European Commission approves Lactalis acquisition of Omira
The European Commission has announced it has approved, under the European Merger Regulation, the indirect acquisition of the German-based dairy company Omira by French dairy group Lactalis.
Archives for September 4, 2017
Alland & Robert on industry and academic collaboration: 'You can't put a figure on the value it brings'
Acacia gum supplier Alland & Robert has been working with researchers from Montpellier University for five years and has just signed up for another five. "It deepens our understanding of the ingredient and adds value to the relationship we have with our...
Ireland forging ahead with sugar tax amid industry pushback
The Irish government confirmed it plans to push ahead with the introduction of a sugar tax this April, despite industry calls for the move to be delayed.
Children’s breakfasts ‘not as healthy’ as parents think – Nestlé
New research from Nestlé Spain finds that parents are overestimating how healthy their children’s breakfasts are.
Polish meat processor pumps €19m into new plants
Polish poultry meat processor Konspol has unveiled plans to invest a total of PLN 80 million (€19 million) this year, with the aim of developing and upgrading its capacities.
Sacmi to expand and reorganize its chocolate division
Sacmi is reorganizing one of its business units, which focuses on chocolate processing, wrapping and packaging.
'Impure' proteins can match – or even outperform – pure protein functionality: Wageningen
Expensive and energy intensive methods to purify protein may not be necessary because 'impure' proteins can perform as well as, or even better than, pure ones for functionality, a two-year Wageningen-led project has found.
3D food printing: Precision and accuracy an obstacle to fulfilling potential
Printing precision and accuracy, process productivity and the production of colourful, multi-flavour, multi-structure products remain the biggest challenges to wider industry adoption of 3D food printing.