Lessons for food marketers as sugar consumption in UK tumbles As the health debate surrounding sugar continues, food marketers are reviewing their product formulation and marketing strategies. Nearly half (46 per cent) of UK ...
Tags: baked-goods, bakery, Food
Tetra Pak is planning a push in the food packaging market with its cartonboard packaging offering. Tetra Recart was the first retortable carton package which enabled filled product to be sterilized within the package. A direct ...
Netherlands-based food service innovation company TOP is developing a high-quality, oxygen-free dispenser-system that can help in retaining the freshness of food for a longer duration. The company is working on the dispenser with Dutch ...
Egypt has signed two investment agreements worth $6bn in a bid to develop a global logistics centre for grain handling and a city of commerce and shopping project. DN Egypt reported citing country's supply minister Khaled Hanafy that the ...
Tags: grains, basic food commodities trade, wheat
Bolstered by a £28.5m investment, Alpro, a European pioneer of soya-based drinks and food products, launched the first phase of its Burton Latimer production facility’s new extension, creating 35 new jobs while doubling ...
Tags: food products, soya-based drinks
Researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany have found that the use of red light in labelling food products could help customers make healthy food choices. The proposed labelling system in the study used a red light for food items ...
Tags: Traffic Light, Food Labeling
Agribusiness and food company Bunge’s North American operating unit has acquired the assets of Heartland Harvest, the manufacturer of die cut pellets used to make extruded foods. The financial details of the transaction have not ...
Tags: Bunge's North American, Heartland Harvest, extruded foods
Leading global food ingredients manufacturer Tate & Lyle have launched Dolcia Prima, a low-calorie sugar for use in processed foods and beverages globally. Dolcia Prima is Tate & Lyle’s brand name for allulose, a low-calorie sugar ...
Nestlé USA is planning to remove artificial flavours and FDA-certified colours from all of its chocolate candy products by the end of this year. The candy manufacturer will avoid using artificial flavours and certified colours, ...
Tags: Nestle, Chocolate Products
Asian carp food producer Blue Shore Fishery is planning to open a new production facility in Tri City, in the US state of Kentucky. Spread over an area of around 11,000ft2, the new $1.3m facility will employ close to 66 people. Expected ...
Tags: carp food, Blue Shore
The European Parliament has backed plans to create a new meat labeling regulation in processed foods. The new law, when put into force, will require food producers to mention the country of origin of meat used as an ingredient in ...
Healthy lifestyles, “clean” ingredients, at-home gourmands, value consciousness and e-commerce speciality products are set to be key food and drink trends for 2015, according to market research organisation Mintel. It’s ...
Tags: Key Trends, Food, Drinks
Food distributor Sysco has agreed to divest 11 US Foods distribution centers to Performance Food Group. The move is in line with Sysco's plans to win FTC approval for its proposed merger with US Foods announced in December 2013. The ...
Tags: Sysco, Performance Food Group
Packaging solutions provider Glenroy has agreed to acquire the pouch converting operations of PF Flexibles, formerly known as Pouch Converting Technologies. Based in Hartford, Wisconsin, PF Flexibles is a contract manufacturer of ...
Tags: liquids, military applications, chemicals, Agriculture
PPG Industries’ packaging coatings business has announced that it will feature a new generation of coatings for the protection of monobloc aerosol cans and aluminum and plastic tubes during the Aerosol and Dispensing Forum in Paris, ...