UK shortbread manufacturer, Paterson Arran Limited, has introduced braille to its best-selling shortbread range, as part of its ongoing commitment to meeting the needs of consumers.

 

Sandvik Process Systems, the world's largest supplier of steel belts to the food processing industry, will use Anuga FoodTec to drive awareness of the diverse range of applications for its core product.

Global food prices, which were about 24% higher on average in 2011 than they were in 2010, are expected to decline in 2012 on increasing supplies although they still remain volatile, according to the World Bank.

 

Today's high demand for salt from the synthetic soda ash production, food processing, de-icing industries is defining for the salt industry growth.

 

Following this morning's vote by members of the European Parliament against the European Commission's proposed amendment to allow food manufacturers to use the ‘X% less' and ‘no added salt' claims on their products, the UK food and drink industry has expressed disappointment and concerns about the potential impact on industry's reformulation work.

 

This year's Europain and Intersuc promises to offer an unmatched source of inspiration for professionals from the bakery-pastry sector.

A group of Belgian food sector federations and oil manufacturers joined forces to achieve a common objective, that by the end of 2015 all palm oil present in food products destined for the Belgian market has to be sustainable.

 

FoodDrinkEurope has said it strongly regrets the negative outcome of the vote today in the European Parliament's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee for the revised nutrition claims list recently adopted by the Council.

 

From March 27 to 30 the international food technology sector will once again meet at Anuga FoodTec in Cologne.

 

Dynamic Conveyor Corporation has announced the option for an innovative solid surface belt on its DynaClean^TM food packaging conveyor line.

 

DuPont Nutrition & Health takes industrial bread to the next level of freshness with the launch of the broadest range of anti-staling enzymes on the European market.

 

As the most important meal of the day, it's petit dejeuner not breakfast for Brits, as pastries, such as Brioche and Pain au Chocolat rise in the hearts of the nation - growing at a faster pace than traditional British baked goods.

 

Premier Foods this week begins a concerted programme of TV advertising as part of its strategy to double marketing spend to more than £50 million in 2012 to help restore growth.

 

Tate & Lyle has announced the expansion of its range of native starches, with the introduction of two extra dry starch products: MERIZET® 116 and MERIZET® 118, with low moisture contents of typically 5% and 7% respectively.

 

The COFCO Group, China's largest grain and oil dealer, has set itself a target to take more than 20 per cent shares in the domestic rice, flour, edible oil, sugar and dairy markets over the next five years.

 

A new report by the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) found there is no support to claims that bread made by the Chorleywood Bread Process (CBP) causes bloating and gastrointestinal discomfort in a different way to other bread-making processes.

 

The UK food and drink industry has welcomed a new plan, launched by Food and Farming Minister Jim Paice on Friday, that could help hundreds of companies secure sales in lucrative emerging markets.

 

At this year's ISM Barry Callebaut launches its Cameroon chocolates and cocoa powders made with cocoa from a sustainable cultivation.

 

Barry Callebaut, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, and Grupo Bimbo, one of the largest food companies in Latin America, announced on Tuesdsay the signing of a new long-term supply agreement for Bimbo's operations in Mexico.

 

The team here in Surrey, UK, have just come out of a meeting discussing a new redesign for the website.

 

Frutarom Industries, one of the ten largest flavor solutions and fine ingredients companies in the world, forges ahead with its successful rapid growth strategy and reports its second acquisition for 2012.

 

Five associations of the sweet market have come together to form a new association, the Spanish Confectionery Association (PRODULCE).

 

HERZA Schokolade supports the baking industry and bakeries with customized developments that will give their products an individual note.

 

With around £2M funds available, Campden BRI members recently voted for the research projects they want to be carried out through 2012 and beyond.

 

The private equity company Litorina has become the new owner of the Sveba-Dahlen Group.

Limagrain Cereales Ingredients (LCI) has achieved its fourth British Retail Consortium 'grade A' award to complete BRC certification of all its processing units.

Premier Foods yesterday announced it will act 600 jobs as part of its plan to restore profitable growth.

EHEDG (the European Hygienic Engineering & Design Group) awards Certificate of Compliance to HyCLEAN plastic modular belts M5060 and M5065 with sprocket and CIP-system.

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Barry Callebaut, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the privately owned Spanish nut manufacturer La Morella Nuts S.A.

Campden BRI has released its triennial publication on the scientific and technical needs of the foods and drink industry.

The Burton's Biscuit Company, a leading player in the UK biscuit market, has agreed a new distribution arrangement with Loblaws, Canada's leading food retailer, to further extend the presence of its Cadbury biscuits range across Canada.

The UK bread brand Kingsmill has been certified as halal-compliant.

Ongoing studies in the US are focusing on making cookies with a larger portion of whole grain flour instead of refined white flour.

Good grains - such as the increasingly popular ‘ancient grains ‘ - are set to be the leading driver of innovation in the bakery sector in 2012, according to the latest edition of New Nutrition Business's eagerly anticipated annual trend-spotting report.

A bakery in operation since the 1800s will close after owner Maple Leaf Bakery, the UK arm of Canada's Maple Leaf Foods, could not find a buyer.

Archer Daniels Midland Company yesterday announced it has acquired three grain elevators in Slovakia from the companies Palma Group a.s. and Polnonakup Hont a.s. The new assets are ADM's first in the country.

Bunge India yesterday announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire the edible oils and fats business of Amrit Banaspati.

Barry Callebaut has launched Fairtrade certified versions of its popular 811NV (55.3% Cacao Dark), 823NV (35.1% Milk) and 70-30-38NV (70% Cacao Dark) references to confectioners, bakers and pastry chefs.

The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of the Spanish supplier of the baking industry Panrico by US based alternative investment manager Oaktree.

The UK Food and Drink Federation (FDF)and British Retail Consortium (BRC) have partnered with Leatherhead Food Research to fund and deliver a comprehensive report on salt reduction methods in food production.

Bakery manufacturers face the threat of rising egg prices - and even shortages - when new Europe-wide animal welfare legislation comes into force on 1 January.

GEA Refrigeration Technologies acquired the assets, operations, production facilities, and patents of the companies QPM LLC and QPM Manufacturing LLC, of Bellevue, Washington, USA: providers of special conveyor-belt solutions.

 

A new study that investigated the cause of a large outbreak of E. coli in 2009 has blamed raw chocolate chip cookie dough.

Frutarom has developed a range of energy-providing compounds for bakery products.

Grupo Bimbo has announced that it has completed its acquisition of Sara Lee Corporation's fresh bakery business in Spain and Portugal for €115 million.

Bayer CropScience said it will establish its European Wheat Breeding Center in Gatersleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Premier Foods yesterday announced that it has signed an agreement with 2 Sisters Food Group to sell its Brookes Avana business comprising of RF Brookes chilled foods and Avana Bakeries for a cash consideration of £30 million.

Cargill has announced that it is to cut up to 2,000 jobs - around 1.5% of its workforce - because of the continuing weak global economy.

Kraft Foods has announced it will invest £6 million to make biscuits at one of its UK factories.

Biscuit and bread maker Britannia Industries has sacked some 42 employees across all levels across India in a single day last week for non-performance.

At the Food Ingredients Europe awards evening in Paris on 29 November, Muntons were heralded as the winners of the Bakery Innovation award, with their new product Maltichoc; a partial cocoa and chocolate replacer.

 

Sri Lankan Prime Minister D.M. Jayaratne told Parliament yesterday that wheat flour imports should be banned completely.

 

Kerry, the global ingredients & flavours and consumer foods group, today confirmed that it has completed the acquisition of Cargill's global flavours business.

Tate & Lyle's SPLENDA® Sucralose plant in Singapore has been awarded ‘A' grade status, the highest grade possible, from the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA) of Singapore for the fourth consecutive year.

A new Novozymes study has identified 'sofntess and springiness' as the number one driver for consumer bread brand choice.

 

Fiberstar Inc. and Gum Technology will announce a new partnership at FiE, creating a revolutionary new line of texturising ingredients.

 

Taura Natural Ingredients has launched an innovative range of ingredients that combines - for the first time - ancient grains and Ultra Rapid Concentrated® (URC®) fruit and vegetables.

 

The EU Regulation on Food Information to Consumers has now been published and comes into effect in mid-December.

Western Australian growers will benefit from new research which will help produce wheat varieties containing higher levels of protein and extra 'functionality', without requiring additional fertiliser.

Innova Market Insights has identified ten key trends to impact the food and beverage market through 2012 and beyond.

 

Salt performs many functions in bakery products such as flavor, gluten strengthening, and fermentation regulation. While critical to formulating foods such as baked goods, excess salt is associated with negative health effects.

 

Burton's Foods, a leading player in the UK biscuit market, announces it has undertaken a corporate rebrand and changed its trading name to the Burton's Biscuit Company.

Norwegian company Orkla Brands has concluded an agreement for the sale of Bakers to NorgesGruppen.

The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation, under the EU Merger Regulation, into the proposed acquisition of control over ED&F MAN by Südzucker, a German company that is Europe's largest sugar and molasses producer.

New findings published in the British Medical Journal support the theory that a diet high in fibre from cereals and whole grains - such as whole grain breads, brown rice, cereals, oatmeal and porridge help reduce the risk of bowel cancer.

The EU regulation allowing the use of extracts of stevia rebaudiana has finally been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Sagard Private Equity Partners, a French investment fund, has offered to buy Sara Lee Corp.'s European chilled dough business, EuroDough, for about US$159 million.

Kraft Foods has added a range of yoghurt breakfast biscuits to its BelVita brand in the UK.

Consumers increasingly demand delicious, nutritious and satiating snack products. Basically, they want their snacks to work harder for them.

Heat and Control, Inc. and Food Process Systems, Inc. have formed a global partnership to develop and market new technology for applying batters, breading, and other coatings to a variety of food products.

To further expand its regional commitment in China, Bosch Packaging Technology intends to build a second production facility in Chengdu, Pujiang county in Sichuan province. The investment volume amounts to 17 million euros (150 million Yuan).

UK-based ingredients manufacturer Tate & Lyle may turn to acquisitions to accelerate its growth after reporting higher half-year sales and profits.

India has joined 15 other countries in to crack the wheat genome within the next three years.

GreenPalm is presenting a free sustainable palm oil webinar on November 10 at 3pm(GMT)/10am(EST)via the leading sustainability network site 2degreesnetwork.com.

Pepsico has won the bidding for Brazilian biscuit manufacturer Mabel with an offer of between 800 million Brazilian reais ($460 million) and BRL900 million, the O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper reported yesterday.

A UK naan bread facility could close production leaving more than 100 jobs at risk.

Stratum Nutrition, a Novus International Business focusing on nutrition through functional and specialty ingredients, introduces ApuraGreen^TM, a kiwifruit pectin paste ingredient that allows for extended shelf-life in baked goods with a clean label.

Premier Foods, home to some of Britain's favourite food brands, yesterday announced changes to its Executive Director and leadership team to strengthen focus on the company's renewed growth plan.

Tate & Lyle announces that it has signed an exclusive, worldwide license agreement with Eminate Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of The University of Nottingham, UK, for its novel salt reduction technology.

 

Ukraine should be able to offer a better price for milling wheat than Russia in North African and Middle Eastern markets after it won a tender in Egypt on Saturday according to UkrAgroConsult.

 

Sara Lee is in talks with potential buyers for its French baked goods unit, the company said yesterday.

 

The Agricultural Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture said it has identified a number of stem rust-resistant wheat varieties and was retesting them to verify their resistance.

The market for bakery and cereals in United Arab Emirates increased at a compound annual growth rate of 9.4% between 2004 and 2009, reveals a new report.

For two seasons running global sugar demand has outstripped supply, creating a deficit of 15 million tonnes, according to the International Sugar Organization.

Muntons, the UK malt manufacturer has, along with six other companies, been shortlisted for the manufacturer of the year award for sustainability.

Gary Lancaster has joined the sales team at Muntons Ingredients as UK sales manager, with his main focus on UK food manufacturing.

Over 300 visitors came to the Fourth Mühlenchemie symposium "Future of Flour" - Transfer of knowledge is essential if we are to meet the challenges of the future.

