In a victory for Central and Eastern European governments, EU negotiators have reached a hard-fought agreement on rules for so-called dual-quality foods — identically branded products being sold with different ingredients in different…
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Ferrero just announced its intention to buy Kellogg's Keebler cookies, Famous Amos, Mother's, Murray's, Girl Scout cookies and fruit snacks brands for USD1.3bn. Kellogg's revealed last year its intention to step out of the cookie business…
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Barry Callebaut has inaugurated its new state-of-the-art processing unit at its Zone 4C Société Africaine de Cacao (SACO) plant in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The new grinding unit, part of a CHF55m (EUR49m) investment, will increase SACO’s…
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The food ingredients supplier, Kerry has inaugurated a new savory research and development center in the USA, after investing USD65m to expand in flavor innovations. Located at its Taste Center of Excellence in Clark, New Jersey, the…
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Papa John’s International, Inc. has announced the appointment of Karlin Linhardt as global chief marketing officer. Linhardt is a veteran marketing leader with deep Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) category experience and C-suite executive…
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A delegation from the state cereals office of Algeria, Office Algerien Interprofessionnel des Cereales (OAIC), made a visit to the UK to learn more about the country’s grain chain and to look at opportunities for importing British biscuit…
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Corbion announced on Monday that it has entered into an agreement with the shareholders of Granotec do Brazil to acquire full ownership of the company. Granotec do Brazil is a leading specialist in functional blends for the Brazilian bakery…
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Tate & Lyle, a leading global provider of food and beverage ingredients and solutions, announced it has reached an agreement to sell its oat ingredients business, based in Kimstad, Sweden, to Swedish agricultural cooperative Lantmännen.…
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The rights of Aston Foods have been transferred to VACUUM COOLING COMPANY, a BVT Group Member. With the realisation of this transfer, the brandname of one of the pioneering organisations in the Vacuum Cooling industry is reunited with its…
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St Pierre Groupe, which was recently rebranded from Carrs Foods the international branded bakery business, has secured an investment of GBP6.7m from BGF and partner Lloyds Bank, facilitated by Grant Thornton. At the same time, it has…
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Mondelēz International has announced a partnership with The Hatchery Chicago, a non-profit food business incubator, as it ramps up its innovation efforts to lead the future of snacking. The partnership is one of several investments the…
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TerraCycle, McVitie's, Carr's, Go Ahead and Jacob's have partnered to create a free recycling program for any brand of biscuit, cracker and cake wrappers. The program operates through a network of private and public drop-off locations…
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Bühler has joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), a global network of nearly 200 forward-thinking companies, which will allow the company to make a real impact on global corporate sustainability.
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British charity Coeliac UK is calling on greater awareness of the similarity of symptoms between celiac disease and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The organization urges anyone with IBS to ask their GP for a celiac disease blood test, if…
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Orkla’s Peter A. Ruzicka has recently informed the company’s board of directors of his plans to step down as President and CEO. The change will come into effect on May 7, 2019 once Orkla will have presented its results for the first quarter…
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Mondelēz International has taken a minority investment in Uplift Food, a US-based early-stage start-up focusing on prebiotic functional foods, this being the first venture investment the company is making as part of SnackFutures.
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Fazer brings xylitol production back to Finland and builds a xylitol manufacturing facility in Lahti using hull as the raw material. Utilizing the side stream of the oat milling process with state-of-the-art technology for xylitol…
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ADM has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire the Ziegler Group, a leading European producer of natural citrus flavor ingredients.
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