Canada-based Maple Leaf Foods has entered into an agreement to sell Rothsay, its rendering and biodiesel business, to Darling International of Irving, Texas, for C645m ($614.11m). This move is a part of the Maple Leaf Foods' plan to focus ...
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TreeHouse Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire Associated Brands, a leading North American manufacturer of private label powdered drinks, specialty teas and sweeteners, from TorQuest Partners and other shareholders in a C$187m ...
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Saffron Road, a packaged food brand owned by American Halal, has added three new flavors to its range of single-use Simmer Sauce pouches. The new Simmer Sauces flavors include, Harissa - Made from piri piri, a red pepper from the Sahara, ...
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US-based c - Meals and Desserts, and Enhancers and Snack Nuts in order to focus on brand-building while reducing the complexity of managing a portfolio of distinct brands and product categories. The new business structures and leadership ...
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Ashland Performance Materials will introduce its flexible food packaging adhesives at the upcoming ChinaPlas in Guangzhou, China, Asia's International Plastics and Rubber Trade Fair taking place from 20 – 23 May 2013. The company ...
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American food and beverage company WhiteWave Foods is set to expand its dairy facility in Rockingham County, Virginia, US with an investment of $69.8m, a move which is expected to create 36 new jobs. The expansion involves addition of a ...
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US-based Dole Food has completed the sale of its worldwide packaged foods and Asia fresh businesses to Japanese firm ITOCHU for $1.68bn in cash. The sale included a major portion of Dole's operations and assets, including exclusive rights ...
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Nearly 70% of commercial pre-packaged meals and savoury snacks for toddlers in the US have high levels of sodium, which may present long-term health risks, according to a new study. The study was led by Joyce Maalouf, a researcher at the ...
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SunOpta, a Canada-based organic, specialty and natural health products manufacturer, has reported a 357.4% increase in net earnings to $24.2m for the year ended 29 December 2012, compared to $5.29m in 2011. The company posted 7% increase ...
After decades of steady and predictable market conditions, iconic food and beverage leaders are struggling to adapt to a new, innovation-dependent era of growth, according to a new report from Hartman Strategy, an innovation and strategy ...
US natural and organic food group Annie's has booked a drop in net profit in its third quarter. Earnings in the three months to the end of December dropped to US$1.4m compared to $2.2m last year. Annie's blamed the decline on charges from ...
About 21 companies in the US have voluntarily lowered salt content in pre-packaged or restaurant foods products, in response to a salt reduction campaign led by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. New York launched the National Salt ...
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Scientists at the University of Glasgow have developed a new prototype plasma technology that can generate ozone to kill pathogens in packaged food, while extending the shelf life of products. The researchers, Declan Diver and Hugh Potts, ...
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Scientists at the University of Glasgow in Scotland have developed a new prototype system, which uses plasma to convert oxygen inside sealed packaging into ozone in order to kill germs in packaged food. According to the scientists, the ...
Canadian food company SunOpta is all set to add additional filling lines at its Allentown, Pennsylvania facility in the US, in a bid to expand its flexible re-sealable pouch processing and packaging capabilities. The addition of new ...
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