Habasit Rossi has extended its high performance range of HabaSYNC timing belts for food production and packaging applications to include a new blue Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU) belting solution.

UK-based Seabrook Crisps is looking for a new managing director.

Tate & Lyle's London factory could close in a row with Brussels over import tariffs.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts US has signed an agreement with its franchisee in the UK to open 35 additional locations in the UK during the next six years.

Over one million Hovis loaves are produced each week at the Leicester based Premier Foods plant.

Vikan, the leading hygiene cleaning equipment manufacturers, has appointed Deb Smith as its new Global R&D Manager/Hygiene Specialist.

Kraft Foods officially opened its new European Biscuit Research and Development Centre in Saclay, France, a suburb of Paris, last week.

Allied Bakeries, the UK bread arm of Associated British Foods, will end production at its Gateshead site, leaving at least 119 jobs at risk.

The European Union, the world's largest grower of sugar beets, wants to stop limits on domestic sugar production in 2015.

Manufacturers of fine granulates, crystals and powders no longer have to be plagued by the ingress of particles into production line machinery with the launch of Mettler-Toledo Garvens' Granulate Conveyor for checkweighers.

Emulsifiers and stabilizers experts Palsgaard is pleased to announce that the company has won yet another award for its dedication to Corporate Social Responsibility, this time for its CSR Report for 2010.

EU cereal prices are expected to remain high in 2012 with stocks continuing to fall, the European Commission has forecast.

DuPont announces the launch of a new initiative, DuPont Industrial Bakery Solutions (DIBS), that assures the provision of high quality nonstick coating system solutions to industrial bakeries marketed under the DuPont^TM Teflon® brand.

All Things Baking, which took place in Schaumburg, Ill., Oct. 2 - Oct. 4, lived up to its tagline as "All the things you've ever wanted in a baking show."

Warburtons is planning on branching out to sell its products in Europe.

Investment by Cargill's cocoa & chocolate business has boosted Cargill's chocolate capabilities in speciality tastes.

Burton's Foods annual profits have soared after its licence to make products for Cadbury drove an increase in sales.

United Biscuits (UB) this week announced that it will use inland waterway shipping to transport goods in Northern Europe.

Toyota Tsusho Corp., along with Malayan Flour Mills Berhad, which is a major food processing corporate group in Malaysia, and FKS Capital, a food processing corporate group in Indonesia, have agreed to invest approximately $66 million to establish a flour mill company in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Fairtrade is cementing its position as a market leader in ethical labels and a trusted brand across 24 countries, according to a comprehensive global study of 17,000 consumers carried out for Fairtrade International by international opinion research consultancy GlobeScan.

In the first nine months of 2011, the Flavour Division of Givaudan recorded sales of CHF 1,576 million, an increase of 5% in local currencies and a decline of 9.6% in Swiss francs.

Premier Foods is set to divest a number of brands following its latest profit warning.

Sara Lee Corp yesterday announced an agreement to sell its fresh bakery businesses in Spain and Portugal to Mexico's Grupo Bimbo for €115 million.

Retail value sales of bakery products are expected to rise on the back of higher commodity prices and stronger demand in emerging economies, accoring to the latest research by Euromonitor.

A new survey by the Real Bread Campaign of 1300 people around the UK found that more than 71% of us believe it's unacceptable that food additives known as ‘processing aids' don't have to appear on an ingredients list.

Russia may become second only to the United States in wheat exports this year, Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov said in an interview published by the Rossiyskaya Gazeta daily on Friday.

Tate & Lyle Sugars is taking the European Commission to court over tariffs on sugar imports.

Exports of cereals and bakery products from the UK rose 3% in the first half of 2011, according to a new report from the Food and Drink Federation.

Bakers have been urged to get to grips with new mandatory responsibilities for operators of refrigeration and air conditioning equipment, following the implementation of the F-Gas Regulation.

The right mixing technology is the key to a perfect baking result and the evidence for that will be highlighted on October 12th at the VDB Mixing Forum in the WP Kemper Baking Center in Rietberg.

Bayer Crop Science has said it is making great progress in a high tech collaboration looking to pave the way for the introduction of desirable traits in wheat.

Non-branded snack bar manufacturer VSI has announced plans to expand its production capacity by opening another plant in the Netherlands.

Kerry Group, the global ingredients & flavours and consumer foods group, yesterday confirmed that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Cargill's global flavours business.

Rothamsted Research has been granted approval from ACRE (the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment) to undertake scientific research of GM wheat, modified to produce a pheromone to repel aphids, at the Rothamsted site.

A new report by Leatherhead Food Research on the global food additives market concludes that growth in the market is likely to be relatively modest.

Danisco has launched Natamax B Plus to help food developers deliver natural ingredients and food freshness more cost effectively.

GreenPalm, the certificate-trading programme that promotes RSPO sustainable palm oil, is calling on businesses to act now to ensure they are supporting sustainable production - or risk being left behind by more responsible competitors.

‘Broken' financial markets are driving up food prices as inflation figures show UK consumers are now paying over seven per cent more for bread than a year ago, reveals a report released last week by the World Development Movement.

Tata Global Beverages, the owner of the Tetley tea brand, has entered into the UK food market for the first time with the launch of branded scones.

Workers at British Sugar, the UK sugar arm of Associated British Foods, will vote next week on whether to strike over pay.

Clearer date labels will help shoppers save money and stop perfectly good food being thrown away, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman said today as Defra published new guidance for food and drink manufacturers.

Kerry, the global ingredients & flavours and consumer foods group, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire SuCrest GmbH ("SuCrest"), significantly expanding the Group‟s sweet ingredients & flavours business in the EMEA region.

PepsiCo has announced the acquisition of Argentine cookie and cracker producer Dilexis.

Global food technology solutions provider, JBT FoodTech, has restructured its European sales force to form a new sales team, specifically dedicated to developing business for its range of portioning, coating, cooking/baking and frying systems.

Prospects for world trade in wheat flour improved in the past several months, resulting in a boost by the International Grains Council (IGC) in its forecast of the 2011-12 trade total.

Over the next few months the company plans to invest nearly CHF25 million (€22 million/US$ 31 million) upgrading and expanding its facilities.

Archer Daniels Midland Company announced today the expansion of its global oilseed processing capacity through the acquisition of two oilseeds processing facilities in India from Geepee Agri Private Limited.

AMF Bakery Systems announced that they have completed the acquisition of Baking Technology Systems, Inc. (BAKETECH).

Kraft Foods is looking to take on almost 100 more R&D staff in the UK.

Barry Callebaut, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products is planning the further strengthening of its footprint in Europe.

Microbiology issues are never far from the consciousness of those in the food chain with new issues are always arising, and keeping up to speed with developments is not easy.To help the food industry in this, Campden BRI in England is holding a two-day conference on 1-2 November 2011.

New research has found that bread, whether it be your morning slice of toast, your lunchtime sandwich or dipped in your soup, could be packed with hidden salt.

With formal adoption of the proposed EU Regulation on Food Information to Consumers imminent, the food industry will face the most significant changes to food labelling rules for a generation.

Sri Lanka's Cargills group, which has interests in foods and retailing, said it will launch a new biscuit brand after buying a confectionery firm that earlier had a regional market.

Tesco has today (Aug 31) announced its decision to sell its business in Japan.

Mettler-Toledo Safeline has launched its new Due Diligence Enhancement for its metal detection systems to strengthen control and security at critical control points (CCP) on food processing and packing lines.

Kraft Foods announced that it will invest $36 million by the end of the year to build a new biscuit factory in Ukraine, according to Taras Lukachuk Kraft CEO for Ukraine, Central and Eastern Europe.

Stable Micro Systems, the world leader in texture analysis and powder flow instrumentation, will be showcasing its upgraded Exponent texture analysis software at FiE 2011.

The UK's leading independent food ingredients manufacturer, Macphie of Glenbervie, has strengthened its Board with the appointment of Andrew Underwood as Sales and Marketing Director.

Where is all this food and packaging waste coming from - and what can be done to stop it?

Innophos, the producer of Cal-Rise®, a unique slow acting calcium based leavening agent, and other speciality phosphates will be outlining the potential to reduce sodium foods in baked goods at FiE in Paris.

China's Bright Food has bought a majority stake in Australian distributor Manassen Foods.

Bosch Packaging Technology launches at Müllereitagung 2011 in Detmold the new mandrel wheel package maker PME 4061.

Israel-based flavours company Frutarom has acquired an 100% of Aromco Ltd. for USD 25m (GBP 15m) in cash.

A new benchmark for bread quality will hit UK bakeries and bakery aisles in October.

Tate & Lyle, the global ingredients and food solutions provider, announces the launch of a unique tailor made cocoa replacement solution using a high quality carob powder ingredient, CARCAO^.

India's largest consumer products company Hindustan Unilever (HUL) and biggest retailer Future Group will co-develop and co-brand a line of bakery products that will be sold exclusively at Big Bazaar stores in the first instance of such a partnership in the country.

Romania's wheat harvest increased 23 percent to 7.12 million metric tons this year on favourable weather that boosted grain quality, Agriculture Minister Valeriu Tabara said.

In just 15 years, adding folic acid to flour has become a life-altering business practice resulting in the prevention of more than 22,000 serious birth defects every year.

Proposals by a UK research institute to trial a new GM wheat variety are facing opposition from an environmental group.

Two senior staff members at UK snack manufacturer Wholebake have completed a management buy-out of the company.

Fortress Technology Europe - leading designer and manufacturer of high performance ‘Phantom' metal detection systems for the food industry - has appointed John Upton as Production Manager.

Though the United States is set to remain the largest market for flavours and fragrances in years to come, most growth for the sector will come from developing markets, particularly from Asia Pacific region.

Britannia Industries, India's largest biscuit maker, has said it plans to continue investing in its rapidly expanding bakery business.

Sri Lanka's Health Ministry has decided to bring new laws to prevent the removal of bran when processing wheat flour.

EBIC, the European Bakery Innovation Centre, will be celebrating its fifth anniversary on 13th September.

Sara Lee is to sell its bakery division in Spain and a refrigerated dough unit in France as it continues to restructure its business ahead of its plan to split in two.

French baker Jean-Louis Hecht has come up with a way of selling freshly-baked baguettes around the clock, with a 24-hour vending machine.

Palm oil imports by India, the largest buyer, may climb to a record this year as rising incomes stoke demand for cookies and potato chips, potentially stemming a decline in prices from a more than nine-month low, reported Bloomberg.

UK baker Soreen is to launch a Malt Toastie loaf as part of a push into the morning goods category in the country.

Cargill has announced its income from continuing operations was $2.69 billion in the fiscal year ended May 31, up 35 per cent from $1.99 billion last year.

Ukraine has initiated the creation of the world's grain reserve under the auspices of the United Nations, said Mykola Prysyazhnyuk, the minister of agrarian policy and food for Ukraine.

The global food allergy and intolerance products market is projected to surpass $26 billion by the year 2017.

The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed standard definitions for manufacturers who want to label their products as being gluten-free.

Indonesia, the world's fourth-most populous nation, may boost wheat and flour imports 10 percent this year as surging sales of instant noodles and cookies stoke demand, according to an industry group, reported Bloomberg.

Kraft Foods yesterday announced that its Board of Directors intends to create two independent public companies: A high-growth global snacks business with estimated revenue of approximately $32 billion and a high-margin North American grocery business with estimated revenue of approximately $16 billion.

The running costs of all Baker Perkins Accurist dough dividers can be reduced simply by fitting new design dies.

Russia, the world's second-biggest wheat exporter before halting sales last year, is offering the largest discount on the grain in at least four years and targeting buyers in Southeast Asia to regain its share of the world market after lifting an export ban a month ago.

Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) chairman, Keith Perrett, has added his voice to the chorus of scientists and farm groups denouncing suggestions that genetically modifed (GM) wheat is unwelcome in Australia, and floundering in North America.

Britain's most powerful grain company, jointly owned by Cargill and Associated British Foods, bought and took delivery of all the available UK feed wheat last month.

Since the French prefer a sandwich on the bread from a baguette stick over an American-style hamburger, McDonald's is changing its menu in France.

