The UK syrups and spreads market is dominated by jam and honey spreads. However, chocolate spreads are expected to gather pace, growing by 35 per cent up to 2018, according to findings from market research organisation Canadean. Honey ...
Tags: Jam, Honey, Chocolate, Agriculture
Brazilian poultry meats exporter and dairy products processor BRF has agreed to form a joint venture (JV) with PT Indofood Suskes Makmur in Indonesia. A binding memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed between both the ...
Tags: milk, ice cream, yoghurt drinks, Agriculture
Australian beverage company Soda Press Co has launched a range of soda flavour syrups in Australia, which it says are “made from natural and organic ingredients”. Soda Press Co, which is based in Sydney, said its syrups ...
Tags: Soda Syrup, Food Service, Agriculture
Grand Traverse Distillery, a maker of craft spirits including vodka, gin, rum, whiskey and bourbon, will open a tasting room at the Downtown Market in Michigan. Founded by Kent Rabish in 2007, Grand Traverse Distillery is based in ...
Ohio-based Pro Mach's division Federal Mfg has launched a new hygienic pressure/gravity filling machine for food applications such as sauces, syrups, edible oils, and other viscous foods and non-viscous foods. According to Federal, the ...
US-based sustainable packaging solutions provider Liqui-Box has introduced the upgraded version of its new Liqui-Box 1000 filling system. The company plans to commercialize the new dual head filler system in the third quarter of 2014. ...
Tags: Liqui-Box, filling system, Packaging
American agribusiness company Cargill has expanded its wheat processing plant in Efremov, Russia, with an investment of $100m. As a result of the expansion, the plant can now process 500,000 tons of wheat a year - almost double its ...
Tags: Cargill, Wheat Processing Facility
The FDA has approved the sweetener advantame for use in the US The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the new food additive, advantame, is safe for use as a general-purpose sweetener and flavour enhancer in food, ...
Tags: High-Intensity Sweetener, FDA
SodaStream could go into partnership with Starbucks Global coffee shop giant Starbucks Corporation is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire 10 per cent of home carbonated beverage machine company SodaStream International Ltd at a ...
Tags: Starbucks, Sodastream
B&G Foods, Inc. today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2014. David L. Wenner, President and Chief Executive Officer of B&G Foods, stated, "Our very strong cash flow performance in the face of base business volume ...
Tags: B&G Foods, EBITDA guidance
Romaco is the first manufacturer worldwide to offer integrated solutions for manufacturing and packing tablets and effervescents for the pharmaceutical industry. Its strip packaging solutions combine the expertise of Kilian, Siebler and ...
At the upcoming Interpack trade fair (May 8 to 14, 2014) an integrated solution for manufacturing and packing pharmaceutical solids will make its début at the Romaco Group booth. Parallel to this, Romaco Kilian will present its new ...
Tags: Tableting, Strip packaging
B&G Foods, a US-based manufacturer of branded shelf-stable foods, has signed a deal to acquire Specialty Brands of America from American Capital and certain individuals for $155m in cash. Specialty Brands of America is a packaged food ...
Tags: B&G Foods, Specialty Brands, Evercore Group
EKA Software Solutions, the leading global provider of Smart Commodity Management software solutions, today announced that Pinnacle Foods Inc. has selected Eka to provide commodity planning, decision support and analytics across all ...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has begun public consultation on its draft guidelines on sugar intake, which recommends that sugars should be less than 10 per cent of total energy intake per day, but that reduction to below 5 per cent ...