News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Soon-to-be-sold ingredients unit at Degussa, Germany's third largest chemical company, fails to impress in 2004 with sales falling by 4 per cent, contributing just under 5 per cent of total sales to overall €11.2 billion turnover for the group.
Glisten, the acquisitive UK confectioner, has reported strong first half figures reflecting its rapid growth, but highlighted the increasing cost of integrating its growing number of niche businesses as it seeks to turn itself into a 'one-stop-shop'...
Consolidation continues for the food ingredients slice of the industry chain as US ingredients behemoth Cargill enters the pectin market for the first time, announcing the acquisition today of insolvent citrus product supplier Citrico,reports Lindsey...
A new report suggests that Americans are waking up to the health benefits of cultured dairy products - and in particular probiotic shots - as part of the wider trend towards functional foods, reports Jess Halliday.
A new method for treating swine-production wastewater could benefit both pork processors and the environment, writes Anthony Fletcher.