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.

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…

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.

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.