News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Food conglomerate Nestle has emerged as the favourite to win a multi-billion auction for American chocolate icon Hershey Foods although investors took a cautious approach to reports a firm offer was already on the table.
Japan's Nippon Meat Packers is considering spinning off its meat operations, after a devastating beef mislabelling scandal sent consumer confidence plunging.
Dutch retailer Royal Ahold said on Monday that it would bid about $50 million for the shares of Chilean supermarket firm Santa Isabel that it did not already own.
Evidence about the health benefits of moderate drinking is mounting, with new research showing that beer is just as good for you as red wine.
Large-scale Chinese food companies will set the direction for the development of China's food industry in the next few years, an international exhibition in Beijing shows.
Research has yet to find evidence soy and garlic supplements have any health benefits at all, in spite of their current, and increasing, popularity, experts in the US agreed last week.