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.

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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.