Cargill is stepping up its sales capacity in the Middle East with a
new base in Dubai for Texturizing Solutions that will allow it to
collaborate more closely with customers in the region.
Cargill is continuing its long-term investment in its hydrocolloids
business with a €3m investment in its factory in Baupte, France,
which is aimed at improving productivity and maintaining the
highest quality standards.
PureCircle has secured an extension to its agreement with Cargill
to supply its stevia-derived Reb-A until mid-2010, helping to
ensure availability for what is tipped to be the next big thing in
sweeteners.
Cargill has helped MolliCoolz develop cryogenically frozen ice
cream beads that do not melt and fuse together during distribution
and storage using its proprietary Daritech stabilizer.
Coca-Cola and Cargill will move to introduce their stevia sweetener
product in countries where the ingredient is already approved, the
firms have confirmed.
Cargill Texturizing Solutions has expanded its lethicin offering
along quality lines, making four different grades available to
cater to manufacturers' precise needs and budgets.
US ingredient giant Cargill is expanding its line of high oleic
canola products, on the back of customer demand for oils and
shortenings with no trans fat and low levels of saturated fat.
Agri-business giant Cargill has engaged in a joint venture with
Spain's largest olive oil producer, Hojiblanca, to source, trade
and supply customers worldwide with private label and bulk olive
oil.
Cargill was this week slapped with an E coli lawsuit related to
contaminated frozen ground beef products sold by the firm's Meat
Solutions Corporation.
US-based agro and ingredients giant Cargill has launched a new salt
reduction system, which claims to allow food manufacturers to cut
the sodium content in their products by up to 50 percent.
Cargill is to move towards full ownership of a leading grain and
oilseeds firm in Hungary, as the US agricultural giant continues
its strategy of expanding its presence in Central and Eastern
Europe.
US based cocoa producer Cargill has developed a new method of
processing cocoa which allows for reduced fat content and greater
dispersibility in cocoa powder.
Leading US ingredient firm Cargill has announced the appointment of
a new chief executive officer, a move that comes in the same week
as a leadership reshuffle in competitor ADM.
Cargill has announced the launch of a proprietary ingredient system
to increase fiber content and maintain crispiness, as the company
expands its health-promoting solutions portfolio.
Cargill plans to use next month's Health Ingredients Europe event
to unveil a number of products that food and beverage manufacturers
can use in future product launches.
Leading US ingredient firm Cargill last week reported strong fiscal
year earnings, although the performance of the firm's food
ingredients business lagged the year-ago level.
Cargill has taken full control of its xanthan gum joint venture in
China, opening the way for it to take a bigger share of the
competitive gums market.
A sweetener system for bakery products is designed to reduce the
fat and calorie content of baked goods without altering the taste
and texture, according to manufacturer Cargill, which introduced
its product at the IFT show in Orlando...
Cargill will no longer have a presence in the hazelnut processing
industry once the agreed sale of its Turkish hazelnut processing
business goes through.
Cargill's finalised acquisition of a major Thai tapioca flour
business in Thailand underlines its commitment to establishing a
globalised ingredient-sourcing network.
Cargill plans to highlight its growing focus on texturising and
sweetness functionality solutions at a series of major events
across Europe this spring.
Cargill is looking forward to exhibiting a range of new
health-focused ingredients at next month's Vitafoods exhibition
following its successful acquisition of Degussa Food Ingredients.
Cargill is set to expand its ingredient portfolio for the food
industry, announcing last week that it is to open a
30-million-pounds-per-year glycerin refinery.
US agribusiness firm Cargill on Friday filed an appeal of a judge's
ruling in December that prevents the company from enforcing patents
for high oleic oils.
The European Commission has extended it inquiry into US ingredients
firm Cargill's acquisition of the food ingredients unit of German
chemical giant Degussa, it emerged today.
Ingredients giant Cargill has launched a new line of sweeteners
designed to reduce the number of calories in frozen dairy desserts
and sweetened bakery products such as cake, muffins and brownies,
without altering the taste.
Ending months of speculation, hungry US ingredients firm Cargill
strengthens pectin, lecithin and flavour positions, agreeing today
to buy the food ingredients unit of German chemical giant Degussa.
Job losses at the sweetener operations of ambitious ingredients
firm Cargill are imminent as the largest private firm in the US
appears to feel the squeeze of "market conditions".
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.
Signing yet another deal to feed its seemingly insatiable appetite
for acquisitions, US ingredients firm Cargill makes a drive into
the whey derivatives market, reports Lindsey Partos.
Cargill has developed an ingredient that enables manufacturers to
add the healthy benefits of whole grain nutrition to foods while
preserving the sensory qualities of foods made from enriched corn
flour, reports Anthony Fletcher.
Ingredients companies including Cargill and Chr Hansen are
expanding facilities and picking up acquisitions in order to meet
growing global demand, writes Anthony Fletcher.
Acquisitive US ingredients firm Cargill builds up edible oil stocks
in Eastern Europe, announcing plans to buy a sunflower seed
crushing facility in Ukraine from Ukrainian consumer food company
Chumak, writes Lindsey Partos.
US ingredients player reaches deeper into Europe, clearing a deal
this week to buy industrial chocolate facility Schierstedter
Schokoladefabrik from existing customer, Ludwig Schokolade,
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.
Increasingly dominant ingredients supplier Cargill ups its stake in
the Romanian edible oils market, as the competition authorities
clear the way for the US firm to buy Olpo Podari, the largest
Romanian sunflower oil maker.
Supplies of vegetable oils to European food makers will increase as
US ingredients behemoth Cargill expands palm and coconut oil
operations in Europe, reports Lindsey Partos.
Ambitious US ingredients supplier Cargill boosts its war chest,
announcing a 35 per cent rise in profit for the third quarter of
2005, on gains from commodity trading and its animal feed and steel
businesses.
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...
US agri-food firm Cargill will consolidate its position in raw
materials - the building blocks for a range of common ingredients
also supplied by the company - with the acquisition of Italian firm
Pagnan.
