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.

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