Kraft Foods Europe is the second company to win a positive article 13.5 proprietary and emerging science health claim opinion from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) with a submission linking starch and glycaemic response in baked products, reported bakeryandsnacks.com.

Europe's food safety watchdog rejected 80% of proposed food-related general health claims in its three-year assessment applications from manufacturers, it said last week.

India will soon take a decision on wheat exports assured the country's Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

Pacific Equity Partners has appointed two banks to conduct a strategic review of New Zealand's biggest biscuit-maker Griffin's Foods.

Nestle and Singapore-listed cocoa ingredients maker Petra Foods have agreed to work together on improving cocoa production in Indonesia.

Romania could see a 40 percent increase in national wheat production by 2020, taking the figure to about 8 million tons, said the agriculture minister, Valeriu Tabara, during a seminar organized by Mediafaxin last week.

Wheat futures may fall in the next three months as Russian grain that's less expensive than U.S. and European supplies becomes available, and corn prices will be determined by weather, Rabobank International said.

UK retailers have seen the sharpest fall in food volumes in almost a quarter of a century, according to the latest data from the Office of National Statistics.

Premier Foods has named their new chief executive officer as Michael Clarke, executive vice-president and president of Kraft Foods Europe.

Swedish food ingredients manufacturer AAK has reported a jump in half-year profits after higher raw material prices drove a rise in sales.

Worries that the Fox's Biscuits factory in Batley, UK, was to close have been laid to rest by the company's owner.

Oven manufacturer Wiesheu has appointed a new product development manager in the R&D sector.

Wheat exports from the Black Sea region are set to jump as much as 40 percent this month as buyers seek cheaper supplies from Russia and Ukraine, according to grain trader Nidera SA.

Hoping for growth in its health and wellness product revenue this fiscal, Indian biscuits major Britannia Industries has launched a new product - Vita Marie Honey Oats biscuit - which targets women, an official said Saturday.

The University of Saskatchewan has been granted $8.5 million to lead an international wheat genetics research project.

The Indian government has lifted the over four-year-old ban on wheat exports, even as shipment of the grain is not viable at current global prices.

Vandals in Germany have destroyed two experimental sites growing genetically modified (GM) wheat and potatoes.

Cargill has announced that the palm oil products it supplies to its customers in Europe, United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand will be certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and/or originated from smallholder growers by 2015 (this excludes palm kernel oil products).

Bangalore-headquartered biscuit marker Britannia Industries has received approval from the Karnataka government on Thursday to set up a greenfield biscuits and bakery manufacturing unit on the outskirts of Bangalore.

UK food manufacturer Premier Foods has appointed Mike Clarke, the head of Kraft Foods' European operations, as its next CEO.

The CSIRO has denied it has links to global agricultural biotech giant Monsanto as it deplored a Greenpeace attack on its experimental crop station in Canberra, Australia.

Flour specialist Mühlenchemie has opened an applications laboratory in St. Petersburg to offer Russian millers a wide range of support and baking and rheology technology, as well as a place to hold training sessions for mill employees.

The founders of the US-based equipment manufacturer BakeTech have decided to merge into AMF Bakery Systems.

Food considered to be unhealthy, including crisps, soft drinks and chocolate bars, are now subject to a new tax in Hungary.

When baking and food service professionals arrive in Chicago this fall for the first annual All Things Baking trade event, they'll have virtually "all things educational" at their disposal, thanks to a comprehensive program that gives participants a wide range of industry-specific learning opportunities designed to help them energize and grow their businesses.

The Co-operative Group is to launch its first specific own-label free-from range to meet "increasing demand" for gluten- and wheat-free foods.

UK biscuit manufacturer Burton's Foods has struck a distribution deal with Wal-Mart Stores for its Cadbury Fingers biscuit line in the US and Mexico.

Peak horticulture organisation Growcom today said an initial examination of the Australian federal government's carbon tax scheme showed that it would put further pressure on farm margins with increases in input costs such as electricity, fertiliser and chemicals.

Australian wheat farmers stand to lose billions of dollars if the CSIRO's trials of genetically modified wheat are allowed to continue, Greenpeace says.

High prices and limited supplies were cited by the International Grains Council (IGC) in estimating that global trade in wheat flour in 2010-11 fell 10% from the previous year's peak.

Workers at a Burton's Foods factory in Blackpool could strike in a pay dispute with the UK biscuit maker.

Warburtons saw profit decline last year as it worked to maintain market share through increased promotions and pricing actions.

The EU's 27 member states have backed the safety of the natural, intense sweetener, steviol glycoside, at a European Commission (EC) committee meeting.

Wheat crop of France, world's leading grains producer, is set to dip by 13 percent this season due to unfavourable climatic conditions, which would lead to less sales and weak revenue.

Australia is to launch a national wheat brand to help overseas customers identify the quality they expect to find from the 16 million tonne Aussie export crop.

 

König is celebrating its anniversary after being founded 45 years ago in the rooms of a small locksmith‘s shop in Austria.

Commodity cost rises and the weak economic environment have in part been blamed for a predicted fall in Premier Foods plc's first-half trading profits.

Unifine has eradicated all the problems of egg-based glazes with the flick of a pastry brush thanks to the introduction of UniShine - a vegetable-based alternative to the humble ‘cackleberry'.

Bayer CropScience and the privately-owned company RAGT Semences S.A.S., based in Rodez, France, have signed a license and cooperation agreement.

Despite increased activity and production, Danisco managed once again to reduce its CO2 emissions.

ToolBox Software GmbH shows how - out of a small but smart foundation idea - it has become an international market leader over the years.

Gb Plange, the leading European name in bread improvers; is helping craft bakers overcome the challenges of producing Tiger bread and rolls with an innovative paste that delivers great results and is economical to use.

DKSH and Dossche Mills have finalised and signed an exclusive agreement that will lead to a new phase of expansion for Dossche Mills in Thailand, where DKSH's Business Unit Performance Materials, a leading distributor of specialty chemicals and food ingredients, will provide marketing, sales, distribution, and logistics services in this strategically important market in South East Asia.

S+S Inspection has completely redesigned the RAYCON X-ray inspection system to better meet the needs of the packaging industry, especially the food sector, for the detection of a wide variety of metallic and non-metallic contamination in packaged and unpackaged products.

Renshaw, the UK's leading manufacturer of cake coverings, fillings and toppings, has scooped a top place in the prestigious Liverpool Daily Post Regional Business Awards.

Premier Foods plc has announced a number of product launches under the Hovis, Mr Kipling and Loyd Grossman brands.

Yamazaki Baking Co., Japan's largest baking company, is cutting in half the number of items it produces, and instead is focusing on its best-selling products, according to an article in The Daily Yomiuri.

Kothalahimbutu, a plant native to Sri Lanka and South India has properties to control the blood sugar of patients suffering from diabetes.

The CSIRO has been given permission to conduct Australia's first trial in which humans will eat genetically modified wheat.

Cargill has introduced its newest healthier oil - Clear Valley® 80 High Oleic Canola Oil - a natural, high oleic oil that delivers the same nutritional benefits featured in earlier generations of Clear Valley products.

GreenPalm, the certificate trading programme that enables businesses to support sustainable palm oil production, is celebrating the trade of its 2 millionth certificate.

AAK UK, the leading supplier of edible oils and fats, is warning manufacturers not to fall into the "claims trap" when buying sustainable palm oil products.

Egypt, the world's biggest wheat buyer, said it will exclude Russian grain from its tenders for now.

Premier Foods plc has launched a range of part-baked Hovis loaves and bread rolls.

Higher food prices and volatility in commodity markets are here to stay, according to a new report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

On the first day of its annual Global Summit in Barcelona, The Consumer Goods Forum unveiled new industry-wide resolutions on consumer health and wellness.

At the 2011 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Annual Meeting & Food Expo®, incoming IFT President Roger Clemens and President-Elect John Ruff announced and presented four companies with the 2011 IFT Food Expo Innovation Awards.

Cargill has launched FlakeSelectTM, a portfolio of products that enables food manufacturers to reduce sodium in snacks, baked goods and processed foods, or reformulate with sea salt, while maintaining the great salt taste consumers expect.

American consumers are snacking more than ever with U.S. retail sales of packaged snacks reaching $64 billion in 2010, up from $56 billion in 2006, according to market researcher Packaged Facts.

A new report by a research company has valued the functional foods market at $24.2bn in 2010.

Australian wheat is highly regarded in Asia but there are buyer concerns about increasing levels of screenings and foreign matter, according to new market research supported by the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC).

A new pilot project that will see the carbon footprint label introduced on products in France begins next month.

The UK's Product of the Year 2012 awards is now open for entries.

Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Material Sciences company, and Yixing QianCheng Bio-Engineering Co Ltd announce today that they have closed a joint venture agreement for the enzyme activities of QianCheng, creating a new company DSM (Jiangsu) Biotechnology Co. Ltd.

Cargill has announced a realignment of its senior leadership in order to support the broadening of its management team and enhance its focus on business growth.

The price of wheat has surged more than 10 per cent in southern Russia as grain exporters are stepping up purchases before the ban is lifted on Russia's grain exports, RBC Daily reported, citing industry experts.

High and volatile agricultural commodity prices are likely to prevail for the rest of this year and into 2012 according to the latest analysis published today in FAO's biannual Food Outlook.

India's low cost of production and its location, providing access to markets of Asia and Africa, has brought Dan Cake Portugal, a cake and biscuit maker, to set up a manufacturing plant in the country.

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the multi-stakeholder initiative that aims to promote the growth and use of sustainable palm oil, has entered a next phase in its drive to transform the market.

Speculation that US agribusiness giant Bunge could be ready to bid for UK ingredients maker Tate & Lyle has been met with uncertainty in the City.

The global snacks foods market will reach over $300 billion by 2015, according to a new report available on companiesandmarkets.com.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych said their nations will lift their ban on grain exports on July 1.

German flour milling company Kampffmeyer Food Innovation GmbH has recorded continuously growing demand for natural grain products in the Eastern European market.

Irish biscuit maker Jacob Fruitfield is in talks with Valeo Foods, the Irish food manufacturer, about a merger that would create an Irish foods business with turnover of €300 million.

Border Biscuits has been awarded the Best Bakery and Cereal Based Product at the prestigious Scotland Food and Drink Excellence Awards for its new Gourmet Goodness range.

Solae, a world leader in soya ingredients, recently conducted a healthy ageing consumer research study across the 5 largest countries in Europe, focusing on health concerns of 45-74 year olds that protein or fiber could impact.

US-based gluten-free food manufacturer Dr. Schar has partnered with Asda in the UK to offer its first Italian breadstick in the retailer's stores.

HUNDREDS more jobs at a biscuit factory will be lost after a union rescue plan was rejected.

PAVA, one of the largest grain processors in Russia has announced that the company has formed a partnership with Altay-Batyushka to ship flour to Kazakhstan in 5kg and 10kg bags.

Muhlenchemie has introduced Betamalt 25 FBD, a vegetable enzyme concentrate under its amylase range that enhances the baking properties of flour.

Archer Daniels Midland Company announced yesterday the construction of a port terminal at Nueva Palmira, Uruguay, to meet corn, soy, wheat and soybean meal demands in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa.

Europe's wheat crop, making up a fifth of global output, is under threat in the U.K., France and Germany from the driest growing conditions in at least 36 years.

Japan's Yamazaki Baking Co.will raise prices on its core products by an average of 6 per cent in July, reflecting the soaring cost of flour.

French industrial baker Neuhauser International has finalised the acquisition of counterpart BCS for an undisclosed sum.

Latest research from Mintel reveals more than half (54%) of British people admit to enjoying a biscuit with their hot drink.

Cargill's cocoa and chocolate operations at its production facility in Côte d'Ivoire have now resumed.

Bread prices were expected to increase this month following the continuing increase in flour prices abroad, industry officials said Monday.

The Industrial Bakery project of Oman Flour Mills (OFM) will commence trial commercial production in September this year, according to Manal bint Mohammed al Abdwani, Chairperson of the partly government-owned company.

The Real Bread Campaign is offering to help bakers, restaurateurs, millers, bakery teachers and everyone else who supports the rise of Real Bread to let the UK know about their Local Loaves for Lammas.

