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      <news:title><![CDATA[Instant without compromise: 3 startups reimagine convenience food for more than speed]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Confectionery’s biggest trend? Looking back]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Middle East Focus: UAE healthier system, OSK growth and Iran food casualties]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Al Rawabi CEO: Localisation, convenience key to Middle East protein boom]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Middle East breakfast: Turkish eggs cilbir, a delicious and colourful breakfast with poached eggs on yogurt]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Will Iraq become PepsiCo’s next Middle East manufacturing hub?]]></news:title>
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