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 ...
Kishore Biyani led Future Lifestyle Fashions Limited said it has hiked its stake in ethnic products firm Industree Crafts Pvt Ltd from 63.34 per cent to 72.16 per cent. Future Lifestyle Fashions Limited (FLF), the apparel and accessories ...
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More than 300,000 small, pure electric cars were sold in China last year. Perhaps surprisingly, the best seller was not Tesla Model S. Instead the top sellers were mini electric cars. Shifeng Group, in Shandong province, had the ...
Qatar Investment Authority’s wholly-owned subsidiary Hassad Food is looking at options to purchase Brazilian sugar and poultry assets, in a bid to venture into North American market. Reuters reported citing Hassad Food business ...
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In the wake of the hepatitis A outbreak in Australia, the government has supported plans for the introduction of country-of-origin labeling. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott had asked his cabinet members to draft a legislation ...
US-based blow molded packaging solutions provider Pretium Packaging has acquired Intertech, a manufacturer of custom and plastic bottles for an undisclosed amount. Intertech specializes in developing blow molded high-density ...
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U.S. farmers could harvest their second-largest soybean crop and the number three corn crop under the revised planting projections released by USDA at its Outlook Forum. When the projected plantings are combined with USDA's projected ...
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Aid by Trade Foundation (AbTF) and its Cotton made in Africa (CmiA) initiative, are supporting Ugandan farmers through sustainable cotton farming. With successful verification of the Western Uganda Cotton Company (WUCC) and the ...
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced more than $16m in funding to support research, education and extension efforts to improve food production and enhance food security. ...
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Food processing company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has agreed to sell 50% stake in its export terminal in Brazil to Glencore. ADM has entered into an agreement to this effect. Located in Barcarena, in the northern Brazilian state of ...
A key Chinese policy document released over the weekend has revealed that the country has stepped up reforms and innovation to hasten agricultural modernisation in the year 2015. Dubbed, the "No.1 Central Document," it highlights five ...
China will step up reforms and innovation to speed up agricultural modernization in 2015, according to a key policy document released by the Party and government on Sunday. As the Chinese economy, under the "new normal," shifts from ...
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PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business has introduced PerformaLoc advanced productivity coatings, a new category of cross-linked coatings featuring a proprietary combination of low-volatile organic compound (VOC) resins that ...
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Canada-based International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD) have announced to support three new projects to improve food security in developing countries. Supported by the ...
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A group of bipartisan business and government leaders released a report Friday that looks at the economic effects climate change is likely to bring to the Midwest, including the region’s farmers, and concludes that in some of the ...
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