Associated British Foods (ABF) has announced that its Allied Bakeries business is investing in growing its healthy bread brand Burgen.

DuPont announced today that it has successfully completed its tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of Danisco for DKK 700 cash per share.

Bakery ingredients company BAKELS has launched Quantum, a new generation of bread improvers developed at the UK company's research laboratories in Australia.

CSM has opened a new facility in Shanghai, China for the production of bakery ingredients (such as mixes for bread, cake and muffins) for the markets in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

France's wheat crop, Europe's largest, is in a "danger zone" as drought reduces the potential harvest, the country's crops office FranceAgriMer said yesterday.

At Interpack 2011, Mettler-Toledo's Product Inspection Division is launching ProdX data management software - a new core element of its comprehensive 360o Product Inspection capability.

Archer Daniels Midland Company yesterday announced it has acquired a grain elevator in Riesa, Germany, from Muskator-Werke GmbH.

Innova Market Insights has identified 10 emerging trends from the first half of 2011 that will impact on new product activity in nutritional and functional foods.

Irish bread maker McCambridge, which claims to be the leader in the market for traditional bread, has sued a rival company over alleged deliberate mimicking of its packaging to produce a "lookalike" brown bread product which its says has confused consumers.

A Taiwanese agricultural station has introduced a new type of rice flour that can be used to make bread with a higher rice component, in the hope of boosting domestic rice consumption.

New Britain Palm Oil Limited and Wilmar International Limited yesterday announced they have agreed to set up an integrated supply chain and joint marketing arrangement.

United Biscuits wants to give a bigger thrust to its McVitie's brand in India, and recently roped in actors Bipasha Basu and Shriya Saran to promote the range.

Greenergy, which supplies a fifth of the UK's petrol and diesel, said it has started making motor fuels from food waste, after initially feeding its plant with pure cooking oil.

Partially substituting soy, in the form of soy flour and soy milk powder, for wheat flour prevented deleterious texture changes associated with microwave heating in a study in The Journal of Food Science.

UK retailer Marks and Spencer has appointed former John Lewis executive Robert Weston as brand director for its foods arm.

The Stern-Wywiol Gruppe achieved a two-digit growth rate in 2010 and increased the consolidated turnover of its affiliates to €270 million as compared to €223 million in 2009.

UK-based Allied Bakeries has unveiled plans for new product launches behind its Kingsmill brand.

Fox's Biscuits wants to establish the Ambers range as its flagship brand by launching what it claims is its biggest marketing campaign to date to push the "everyday indulgence" biscuits.

Archer Daniels Midland Company has reported third-quarter net earnings of $578 million and quarterly segment operating profit of $1 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, up $157 million and $310 million, respectively, from the same period one year earlier.

DuPont has announced that it has increased the price of its tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Danisco to DKK 700 in cash per share.

Associated British Foods (ABF) is investing "tens of millions of pounds" in upgrades at its UK baking business, chief executive George Weston told FoodManufacture.co.uk.

Kraft Foods opened a new $80 million manufacturing facility in Pernambuco, Brazil, today.

The Indian government has decided against wheat exports for now despite mounting pressure to allow farmers to benefit from higher prices overseas, reported The Economic Times.

Premier Foods has announced that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Robert Schofield, intends to retire on the appointment of his successor or no later than 28 April next year.

Morocco Foreign Trade Minister Abdellatif Maazouz has sought supply of rice and wheat from India, which is sitting on huge stocks of the foodgrains.

Ukraine has plans for the complete return on the world grain market, and is ready to make more essential export grain volumes compared to the last season, said APK-Inform on April 29.

Strong performance in agribusiness and food and ingredients contributed to sharply higher earnings at Bunge Ltd. in the first quarter ended March 31.

Mexican flour producer Gruma has posted majority net income of 4,093 million pesos ($354,728,000) in the first quarter ended March 31, up sharply from 257 million pesos in the same period in fiscal 2010.

Puratos, a privately owned, international group of Belgian origin specialising in the production of raw materials for bakers, confectioners and chocolate industry, today announced the acquisition of Pure Food.

Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients (LCI) have announced a new ingredient which increases dough hydration for bakers.

Barry Callebaut, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, has launched an extensive agronomic research program in Malaysia aimed at developing new, sustainable cocoa cultivation techniques.

Nippon Flour Mills and Showa Sangyo will raise the prices of their flour products for sale to commercial users on June 20.

Buhler Sortex's performance in competitive international markets was recognized recently when it was awarded a "Queen's Award for Enterprise" for the sixth time.

Researchers meeting at a scientific conference in Aleppo, Syria last week reported that aggressive new strains of wheat rust diseases - called stem rust and stripe rust - have decimated up to 40 per cent of farmers' wheat fields in recent harvests.

UK biscuit manufacturer Burton's Foods is to give more time to union proposals on the company's planned production revamp.

Donuts with less fat, which are produced with less waste are now possible with the modular EVOLUTION roll line with integrated donut module from WP Kemper.

Even while production of wheat in 2011-12 is forecast to rise 22 million tonnes from the year before, wheat ending stocks in the new crop year are expected to hold steady, according to forecasts issued yesterday by the International Grains Council.

World wheat prices surged again this week on renewed concerns about the impact the weather is having on crops in the US, China and Europe.

New research from Serbia has flagged up the antioxidant benefits and shelf life extension properties of a sugar beet fibre derived ingredient, Fibrex, when added to cookies.

Barry Callebaut, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, announced today it has purchased the majority of the first-ever shipment of cocoa beans from Ghana that fulfill the requirements of the UTZ CERTIFIED sustainability program.

Limagrain, the French agricultural co-operative, has announced it has signed a contract with the majority shareholder of Brossard with a view to acquiring the bakery firm.

UK Bakery Products Limited has acquired Woodhead Bakery and 11 of its retail outlets from its administrators.

The European Food Safety Authority's backing for a functional health claim for resistant starch should be good news for bread, biscuit and cereal manufacturers wanting to tap into the functional foods market.

Cargill has reported $763 million in earnings from continuing operations in the fiscal 2011 third quarter ended February 28, up 30 percent from $588 million in the same period a year ago.

PepsiCo is using reformulation and the development of healthier brands to strengthen its health and wellness agenda, a nutritionist has indicated.

Burton's Foods, a leading player in the UK biscuit market, has announced it has achieved its target to source 100 per cent segregated palm oil two years ahead of schedule.

A white paper has been published by National Starch Food Innovation in which it discusses issues facing the manufacturers of bakery products when attempting to balance healthy ingredients with desirable textures.

Border Biscuits has expanded its portfolio with the launch of a new Gourmet Goodness range.

United Biscuits has announced plans to extend its McVitie's range with a breakfast muffin and a line of fruit loaves.

Givaudan is expanding its TasteSolutions^TM health and wellness programme by increasing investment and resources in taste technology to address food manufacturers' sweetness challenges.

British milling wheat has been sold to Turkey for the first time in the form of a 7,200-ton shipment, merchant Gleadell said late last week, online news broadcaster arabnews.com reported.

The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Food Price Index has dropped for the first time after eight months of continuous price spikes, the FAO announced last week.

Danisco has developed a new opportunity for bakers to bake bread with a high content of natural wholemeal and masses of appeal for consumers.

The Macedonian government says it has banned the export of flour until mid-September, in order to protect the domestic market and provide sufficient quantities of flour for processing.

French co-operative Limagrain is in exclusive talks to buy bakery firm Brossard, which is quoted on Paris's Alternext stock market.

Professionals from across the biscuit, cake, chocolate and confectionery world have gathered in Oxfordshire, UK, today to discuss how the sector can deliver on public health, with a special focus on the Government's Responsibility Deal.

The European Commission today approved DuPont's €4.5bn offer for Danish probiotics, enzymes and ingredients giant Danisco.

Strong performance in emerging markets and a strategic focus on customer segmentation rather than individual products have driven Barry Callebaut to record half year profits.

India's overflowing state-run warehouses will likely struggle to store a record wheat crop for the second year in a row, which may spur the government to lift a ban on the grain's export, officials said Tuesday.

Gb Plange, the leading European name in bread and morning goods improvers, is helping bakers gear up to meet the heavy demands of the hot-cross bun season.

Campden BRI is holding a major Food and Beverage Innovation conference on 23-24 June to help companies come up with new and innovative ideas for product development.

Sales of brown bread in the UK have risen, while sales of white bread have fallen for the fist time.

Gb Plange, the leading European name in bread improvers has just announced that it is to supply its flagship Energie range in a new convenient pack size.

Austrian roll plant specialist BACKTECH is this year celebrating its 25th anniversary.

The Serbian government on Friday set the ceiling for the price of bread in a bid to help the country's growing number of poor people, reported Monsters and Critics.

The hydrogenated fat content of bakery products may be reduced by replacing trans fats with sunflower or coconut oils, and still maintain characteristics similar to ‘full-fat' products, says new research.

A culture of new opportunities from yeasts may soon be on offer for the food industry, as a new EU project aims to explore the potential of ‘non-conventional' yeast species.

Bug-damaged crops can be salvaged by a complex of enzymes, ascorbic acid and acidity regulators to create bakery products such as pizza crusts and crackers, says bakery ingredients supplier Mühlenchemie.

Researchers claim to have pushed back boundaries on gluten-free bread formulation by using whey protein and locust bean gum structured into a ‘mesoscopic' protein particle suspension.

Wheat crops in China, the world's biggest producer, and the U.S. are threatened by continuing drought as La Nina persists, weather forecasters said.

Workers at a Burton's Foods factory in the UK, which is set to close with the loss of 342 jobs, have drawn up alternative plans to try to keep it open, reported the BBC.

The PPMA Show is the most important UK event to focus exclusively on the very latest cutting-edge processing and packaging machinery.

Dawn Food Products has reached an agreement to acquire the Unifine Food and Bake Ingredients business of Royal Cosun, Breda, The Netherlands.

Bosses at biscuit and cereal bar maker Northumbrian Fine Foods have completed a management buyout.

Mettler-Toledo has acquired the Smiths Detection Product Inspection division and will adopt the well-known Eagle brand of food x-ray inspection systems.

Russia's grain export ban is set to continue until the autumn, the country's agriculture minister confirmed.

The Whole Grain Stamp now appears on 5,000 products found on grocery shelves around the world, marking a 25 per cent increase since July 2010 when the stamp reached the 4,000-product mark, the Whole Grains Council said on March 29.

Chronos BTH recently supplied British flour manufacturer Shipton Mill Limited with a packing system.

Bizerba industrial weighing machines stand for innovative technology, precision, operational reliability and robustness.

Loders Croklaan has introduced two shortening products designed to reduce saturated fat and eliminate trans fat in such applications as cookies, cakes and muffins.

Product benchmarking helps companies judge how their product will fare against the competition - a valuable insight into likely commercial performance.

With cost optimisation high on the agenda , bakery ingredients manufacturer, Gb Plange, has organised an Energie Development Day on May 11.

A UK pressure group against the use of processing aids in bread production is backing an amendment to EU regulation that will require foods frozen, and then defrosted before sale, to be labelled ‘defrosted'.

India, the world's second-largest wheat grower, may end a ban on exports of the grain as production is expected to exceed forecasts, reported Bloomberg.

Resistance to sharply higher prices was blamed by the International Grains Council (IGC) for a reduction in its estimate of world trade in wheat flour in the 2010-11 season.

Cargill has appointed Laura Witte as corporate vice-president, general counsel and corporate secretary, from June 1.

Wheat consumption in the U.K. will be lower than previous estimates, with usage declines in industrial and feeding purposes, according to a report released on Wednesday from the U.K.'s Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).

The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) March 2011 edition of the Crop Prospects and Food Situation report is forecasting world wheat production in 2011 at 676 million tonnes, which represents an increase of 3.4 per cent from 2010.

The Irish Kylemore bakery group recorded pre-tax losses of almost €1.4 million in the year to the end of March 2010 as turnover dropped and the company made a series of impairments, reported The Irish Times.

At Interpack this year Tanis Food Tec (TFT) will introduce two new process applications that help manufacturers to control their product.

