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…

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…