,...
ICI subsidiary National Starch is the latest ingredients firm to
drive into the soaring Chinese food market, unveiling a new
technical centre adjacent to its recently opened production plant,
writes Lindsey Partos.
French hydrocolloid supplier Colloides Naturels International (CNI)
extends acacia gum line launching second generation of its
stabiliser for flavour and beverage emulsions, reports Lindsey
Partos.
Despite the shadow of an impending sale, German hydrocolloid
supplier Degussa is moving up a gear in the burgeoning Chinese
market, opening a new production unit to ramp up supplies to the
area, writes Lindsey Partos.
UK sweetener maker Tate & Lyle launches an emulsifying wheat
protein onto the market for coffee creamers claiming the product is
a fitting, and cheaper, alternative to caseinates, reports
Lindsey Partos.
Suppliers of ingredients to the developing ice cream market in
China will welcome news that Nestlé, the world's number one food
maker, will deepen penetration and sharpen competitiveness in this
burgeoning market through new...
Flavours and texturants firm Degussa will shrug off its fruit
preparation business to an American equity company in a sale that
prepares the ground for a total divesture of its remaining food
ingredients unit.
Fending off price erosion, the landscape of the fermentation
industry continues to change as ingredients firms consolidate for
market strength in €10.97 billion industry, writes Lindsey
Partos.
Food companies are expecting a tough year in 2005 with competition
and price pressures in the food chain rising to the surface as the
key issues, reports Lindsey Partos.
British snack makers will face the most testing period in their
recent history over the next few years as the war on obesity
gathers momentum, threatening to stall growth and devour smaller
manufacturers, reports Chris Mercer.
The boss of UK starch and sugar group Tate & Lyle, currently
enjoying booming sales for its sweetener 600 times sweeter than
sugar, has hooked the European Businessman of the Year award from
leading US business magazine Forbes.
The bolt-on acquisition of Rhodia Food Ingredients earlier this
year helps boost sales for Danish ingredients and sugar group
Danisco in an otherwise challenging 2004/05 first half.
Widespread procurement and more than 100 years in business help
French hydrocolloid producer Colloides Naturels International (CNI)
assure supplies for gum arabic amid global shortfalls in stock,
writes Lindsey Partos.
Against the backdrop of soaring prices for locust bean gum, getting
the best price for the customer is a challenge hydrocolloid
producers must meet if they want to ensure ongoing contracts,
reports Lindsey Partos.
Prices for the popular hydrocolloid gum arabic used in a range of
food applications have doubled in 12 months as political turmoil
and poor stocks leave the market exposed, writes Lindsey
Partos.
Prices for the popular hydrocolloid gum arabic used in a range of
food applications have doubled in 12 months as political turmoil
and poor stocks leave the market exposed, writes Lindsey
Partos.
China may become the first country in the world to operate the
commercial production of genetically modified rice, ushering in
cheaper and constant supplies for the popular food staple and
ingredient.
The announcement yesterday that DMV International and Arla Food
Ingredients could merge is a further example of how the rising
power and ongoing growth of the multiple retailers is putting
constant pressure on ingredients companies...
Looking to new market gains in the UK, US and Australia, German
ingredients group Degussa has revamped its line of bakery cream
systems to target food makers with a competitive package.
Competing with cheaper corn and wheat alternatives, potato starch
firm Avebe unveils a new research and development centre to bring
the Dutch company closer to its customer needs.
Privately owned Gelnex, which pioneered the production of type A
pork skin gelatin in South America, has recently opened a beefskin
gelatin plant in Brazil. Philippa Nuttall spoke to the
company's CEO about the challenges the...
Danisco believes it has made ice crystals in ice cream a thing of
the past by creating a technology that will help manufacturers
control heat shock, reports Philippa Nuttall.
Food makers can expect to see the price of hydrocolloids continue
to move upwards as suppliers, knocked by squeezed commodity
supplies coupled with higher energy and transport costs, pass rises
onto the market.
Food makers can expect to see the price of hydrocolloids continue
to move upwards as suppliers, knocked by squeezed commodity
supplies coupled with higher energy and transport costs, pass rises
onto the market.