Most food raw materials have potential hazards associated with them - be they chemical, microbiological or physical. But some hazards are a greater risk to the final product than others.

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is appointing Juan R. Luciano as executive vice-president and chief operating officer (COO) from April 12.

Ulrick and Short has strengthened its Synergie range of ingredients with two new starches to help the bakery industry improve the quality of batters - and therefore of finished products.

Fats and oil supplier, AAK UK, has flagged up its commitment to supply sustainable palm stearin from 2012/2013, as it reveals that its full range of bakery fats now contain RSPO certified sustainable palm oil.

Niacet Corporation has announced that it is increasing production capacity for Niacet NIAPROOF Crystal Pro calcium propionate by five thousand metric tons.

At Interpack 2011, Mettler Toledo Product Inspection and Industrial Weighing divisions will present their 360 degree Product Inspection capabilities.

As an alternative to noxious gasses, radiation, or carbon producing thermal techniques, Radio Frequency Company's New Macrowave^TM Ultra-Series Pasteurization Systems apply a high frequency electric field to food products proven to effectively control pathogens.

A series of post-baking dryers that can be custom engineered for cookie, cracker, and snack food production operations to increase oven band speed by eliminating the final drying requirement from the last third of an oven line is available from U.S.-based Radio Frequency Co., Inc.

UK certification body BM TRADA Certification Ltd has identified a dramatic surge in demand from clients seeking certification under the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Supply Chain Certification Systems.

IOI-Loders Croklaan Asia has opened its new Creative Studio in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia.

General Mills has launched Partners in Food Solutions, a non-profit organisation with the goal of bringing food production and food processing expertise to small and medium-size food processors in Africa. Cargill and Royal DSM have also joined the effort.

Ukraine has agreed to export 5-10 lakh metric tons of wheat to Bangladesh every year, Food Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque said after a meeting with Ukraine Food Minister M.V. Prysyazhnyuk in Kiev, reported United News of Bangledesh.

Archer Daniels Midland Company is donating $250,000 to the American Red Cross to help those in Japan affected by the earthquake and tsunami.

 

Japanese manufacturer Aicohsha Manufacturing has launched a new stainless steel multi-purpse mixer.

Kraft Foods has announced that CFO Timothy McLevish plans to leave the company and will be replaced by executive vice president for operations David Brearton.

Food ingredients company Tate & Lyle is showcasing new high-fibre cookie products, made with the company's recently-launched PROMITOR Soluble Corn Fibre 85, at a US trade show this month.

Following the acquisition of a majority shareholding stake in Floresta do Rio Doce Agroderivados (Linhares, Brazil), Puratos enters into chocolate production in Brazil.

Bakery manufacturers have signed up to the first phase of the Department of Health's Public Heath Responsibility Deal, which has been launched today.

At this year's Interpack S+S Separation and Sorting Technology GmbH will show a range of product inspection systems based on magnet, X-ray, and inductive technology.

Exports of flour from the United States in 2010 increased 19 per cent over the prior year, marking the second year of gains following exports falling to the smallest total in recent history.

The impact of the current crisis in Libya on food security is a cause for serious concern both in Libya and surrounding countries due to the region's dependency on cereal imports, possible disruptions to the flow of goods and services and population displacements, the United Nation's (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on March 11.

Allied Bakeries has converted its Kingsmill Little Big Loaf and Crusts Away lines to recycled packaging.

Aryzta, the food group formed by a merger in 2008 of IAWS and Swiss bakery group Heistand, says its group revenues for the six months to the end of January rose by 36 per cent to €1.89 billion, reported RTÉ News.

Ilapak is demonstrating a number of cutting edge technological innovations at Interpack this year, including its revolutionary Ultrasonic sealing system fitted to both a Delta 3000 long dwell flow-wrapper as well as a Vegatronic 2000 bagging machine, an exclusive new stand-up pack, Flexidity ®, developed in conjunction with Amcor and an ultra hygienic sachet machine.

Waste minimisation is said to be at the heart of a sandwich bun inspection system developed by the US based Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI).

Ingredients giant Agrana is investing €56m in a new wheat starch plant that will enable the company to enter the wheat gluten market for the first time.

Warburtons held onto its place as the second-highest selling brand in the UK after Cola-Cola in an annual grocery survey, reported the Press Association.

More than a quarter (27 per cent) of food and grocery manufacturers said they would consider building their own e-stores in the future in a bid to engage directly with shoppers online, according to research published today on March 9 by food and grocery analysts IGD.

Scott J. Montgomery has been named director of the Flour Fortification Initiative (F.F.I.), a network of partners working to make the addition of vitamins and minerals to flour standard milling practice worldwide.

New Britain Oils Ltd is to invest circa £9 million in a new processing facility at its Liverpool palm oil refinery that will be the world's first operation of its type dedicated to manufacturing bakery and foodservice products made with palm oil that only comes from certified sustainable sources.

Wheat output in Western Australia, the nation's biggest exporting state for the grain, may increase 29 percent by 2016 as producers respond to expanding global demand, Bloomberg reported.

The Federation of Bakers will hold their annual luncheon on 11 May 2011 at the Institute of Directors, London, where they will address the key issues and challenges facing the industry in the year ahead.

Lebanon plans to buy more wheat this year to help keep bread prices stable, said Mohamed Zaineddin, head of the General Directorate of Cereals and Sugar Beets, reported Bloomberg.

Fats and oil specialist AAK has opened a new office in China and appointed a new country manager, in a bid to get closer to its local customers.

Developed to improve the eco credentials of European bakery manufacturers, Linpac said its latest innovations in bread wraps, cakes and morning goods containers include RPET material and paper to address waste stream challenges.

In the interests of spurring sector innovation, EU biscuit, chocolate and cake manufacturer representative body Caobisco said it is aiming to get authorisations ‘in the future' for the use of natural sweetener stevia in 'fine bakery' products, but has yet to make an application in that regard.

Danisco will showcase future opportunities for food manufacturers to reduce their environmental footprint at the Sustainability & Ethical Sourcing virtual trade show on 18 March.

Authorities in China have banned the production of two food additives used mainly to whiten flour, it has been reported.

A bakery in Oman will invest 12 million RO (roughly US$31 million) for a fully automated production facility.

Some of the UK's most innovative packaging designers and manufacturers have entered this year's Packaging Design Challenge taking place at Pro2Pac from 13-16 March.

Trade unionists are threatening to mount a legal challenge against biscuit factory bosses' plans to close down their Moreton plant, reported the Wirral Globe.

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) was ranked the world's most admired company in the food production industry for the third consecutive year by Fortune magazine, ADM said.

As market optimism for the parbaked and frozen bread category continues unfettered, Belgian group Pattyn Packing Lines has announced that it has acquired a 69 per cent majority stake in leading French equipment supplier to the sector, De La Ballina.

An enzyme based margarine, butter and oil alternative for bakery goods can reduce the level of saturated and total fat in bread by up to 70 per cent, according to ingredients supplier Puratos.

A speical report by Euromonitor has outlined how record food prices are impacting business and consumers.

Austrian baking products manufacturer, backaldrin, has won the Gulfood award in the 'best new baked or confectionery product' category.

At this year's Interpack König will be presenting its twin satellite head 'Twin Sat', which is the core component of the sheeting line Menes.

For the first time ever, Turkmenistan has got an opportunity to export high-quality wheat to the world market, the press service of the Turkmen Foreign Ministry said.

Relaxing the export ban on diplomatic ground, the Indian government on Monday allowed shipments of 100,000 tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan through Food Corporation of India (FCI).

The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Food Price Index hit a new record high in February, driven mostly by higher prices of cereals, meat and dairy products, the agency said on March 2.

Kraft Foods has launched its Oreo cookie brand in the Indian market through its local subsidiary Cadbury India.

Burton's Foods continues to revolutionise the chocolate biscuit market with a £2.5 million investment that sees two of the most iconic Cadbury brands made into biscuits: Cadbury Dairy Milk and Cadbury Bournville.

Scientists believe stem rust, which looks like red dust on wheat, could threaten global food security, reported ABC News.

Multinational ingredients giant Cargill has taken an important step in building a sustainable supply chain, after receiving its first shipment of UTZ-certified cocoa beans from Vietnam.

The Japanese government will hike wheat prices for flour mills by 18 per cent from April 1, the Agriculture Ministry said.

Jubilant FoodWorks will develop, sub-franchise and operate more than 500 Dunkin' Donuts restaurants in India over the next 15 years under an agreement signed by the two companies, with the first expected to open by early next year.

Sales of fairtrade food will reach $850m in 2014, according to the latest consumer research published by Datamonitor.

Scottish bakery group Harry Gow's investment in technology has helped the group grow significantly, opening their 16th shop this spring.

Global snack foods market is forecast to reach US$334 billion and 48,519 thousand tons in volume terms, by the year 2015, driven primarily by changing consumer demographics, perceptions, priorities and affluence levels, a report by Global Industry Analysts says.

United Biscuits has confirmed that it plans to restructure its manufacturing operations at its McVitie's production site in Glasgow, UK.

Brazil, Russia, India and China are all set to be in the top five grocery markets for the first time by 2015 according to latest figures released by international food and grocery analysts IGD.

WORKERS from the closure-threatened Burton's factory in Moreton, UK, took the campaign to save their jobs on the road this month.

 

In a key strategic step to building one of the leading specialist frozen bakery distributors in the UK, Mantinga and Boulangeries de France have merged their businesses.

UK biscuit and snack producer United Biscuits has appointed Benoit Testard, the head of its domestic business, as group chief executive.

Nutraceutical giant Cognis says it has developed a new bakery enzyme preparation to meet customer demand in both developed and developing markets for products with an increased shelf life.

China said Tuesday that it has enough wheat reserves to weather a crippling drought and sought to allay concerns that a poor harvest will further push up global food prices, reported The Canadian Press.

DSM is set to reveal a new corporate identity as a life sciences and materials sciences company, having completed the sale of its agrochemical and melamine businesses last year.

Shares in Premier Foods plc jumped yesterday morning after the UK's largest food group said its trading profit rose in 2010, although the company's sales fell and it posted pre-tax losses of GBP98m (US$157.7m).

GreenPalm, the certificate trading company that supports and promotes sustainable palm oil production, has appointed Simon Chrismas as Business Development Executive.

Premium Brands Holding Corp., a producer, marketer and distributor of specialty branded consumer food products, has agreed to acquire the fresh prepared sandwich business of Canada Bread Co., Ltd.

Wire Belt Company can offer an alternative joining method to the traditional belt splicing method.

The Indian government is likely to make a decision in the next few days on the proposal to lift the ban on exports of onion and wheat in view of their bumper production, reported The Economic Times.

Sustained investment at Chevler, the UK's leading manufacturer of baking cases and tulip muffin wraps, has resulted in the food packaging company doubling its production capacity.

Tate & Lyle have launched a new website dedicated to its global Food Systems activity - www.yourfoodsystems.com

A strong fourth quarter in which income rose 23 per cent and sales increased 17 per cent helped drive full-year fiscal 2010 earnings at Panera Bread Company.

London-based baker American Muffin Co is adding a mezzanine floor to its factory in the Park Royal trading estate in a bid to meet growing demand.

Current uncertainty suggests further price gains are likely in wheat over the coming months with EU prices expected to set record highs prior to the new crop harvest, predicts agri commodity specialists Rabobank, who foresee a downward movement on sugar prices.

The International Bakery, Pastry and Related Industries Show, INTERSICOP 2011, is making the final preparations for the staging of its ninth edition.

An investment by Archer Daniels Midland in sustainable palm production in Brazil will encompass about 12,000 hectares (30,000 acres) of palm production and include construction of a palm processing plant, Decatur-based ADM said on Wednesday.

PepsiCo yesterday announced that it expects its profit growth to slow in 2011 due to higher commodity costs, "difficult" conditions in developed countries and investment in emerging markets.

Bulgaria has started working on three bread state standards, reports Sofia News Agency.

Panasonic today announces the SD-RD250 Bread Maker - that features a new raisin/dried fruit/nut dispenser, which allows for the ingredients to be added at the beginning of the baking process and conveniently dispersed evenly at the optimum time, during the bread-baking process.

