The beans and ketchup manufacturer employs two key strategies to cut salt in its core products, Kathy La Macchia, Head of Nutrition, Consumer Science and Culinary at Kraft Heinz EMEA tells FoodNavigator, “and we’ve had some huge successes”.
UK start-up Wonderchup is targeting children and families with its clean label, healthy alternative to classic tomato ketchup. “We’ve had a lot of interest from people with health problems,” co-founder Elise Daly told FoodNavigator.
From Colgate's lasagne to Heinz's purple and green ketchup, Sweden's Museum of Failure opens next month with several food and drink products on display. We ask the exhibition curator and a market analyst how big companies can get it so...
Condiments colossus Kraft Heinz has hit back at the suggestion that the UK is “out of step” with its western European neighbours when it comes to table sauces.
The recently formed Kraft Heinz company is off to a rocky start with sliding profits and more layoffs and facility closures recently announced, but the company has a three-prong plan for future growth, executives said Nov. 5 during the firm’s third-quarter...
Israel’s Health Ministry has ruled that Heinz Ketchup can no longer be called ketchup in Israel after local brand Osem argued it doesn’t contain enough tomato paste, according to Israeli news service Ynet.
Diverse European tastes have made it difficult for any one table sauce brand to dominate the market – although Heinz is an exception, according to a new report from Rabobank.
Hydrosol has developed a range of stabilising systems for spicy ketchups and sauces, allowing better freeze-thaw stability and cost savings, according to the company.
Leading manufacturer Heinz has reported a 24 per cent drop in
third-quarter net income as downsizing, restructuring and increased
commodity costs take their toll.
Britain's Competition Commission (CC) has granted provisional
clearance for Heinz' acquisition of HP's leading sauce and canned
goods brands - and looks set to give full consent in April.
Following a year of restructuring, the manufacturer famous for
iconic British brands Sarson's Vinegar and Gale's Honey has
announced plans to enter the brown sauce and ketchup sector as a
direct rival to Heinz-HP.
The UK's Competition Commission (CC) has released comprehensive
guidelines for it's probe into Heinz' acquisition of HP, inviting
comment on the sale that will see two of the world's top condiments
manufacturers...
In the face of rising production costs, global food producer Heinz
defied sceptics to announce a better than expected quarterly profit
rise, thanks to a major European reshuffle and ambitious
acquisition programme.
The UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred Heinz'
acquisition of HP to the Competition Committee (CC) after growing
concerns that the merger will distort the grocery market.
Heinz is pulling out of its frozen food business in Europe, will
boost its presence in China and Russia, and spend more on
developing new processing and packaging methods targeted at growing
marketcategories such as "natural"...
Ketchup giant HJ Heinz will become the number one sauce leader in
the UK as the US firm announces an agreement to acquire a raft of
leading sauce brands from French firm Groupe Danone.
Leading Russian sauces manufacturer Baltimor is stepping
ahead with a programme to streamline its production facilities
following the announcement of a new vegetable oil processing
factory and the forthcoming completion of new facilities...
After Blastin' Green, Funky Purple and Mystery Color comes Stellar
Blue, the latest variant of the traditional red ketchup from HJ
Heinz. The blue sauce - created at the request of consumers across
America - will be available...
The British palate has matured in the past decade from tea and
tomato ketchup to more exotic flavours - and the proof is
splattered across the nation's shirts, skirts and trousers, a study
showed on Thursday.
H.J. Heinz Company released its Fiscal 2001 annual report entitled
"Innovation Celebration," in which it presented recent
product and packaging innovations.
H. J. Heinz Company and Kagome Company Limited of Japan signed
agreements for a strategic alliance whose goal is to enable both
companies to explore ways to align their global operations and
product portfolios to accelerate sales...
H. J. Heinz Company, the American food company, has completed the
acquisition of the pasta sauce and dry bouillon and soup businesses
of Borden Foods Corporation.
British tomato growers this week launched a campaign against what
they believe to be misleading claims made by the processing
industry in connection with...
Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst, the buy-out firm, beat HJ Heinz's
offer for parts of bankrupt US food group Vlasic, by agreeing a
deal to buy all of Vlasic's...
In a recent announcement, Heinz, the US food products company,
stated that it will launch organic versions of its most famous
brands. Heinz Organic Tomato...
