PowerBar has introduced new reduced sugar ProteinPlus 20g bars and Simple Fruit energy food for athletes. PowerBar ProteinPlus 20g bars are available in lemon poppy seed and chocolate peanut butter flavors. It offers 20g of protein, 3g ...
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Chromatin and Zaad Holdings have entered into a long-term alliance to produce and distribute planting seed for grain and forage sorghum throughout the African continent. Zaad, a vertically integrated agriculture company, distributes seed ...
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For our March-April issue, we partnered with HP, Currie Group and Blue Star Print to produce 4500 different versions of the front cover, with three variable areas on the cover itself: the design on the can, the PKN masthead, and the version ...
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To celebrate the festivities, Gemperle Family Farms has designed several all-natural crafts that make perfect gifts for friends and family. "We admit we are egg nerds at Gemperle Family Farms and Easter is one of our favorite days of the ...
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WASHINGTON (FERN's Ag Insider) - This week, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $24 million grant to Cornell University, funding a global wheat research group, known as Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat. The aim is to develop new ...
Tags: Stem-Rust Disease, Wheat
The US Senate has stalled a bill which would have eliminated state by state laws requiring food manufacturers to label products made with genetically modified organisms (GMOs), ahead of Vermont’s law coming into effect from July. ...
Tags: US Senate, GMO, Food manufactures, Label products
Solazyme is focusing the company exclusively on food, nutrition and specialty ingredients, harnessing the power of its transformational algae innovation platform. The evolution leverages over a decade of R&D and product development on an ...
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Unilever has launched a new range that blends its Flora margarine with butter. The range includes a salted version and a salt-reduced option. Both products are made by combining butter and sunflower seed oil. Unilever says its two new ...
Snacks and confectionery company Mondelez International is introducing its first savoury snack brand in 10 years – Good Thins. The brand includes real ingredients such as wheat, rice and potato along with flavours such as garlic, ...
The US Senate Agricultural Committee has passed a bill which paves the way for a single national labeling law for food made with genetically engineered ingredients, while doing away with state by state labeling. With this bill, which ...
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have successfully developed an environmentally-friendly food packaging material that is free from chemical additives, by fortifying natural chitosan-based composite film with ...
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Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed an environmentally-friendly food packaging material capable of doubling shelf-life of food products. The new material, which is free from chemical additives, has ...
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Canada-based organic food company SunOpta has entered into an agreement to sell Opta Minerals business to Speyside Equity Fund for CAD$6.2m ($4.4m), in order to focus on its core business of food distribution. The acquisition proposal has ...
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In booth 2223 (Hall C) at SPIE Photonics West 2016 in San Francisco (16-18 February), engineered materials and optoelectronic component maker II-VI Inc of Saxonburg, PA, USA is presenting a broad portfolio of products from several of its ...
Tags: Laser Modules, Photonics West
Young Living Essential Oils has launched Vitality, its essential oil supplement line that is intended for dietary supplement and culinary use. This line provides the freedom to share and explore some of Young Living's best-loved essential ...
Tags: Culinary Use, essential oils