Cargill is hosting a week long football event starting on 8 February, with participants from six schools within the Tema region. Coaches from the Chelsea FC Foundation will be providing the children and their teachers with football training and advice throughout the week.

India's top biscuit maker Parle Products is restructuring its snacks portfolio to emerge a significant player in the 4,000-crore market, a top official said.

Danisco's Executive Board and members of the Board of Directors yesterday accepted DuPont's offer of DKK 665 per share, corresponding to 28,056 shares and a total value of DKK 18.7 million in accordance with the Board of Directors' recommendation of 21 January 2011.

The Buhler Technology Group recently announced that for the first time in the group's 150-year history, order intake exceeded the mark of 2 billion Swiss francs in business year 2010.

Discovery Foods is set to drive further growth within the Mexican ­­category, currently worth £138.7m, by becoming the first and only brand to market Preservative Free Plain Tortillas made with British flour in the UK.

Danish ingredients maker Palsgaard has unveiled plans to construct a large, state-of-the-art emulsifier factory in Asia.

Nestle, the world's largest food manufacturer, has announced plans to invest heavily in expanding its African production capacity.

PepsiCo is planning to use increasing amounts of digital media and new product development in its efforts to drive business growth in China.

Retailers have helped to fuel the "gluten-free food boom" for bakery and other products, in moving the category from a medical niche into the mainstream health and wellness food empire claims Euromonitor International.

Wolff, part of Germany's Lambertz Group and a manufacturer of high quality gingerbread, has installed two Ishida IX-GA-4075 X-Ray Inspections Systems in order to deliver higher levels of product safety in both raw ingredients and its final packed product, leading to an overall improvement in production efficiency.

Bosch Packaging Technology, a leading supplier of holistic packaging and process technology, is changing the company names of its subsidiaries Sigpack Systems AG and Paal Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH, effective February 1.

Bread prices are expected to rise in New Zealand after Cyclone Yasi dealt another blow to Queensland's wheat, sugar and banana crops, reported nzherald.co.nz.

Food prices around the world surged to a new historic peak in January, for the seventh consecutive month, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported on February 3 and prices are not likely to decline in the months ahead.

China, the world's largest wheat producer, may have to boost imports of the grain after drought curbed the domestic harvest, Commodore Research said.

WORKERS from the closure-threatened Burton's factory in Moreton took the campaign to save their jobs on the road at the weekend, reported Wirral Globe.

The current political instability in the Middle East is sparking fears among traders of a surge in demand for wheat from unstable governments in the region.

A number of food companies have stopped production or closed stores due to the upheavel in Egypt.

The Moldovan government says it will stop exporting wheat, amid fears of a food crisis, reported Bloomberg.

Ingredients company Puratos has introduced its Sensobus concept in the United States to help drive its worldwide consumer understanding approach forward.

Australian wheat exporters were looking closely at their Egypt trading contracts yesterday, as huge crowds of protesters continued to throng Cairo and call for the resignation of the President Hosni Mubarak, reported The Australian.

United Biscuits is celebrating another success in its bid to cut waste by eliminating landfill from four of its factories, reported the grocer.

CSM has today acquired Classic Cakes Ltd. in the UK.

Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) reported yesterday second-quarter net earnings of $732 million and record quarterly segment operating profit of $1.4 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2010, up $165 million and $392 million, respectively, from the same period one year earlier.

Protests in Egypt have caused wheat prices to fall, as investors worry about stability in Africa and the Middle East, reported Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Romania will import some 0.4-0.5 million milling wheat by the middle of the year, but no food shortage is expected, Agerpres reported, quoting agriculture ministry state secretary Adrian Radulescu.

The board of directors of Sara Lee Corporation has agreed to divide the company into two separate, publicly traded companies.

WIESHEU GmbH, the leading supplier of baking ovens, has received the ‘iF product design award 2011' for outstanding design of its baking oven Dibas 64.

Richardson International Limited has announced it is going to invest C$15 million to expand and enhance its canola oil processing plant in Alberta, Canada, to meet increasing customer demand for healthier food products.

Kamut Khorasan wheat, an ancient and organic grain, has antioxidant properties which can protect against oxidative stress, a recent study suggests.

 

Indonesia's domestic demand for wheat in 2011 is predicted to increase six per cent as a consequence of population and national food industry growth, an industry spokesman said.

New Zealand opposition party members are calling on the government to fortify the country's flour supply and bread output with folic acid, following reports of the success of a similar program in Australia.

A new study suggests a ancient and organic grain has antioxidant properties which protect against oxidative stress.

USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has announced a new and significant investment of public funds in wheat research work, reported Corn and Soybean Digest.

Wheat futures climbed to the highest since August as importers stepped up purchases while adverse weather cut global output, reported Bloomberg.

Prices of bread, a food staple for many Armenians, look set to grow further in Armenia in the coming days amid a continuing rise in the cost of wheat in international markets, reported Armenialiberty.org.

China's key wheat growing province of Shandong is facing its worst drought in at least 40 years, putting further pressure on politically sensitive food prices that have been surging for months, reported Associated Press.

PepsiCo wants to battle it out in the Rs 11,000-crore Indian biscuits market that is getting chock-a-block with new entrants, reported The Economic Times.

China produced 4.08 million metric tons (tonnes) of refined edible vegetable oil in December of last year, a jump of 18.5 per cent over a year earlier, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

In initial comments about prospects for the 2011 crop year, the International Grains Council on January 20 projected a 3 per cent rise in world wheat acreage in 2011-12 from the year before.

CHS Inc., a leading grains, foods and energy cooperative in the US, announced on January 18 that it has acquired Agri Point Limited from East Point Holdings Limited, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Palm oil prices have dropped, putting them at the lowest level since the beginning of the year, according to Bloomberg.

WIESHEU GmbH, the market leader in baking ovens, finished the financial year 2010 with a turnover of 63 million euros.

CSM has announced that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with the Tunisian based company GIAS s.a., that has a leading position in Bakery Ingredients and Margarines
in North Africa.

Like-for-like sales at Northern Foods increased 2.3 per cent during the third quarter ended January 1, reflecting good trading performance over the Christmas period, despite extreme weather conditions.

The American Society of Baking has named its 2011 honorees for the Baking Hall of Fame: James Apple, Butter Krust Baking Co.; E.E. Kelley, ButterKrust Bakery Lakeland; Ken Klosterman, Klosterman Baking Co.; and Alexander Weber, Caravan Products.

Jim Moseley, managing mirector of General Mills, UK, Ireland and the Nordic markets has taken up the reins as president of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) - the voice of the UK food and drink manufacturing industry.

Cargill's net earnings nearly doubled in the fiscal 2011 second quarter ended November 30.

Burton's Foods is to close one of its biscuit factories in the UK with the loss of around 342 jobs.

Cargill is expanding its cocoa and chocolate business in Europe through the acquisition of the business of Schwartauer Werke GmbH & Co. KG Kakao Verarbeitung Berlin, ("KVB"), an integrated chocolate company based in Germany.

The European selection rounds of the Louis Lesaffre Cup International are just a week away.

Solae has opened the DuPont Solae Asia Food Application Center, a new Asia food application center located within the DuPont China Research & Development Center building in Shanghai, China.

Russia has cancelled the flour export ban introduced in August last year.

The ninth edition of INTERSICOP will provide an international showcase at which visitors will be able to discover the latest developments within the frozen dough sector.

Market uptake of sustainable palm oil will need to accelerate in 2011 in order to keep up with rapidly growing production, claims the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).

Pre-baked and freshly delivered products are among the fastest growing segments, while frozen dough and scratch mix products exhibit slow growth in a new analysis of the global bakery industry predicted to be worth around $410bn by 2015.

DuPont de Nemours & Co has agreed to acquire Danisco, a global enzyme and specialty food ingredients company, for $5.8 billion in cash and assumption of $500 million of Danisco net debt.

AB Mauri Fleischmann is raising its prices on all yeast products and some bakery ingredients in the United States and Canada from February 14, or as contracts expire.

A two-week slowdown in European Union wheat exports indicates that grain from the 27-nation bloc is becoming less competitive in world markets as tightening supplies raise local prices, analysts said.

An Old World bread-baking company and a modern-age biotech company have joined forces to create what they say is the first probiotic bread in North America and probably the first such bread line in the world.

The Egyptian Government wants to achieve 75 per cent self-sufficient wheat production by 2017 said Amin Abaza, Egypt's Minister of Agriculture.

Jing An Bakery, a unit of China's largest hotel-chain operator, plans to increase its outlets by 16-fold in three years to tap rising demand and seek an initial public offering in Hong Kong to fund the expansion, reported Bloomberg.

AB Mauri, a group of yeast and bakery ingredient companies, has hired a regional president of North America for AB Mauri Fleischmann's.

Prices of bread may go up in the coming weeks if prices of flour and sugar, as well as other components of bread production, do not decline soon, reported Inquirer.net.

Bread is second only to table salt when it comes to the sodium content of UK food purchases, closely followed by dried package sauces, bacon, milk and cheese, a new report shows.

The former chairman of UK baking firm Warburtons has been announced the new chairman of the Institute of Family Business (IFB).

Food prices hit a record high last month, surpassing the levels seen during the 2007-08 crisis, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation said yesterday.

A new baking show being launched this year has already got off to a great start with some of the industry's heavyweights signing up to the event.

Rudi's Gluten-Free Bakery is making life brighter for families that suffer from celiac disease and gluten intolerance by giving them another way to enjoy bread again through its new line of gluten-free breads.

US-based packaged food maker Kraft Foods yesterday sued Nusli Wadia-owned Britannia Industries in India for trademark and copyright violations of its popular Oreo cookies.

Pruvé has launched a new product in its ready to use pastry bases that is built for speed and convenience.

Hostess Brands, Inc. has extended its SmartBakes line of snack cakes with the introduction of SmartBakes Streusel Cakes.

AB Enzymes, a division of Associated British Foods, has named Karl-Heinz Maurer as director of business development.

The Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) and Grain Trade Australia (GTA) announced yesterday the creation of Wheat Quality Australia (WQA) Ltd. to manage wheat variety classification and related activities as of January 1.

Retention of green tea extracts in biscuits is improved by a reduction in the pH of the dough, finds new research looking at the stability of different catechins when fortifying baked goods.

Palm oil futures have closed at the highest annual price in 15 years, it has been reported.

Up to half of Australia's current wheat harvest could be downgraded to animal feed or low-grade milling grain, raising concerns for a severe global shortage of higher-quality wheat and marring the nation's biggest crop in eight years, reported Reuters.

Finsbury Food Group P.L.C., a UK-based maker of cake, bread and gluten-free bakery goods, is expanding its joint venture agreement with Genius Foods Ltd. to include the introduction of additional gluten-free products to be sold under the Genius brand.

The second phase of California's ban on artificial trans fats was set to take effect January 1, meaning restaurants must stop using oil with trans fat for cake batter, donuts and other items.

Two chemists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) based in Kansas, U.S. have developed a process to produce high-quality, gluten-free bread.

Bayer CropScience AG has signed an agreement with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to improve wheat breeding and generate new wheat varieties.

The Food and Agriculture Organization forecast world wheat production to fall 4 per cent from 682 million in 2009-10 to 653 million tonnes in 2010-11.

DSM has bought US-based Martek Biosciences for US$1.09bn.

Bakers may have to get used to higher wheat prices following the spike in mid-2010 as signs are that world production may not rebound as fast as it did after the 2007/08 peak.

Private equity group EQT, a third owned by Swedish holding company Investor AB, said today it was buying 65 percent of Qinyuan Bakery, a leading bakery chain in southwest China, for an undisclosed sum, reported Reuters.

Lesaffre Yeast Corp. and Red Star Yeast Co. have announced the prices for fresh and dry yeast as well as ingredient prices will rise for the US and Canada from February 1.

Iran's government has slashed subsidies on food, doubling the cost of bread in order to ease pressure on an economy straining under international sanctions.

The Real Bread Campaign is calling for any new European food labelling law to flag up bakery enzymes as potential allergens.

Darling International Inc, a leading provider of rendering, recycling and recovery solutions to the nation's food industry, has announced that it has completed its merger with Griffin Industries, one of the largest independent, privately owned rendering, bakery by-product and used cooking oil recycling companies in North America.

Cargill are likely to pursue further expansion in Australia after the company bought the grains business of the former AWB Ltd., the nation's top wheat exporter, to tap soaring food demand in Asia.

Sri Lankan biscuit manufacturer Ceylon Biscuits managed to increase exports last year despite recession in the West by venturing into new markets like Africa, a senior official said.

South Africa's Pioneer Food Group Ltd. said it has started reducing the price of bread and wheat flour as part of a record penalty for anti- competitive behavior at some of its units, reported Bloomberg.

The UK's Leatherhead Food Research predict that 2011 will see a number of underlying trends rise higher up the agenda and combine to provide the food and drink industry with a renewed strategic focus.

Pakistani wheat traders are looking at Middle Eastern countries, as well as Bangladesh and Malaysia as possible destinations, after the government lifted a three-year ban on exports because of market surplus.

Nestle are opening a new $136 million manufacturing facility in Dubai.

Kraft Foods Corporation, one of the world's largest food producers, is planning to invest $36 million in a biscuit complex at the Trostianets-based Ukraina confectionery factory, external communications coordinator at CJSC Kraft Foods Ukraine Ruslan Kavatsiuk told Interfax-Ukraine.

British-based Millie's Cookies have launched four limited edition X Factor cookies, which are being sold on eBay to raise money for two charities.

Barry Callebaut has introduced a range of premium chocolate under its domestic Van Leer brand for the North American market.

Russia's wheat exports fell by 15 per cent to 11.825 million tonnes in January-October, the Federal Customs Service said on Tuesday.

The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) has started rolling out its national food hygiene rating scheme that encourages retailers and foodservice operators to voluntarily display their hygiene ‘scores on the doors'.

The Thoughtful Bread Company received the Green Business of the Year accolade at a ceremony celebrating business start-ups last week.

Kashi has reduced several of its packages by as much as 12.4 per cent in a sustainable effort to avoid excess waste.

One of Ireland's major food groups has bought local US sandwich maker On A Roll as the company continues to build its business across the Atlantic.

The UK's largest food producer has created a role of chief operating officer in a bid to drive sales of branded products.

Lance, Inc. and Snyder's of Hanover, Inc. announced on Monday the completion of their merger, first announced on July 22nd.

British manufacturer United Biscuits is launching a series of new products set to go sale from its sweet biscuits division, with new varieties for go ahead! and McVitie's.

The Co-operative has become the latest retailer to make the move to using 100 per cent British wheat.

Less than half of the bread products in Australian supermarket shelves meet the sodium target established by the government's Food and Health Dialogue, according to a new report prepared by researchers at The George Institute for Global Health.

Latest figures released by international food and grocery analysts IGD, reveal that we will spend £182.7bn in grocery retail outlets by 2015 - an average annual growth of 3.9 per cent.

Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V. has begun construction on "Piedra Larga," which is expected to be the largest wind farm in the food industry, generating nearly 100 per cent of the electrical power at Grupo Bimbo in Mexico.

Italy must stop using the marketing claim "pure chocolate" to describe chocolate made with 100 per cent cocoa butter, according to a November 25 ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union. If Italy fails to amend its law, the court said fines may be assessed.

A report on vitamin D and calcium recommendations issued on November 30 by the Institute of Medicine is good news for a vitamin D petition from Lallemand, Inc. that seeks to increase the amount of vitamin D allowed in yeast-raised baked foods, according to the Montreal-based company.

Sales growth is anticipated for Danisco's GUARDIAN® Rosemary Extract following food preservative recognition.

Royal Cosun has announced it has decided to look at options to sell off Unifine Food & Bake Ingredients (Unifine F&Bi), its pastry ingredients business.

 

Giles Foods, the leading supplier of speciality breads, has taken a "quantum leap" with the opening of the first phase of a major multi-million pound expansion programme at its Pain Artisan bakery in Milton Keynes, UK.

 

Family run frozen food company, Aunt Bessie’s, triumphed at the Manufacturing Excellence Awards 2010 held on Tuesday 2^nd November.

Fudges Bakery has wowed judges at the UK'S Quality Food Awards with its Cheddar Wafers which have been presented with a sought after Q Award.

Northern Foods has unveiled plans to merge with the biggest sandwich maker in the UK, creating a group with annual sales of £1.7 billion.

Food prices will most likely continue to rise next year, according to a UN report.

Consumers who cut back on their spending during the recession are keeping to this trend by staying away from the supermarket shelves, according to a survey by Booz & Co., a global management consulting firm.

Danisco has won the Health Ingredients Excellence Award for its GRINDSTED® Fiberline.

Sara Lee Corp yesterday announced it has signed an agreement to sell its North American Fresh Bakery business to Grupo Bimbo, one of the world's largest baking companies, for $959 million.

Cargill has exceeded the Chicago Climate Exchange's (CCX) required 5 per cent greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reduction target for calendar year 2009.

The Capway Depanner by Capway Systems is now available with an Automatic Vacuum Control System specially designed to eliminate product damage due to increased vacuum pressure when the chamber is covered with products.

Ashworth was recently granted a US patent for manufacturing Omni-Pro conveyor belts featuring zerotension, 360° buttonless welds, which are stronger and easier to clean than conventional bridge-welded belts.

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) yesterday unveiled a trademark that will enable consumers to easily distinguish products containing palm ingredients that are sourced following Roundtable rules.

The world's largest bread manufacturer is the latest food sector giant to sign a research deal with Vancouver-based tech developer EnWave Corp.

EU wheat production is estimated to register a 2 per cent year-on-year decline in the 2010/11 season due to low prices during the planting season and poor weather in Q210 affecting yields, the Emerging Markets Monitor has said in a recent report.

Agriculture, food and engineering group Carr's Milling Industries said the flour market continues to be extremely challenging, as it contends with significantly higher raw material prices and industry over-capacity, in its full-year results to 28 August 2010.

Allied Bakeries reported considerable success for its Kingsmill Little Big Loaf, as parent company Associated British Foods (ABF) announced its results for the year ended 18 September 2010.

The current wheat price spike looks like being more effective than the last one in persuading European farmers to grow wheat, with an extra 400,000 acres set to be devoted to the cereal.

British chocolate brand Gü is extending its reach into in-store bakery with a new range of adult-only cookies.

Tightened household budgets are resulting in increased expenditure on food to be eaten at home as consumers turn away from more expensive eating options found in restaurants, according to analyst insight by Euromonitor.

Mintel, a leader in market and consumer intelligence, has predicted the worldwide consumer packaged goods (CPG) trends set to make an impact in 2011.

Associated British Foods (ABF) has posted a record 2009/10 turnover driven by expansion of its enzyme and sugar divisions.

Australian cookie franchise Mrs Fields has joined forces with New Zealand Natural Ice Cream to develop co-branded stores in Australia.

Grupo Bimbo has agreed to buy the North American Fresh Bakery business of Sara Lee Corp.

The production of palm oil in Indonesia will not be affected by the proposed ban on forest clearing in the country, a government official has said.

Wheat crops could be used to offset the effects of global warming, according to American scientists.

Thousands of bakeries in Sri Lanka have shut down as the government clamps down on wheat products, the industry says.

Ten emerging food trends that will impact new product activity in 2011 have been identified by Innova Market Insights from its ongoing analysis of key trends and developments over the past year or so.

Ginger enrichment could provide added health benefits to bread products without negatively effecting formulation, according to new research.

By the end of 2015, all palm oil used in The Netherlands will be sustainable, as certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).

A food ingredients company has announced profits of £73 million ($119 million) for the six months ended September 30, which marked a 59 per cent increase from £46 million ($75 million) in the same time period of the previous year.

A leading world producer of lactic acid and lactates has launched a new powder for bakery applications.

More than 90 per cent of the food and packaging waste in the UK generated at factories operated by members of the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) is now being recycled or recovered, according to a new survey published today by the trade association and Defra.

Fortuna Maschinenbau Holding AG has brought a new product line for dividing and moulding bread doughs to the market.

A moderate but sustained increase in wheat and corn commodity prices from now until 2015 has been suggested in a new report from Euromonitor.

Pioneer Foods has agreed to reduce its profit margins on bread and flour as part of an unprecedented R1 billion settlement with the Competition Commission.

The latest price survey by the British Retail Consortium/Nielsen finds that food inflation increased to 4.4 per cent in October from 4 per cent in September.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company yesterday reported that its fiscal first-quarter net earnings fell 30 per cent from $496 million a year ago to $345 million. However, revenue rose to $16.8 billion, up from $14.92 billion a year earlier.

Pioneer Foods is looking to buy privately held wine and spirits company KWV.

Canada's ACE Bakery is being bought by George Weston for C$110 million to complement its existing baked goods brands, the parent company of Loblaw said on yesterday.

Snyder's of Hanover will begin construction on a solar farm that will be the largest ground-based solar energy system in Pennsylvania with over 16,000 panels spanning twenty acres.

Premier Foods has successfully convinced Tesco and other supermarkets in the UK to increase the price they pay for bread and cakes.

The top traders of sugar say the commodity is likely to surge to a 30-year high in the coming months, with all eyes on the pending Indian sugar crop output which is hoped will ease supply pressures.

A world leader in innovative yeast research and development, announced that it has made considerable progress towards the commercialization of its patent-pending acrylamide-reducing (AR) yeast technology.

Chilean researchers have found that computer vision offers benefits over conventional colour-measuring instruments for biscuit manufacturers in that it enables the analysis of the whole biscuit surface, and can effectively determine surface cracks and other defects.

Biscuit company Arnotts will source ethical cocoa that has not been made with the use of child labour for all of its chocolate-based products, World Vision Australia said yesterday.

The world's largest bakery supplier posted an increase of sales of €149.2m for the third quarter, but notes a substantial hike in commodity costs and reports that it has taken some steps to offset this through higher prices.

The UK's largest food producer has today revealed that its revenues dropped in the third quarter as higher sales of its branded products were offset by declining volumes among its non-branded products.

A chocolate and cocoa ingredients company has unveiled the breakthrough technology behind the first chocolate to achieve an EU-approved consumer claim of "reduced calorie".

Restaurant operator Panera Bread Co reported third-quarter profit that matched analysts' view thanks to investments to improve the quality of customers' experience.

Grupo Bimbo is the lead bidder to buy Sara Lee Corp's North American bread business for about $1 billion, though a deal could be several weeks away, Bloomberg news reportedon Tuesday.

In a report to be released today, Greenpeace warns that genetically modified wheat could soon be widely grown in Australia for use in staples such as bread and cereals.

The group is demanding genetically modified wheat trials be stopped, claiming GM foods are unsafe and the wheat industry is being taken over by pro-GM interests.

Genetically modified wheat is not currently grown for human consumption in Australia, but GM cotton and canola is.

The Office of the Gene Technology Regulator has approved field trials of 1300 modified wheat and barley lines this year, up from 150 trials in 2004.

Coupled with investments in Australian wheat by the modified-seed multinationals Monsanto, BASF and Agrium, Greenpeace fears Australia's opportunity to be a leading producer of unmodified wheat is under threat.

''There's no way of knowing the impacts of GM [genetically modified] wheat,'' said Claire Parfitt, who wrote the report.

Food with genetically modified ingredients must be labelled, but not the products of animals fed genetically modified feed.

Greenpeace is campaigning for Australia's bread and cereal manufacturers to rule out using modified wheat, after more than 160 top signed its GM-free chefs' charter.

A consumer goods firm has said palm oil buyers in India and China should sign up for a certification scheme to promote sustainable palm oil.

Bakers in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, have gone on strike to urge the state to raise the price of bread after the price of flour saw a steep increase.

Russia will lift the export ban on wheat flour staring January 1 next year but the ban on overseas sales of grain has been extended to until July 1 to ensure domestic supply after drought damaged crops, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said.

Limagrain, Europe's largest seed producer, has selected Fort Collins as its United States headquarters.

The US is expected to dominate the international wheat market until the end of the year as the weak dollar makes the country's exports the cheapest in the world, Rabobank said.

Tesco, the UK's biggest supermarket, has stopped selling 12 lines of Hovis products after the brand's owner, Premier Foods, raised prices due to wheat costs.

U.S. agribusiness firm Gavilon Grain will buy DeBruce Companies under an agreement that will double Gavilon's grain storage capacity and create the third-largest U.S.
grain storage network.

Puratos, a Belgium-based company specialising in the manufacture of raw materials for bakers, pastry chefs and chocolatiers, has just launched a new production unit for natural sourdoughs.

Falling sales in the US and a less favourable exchange rate lead to a fall in net profit for Grupo Bimbo.

The Flour Mills of Fiji group made a turnaround of over $18million in the financial year ending June 30.

Danisco launched the vitamin K2 brand, ActivK MK-7, after highlighting the nutrient's link with bone and cardiovascular health .

Genius Foods is the first ever gluten-free brand to advertise on UK television featuring a recreation of Albert Einstein.

Grinding stones found in archaeological sites suggest that prehistoric man may have eaten bread at least 30,000 years ago in Europe, researchers said.

Turkish Bakeries Federation President Halil İbrahim Balcı announced that bread prices will increase by 15 percent, at a press conference at their headquarters on Wednesday, reported Today's Zaman.

A WORKER was crushed to death in an accident at a Nabisco Biscuit plant in Chicago, U.S.

The world's largest agricultural commodoties trader yesterday (Tues) reported net earnings of $883 million in the first quarter ended August 31, up 68 per cent from $525 million a year earlier.

Swiss company Givaudan has developed a unique sensory language called Sense It Salt which enables a more accurate description of the complex taste effects of salt in foods.

Food and drink manufacturers have bought more automation and robotic equipment than companies in the car sector in the second quarter of 2010, according to recent industry data.

Flour prices in Indonesian are predicted to see increases as steep as 20 per cent due to supply shortages from Russia and Turkey, the Indonesian Association of Sugar and Flour Traders (Apegti) has said.

Wheat prices resumed their rally on Wednesday (Aug 18) as the prospect of another country limiting exports fed into supply concerns.

PepsiCo has announced plans to invest $250 million in Vietnam over the next three years.

U.S. wheat carryover on June 1, 2011, was projected at 952million bus, down 141 million bus, or 13%, from 1,093 million bus forecast in July and down 21 million bus, or 2%, from 973 million bus in 2010, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its August 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates.

Chestnut flour could be used in gluten-free breads to give nutritional and health benefits, according to a new study from Turkey.

Wheat prices have hit a 22-month high after a severe drought and ensuing wildfires in Russia devastated crops.

Baker Perkins, a name well known to high-output plant bakers in the UK and Australasia, is introducing a range of high-efficiency, dust-free dough forming equipment for pan bread to the North American market at IBIE in September.

The ability to divide, round, mould and pan dough pieces without the use of dusting flour brings significant cost savings by eliminating the cost of flour, flour dusting equipment and its maintenance and cleaning. 
Sanitation standards are significantly raised, labor costs reduced, and potential health and safety risks to employees eliminated.
The Multitex4 dough moulder is part of a completely safe and sanitary dust-free forming system for high-output, high-efficiency pan bread bakeries.  
The system can also include a divider, rounder and first proofer.   
A combination of gentle dough handling and the strategic application of process air ensures the dough passes through the machine without sticking to ensure non-stop running.  
Designed to operate under all production conditions to generate additional profit, the Multitex4 features spring loading of the sheeting rolls and moulding boards. This allows doubles to pass through without smearing or sticking, avoiding cleaning stops.
The Multitex4 moulder is well proven with dozens of installations in the high-output plant bakeries around the world. They are used in US style operations in southern Europe, and they are the industry standard in many parts of the world including the UK and Ireland, Southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

A new flexible approach to GMO cultivation has been outlined by the European Commission today (July 13) which seeks to achieve the right balance between maintaining an EU authorisation system and the freedom for member states to decide on GMO cultivation in their territory.

William J Hoover, retired president of AIB International, died on July 6 in Colorado Springs following a brief illness. He was 82.

Creditor banks are preparing to take a controlling interest in Spanish baking giant Panrico after its owner, capital risk group Apax Partners, failed in a bid to refinance the company's debts.

Ingredient and processing aid supplier Eurogerm has announced it has signed an alliance agreement with Nisshin Seifun, a leading flour milling group in Japan and specialists on the markets of East Asia.

General Mills has been targeted by a hoax press release that claimed it was under investigation by the US Government.

The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) has predicted the average price of wheat, oil, grains and dairy will rise by 40 per cent within the next decade.

The Buhler Technology Group has bought Chinese flour improvement specialist Bangsheng Bio-Technology in a bid grow its market share in the region.

Research organisation Datamonitor has released figures showing more than a third of European children are obese.

Limagrain Céréales Ingrédients (LCI) claims a new white wheat concentrate can enhance taste and flavour.

UK based sandwich maker, Bream Foods, has been fined £20,000 for a string of offences including failure to tackle a mice infestation.

UK based artisan baking firm Real Good Foods is opening a new factory following a boost in sales.

An EU banned GM maize has been accidentally sown in Germany.

General Mills has withdrawn a food additive petition for a change of regulations to allow ultraviolet radiation to be used to reduce pathogens in sugar and water.

Kellogg has retracted a claim made on US packets of Rice Krispies that stated the cereal could ‘support your child's immunity'.

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College have found small amounts of cocoa can reduce cholesterol in those at risk of heart disease, hypertension and diabetes.

Danish food authorities found one batch of tortilla chips flouting labelling rules during their annual illegal GMO check.

Swiss bakers have built the world's largest tiramisu in a bid to reclaim their record breaker status.

The Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation (HWCF) has pledged with the Partnership for a Healthier America to reduce 1.5 trillion calories by the end of 2015.

Ulrick & Short has developed a range of cold swelling starches that provide texture and stability to baked goods.

Gregg's has reported an increase in sales following a marketing push of its breakfast products.

UK snack group Zetar has announced rapid sales growth following the launch of a healthy snacking range.

Kampffmeyer Food Innovation has announced the opening of a new healthy produce focused innovation facility at its Hamburg headquarters.

A study published in the British Journal of Nutrition claims the sweetener sucralose does not affect appetite or blood sugar levels.

Tate & Lyle is launching a new modified corn starch which claims to stop cakes collapsing when cut without compromising the texture.

US baking firm, Tasty Baking, has reported huge losses for the first quarter of 2010.

Zeina Foods is increasing its line of Syrian inspired snacks following increasing interest from UK retailers.

The European Snacks Association (ESA) has joined the EU Pledge initiative in a bid to cut advertising to children.

Nestle has stopped production at their Burlington, Wisconsin, factory after a batch of chocolate chips tested positive for salmonella.

Tate & Lyle has clinched with Jamaica to supply sugar to their Thames, UK, refinery.

Kraft Foods Global Brands has filed a law suit against Interamerican Foods Corp for trade mark infringement.

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Last April saw European Baker launch a groundbreaking industry survey. Focusing on the needs and concerns of European industrial bakeries, the key findings were revealed at the Future trends and sustainability 2009 summit in Greenland, and published in July 2009.

This year, we are building on the success of last year's survey, and continuing to explore how to build better business while meeting consumer demands.

This year's survey will cover topics like industry challenges, retailer interaction and consumer buying criteria.

And the outcome of this survey will be discussed by a summit of top bakery leaders and opinion makers at a summit in June in the United Kingdom's Cornwall county - home to the Eden Project.

This exclusive ‘Executive Baking Industry Summit' is scheduled for June 1-3 and two lucky participants in the survey (see next page) will each win an invitation to the summit, including accommodation.

Participants in this survey will also be invited to an exclusive webinar on the key findings of this survey.

The programme for the summit in Cornwall also includes some keynote speakers, including Eric Schubert, President of Fedima (Federation of European Union manufacturers and suppliers of ingredients to the baking industries) and Dr Jonathan Banks, European business insight director for Nielsen.

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Chocolate multinational, Mars Inc, has announced it will double its UK innovation programme and launch more products in 2010.

Nestle UK has proposed a 1 per cent pay rise to staff at its York factory in the hope of avoiding industrial action.

The UK Faculty of Public Health and a report in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) have called for a ban on trans-fats in a bid to save lives.

Manufacturer National Starch has launched its Hi-Maize Wholegrain flour, which claims to deliver a raft of health benefits.

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Claims that a Kellogg's Coco Pops advert directly targeted children, encouraging them to eat a high sugar level snack, have been rejected by the UK's Advertising Standards Agency (ASA).

UK Organic bread and biscuit sales have dropped by almost 40 per cent according to a report by the Soil Association.

Luxury cafe, Patisserie Valerie, has branched out to Cambridge, UK with plans a for Canterbury store in the pipe line.

Frozen food firm, Aunt Bessie's, UK, are considering applying for Yorkshire puddings to be granted protected status.

US supermarket group, Supervalu, has filed a lawsuit against Hershey, Mars, Nestle and Cadbury accusing them of fixing prices.

The Real Bread Campaign has attacked British supermarkets for their energy inefficiency and use of processing aids and artificial additives.

Several major Australian food manufacturers have agreed to reduce salt levels in their bread and cereal products as part of government lead initiative, the Food and Health Dialogue.

Nottingham, UK, based firm, Eminate, has developed a new salt which can be used to create loaves with ‘astonishingly low levels of salt'.

ConAgra has launched its Eagle Mills gluten-free, all-purpose flour at SupplyExpo 2010 in Anaheim, California.

The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) has recommended reducing saturated fat in baked goods and chocolate.

Consumer watchdog Which? is leading calls for the European Commission, member states and MEPs to back proposals for nutrient profiling.

Diamond Foods has announced the purchase of Kettle Foods to be completed by March 31.

PepsiCo inc. is introducing a new ingredient to its Lays potato chips in a bid to make them healthier.

Newcastle University, UK, researchers believe bread laced with seaweed could help tackle obesity levels.

Tea seed oil may provide a substitution for cocoa butter in confectionary products, according to new research.

Californian bakery, Barbara's, has unveiled new packaging and product lines at the Natural Products Expo.

Vice President of Kraft Foods, Mark Firestone, has apologised for earlier promises to keep the Cadbury Somerdale, Keynsham, factory open.

Café Valley Bakery has revealed plans for a $40 million, 285,950 square foot bakery which will nearly double distribution and production space.

UK supermarket giant Sainsbury's has announced plans to open the first British supermarket bakery college.

American scientists believe whole grain oat and barley bread could be the answer to reducing obesity levels.

The UK's Food Standard Agency has agreed on a uniform approach to nutritional information printed on the front of food packaging.

UK baker Warburtons is set to revamp its brand image as part of a £10m (US$15m) investment.

Australian boutique baker La Madre plans to offset the carbon footprint of their hot cross buns.

The baking arm of Campbell Soup has improved sales by 11 per cent.

Popular brand Sara Lee has come under fire from organic farmers over claims made about their EarthGrain bread line.

The first ever National Real Bread Maker Week will be held from May 1-9.

Bread manufacturer Warburtons has revealed plans to conquer the snack market with two new product range launches.

Cargill's Cocoa & Chocolate business has committed to doubling the number of Farmer Field Schools it operates in Côte d'Ivoire to 300 by mid 2010.

Mars and Barry Callebaut AG have signed an agreement expected to increase the availability and uniformity of cocoa flavanol-rich chocolate products worldwide.

Busy consumers no longer need to skip breakfast with the launch of a new on-the-go product from a UK bakery.

The Pakistani Food and Agriculture Minister has established a quality grain testing laboratory in a bid to open the international market to Pakistani traders.

Hovis is in talks with Assured Food Standards (AFS) administrators and Premier Foods in the hope of being granted Red Tractor sanction.

Sara Lee Corp has announced plans for a line of bread that uses eco-grain wheat to be released under their EarthGrains brand.

Cereal giant Kellogg's has announced a further four-quarter profit drop despite attempts to boost sales by increasing advertising.

US Bakers, Watson, has unveiled a new product line that reduces the use of chemical dough conditioner.

Luxury bakery manufacturer, the Real Good Food Company, is set to double its size amid reports of a 15 per cent sales growth.