Dutch food company Wessanen has agreed to acquire Italian organic drinks firm Abafoods for €52m. An agreement to this effect was signed between both the companies. Abafoods currently operates an advanced manufacturing plant in ...
Tags: rice, coconut, almond, Agriculture
Volunteers from CCE and Every Can Counts will engage with members of the public about recycling whilst they are queuing to claim their free sample of Coca-Cola product available at the Christmas truck tour stops. While distributing free ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Christmas Truck
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
Croatian food establishment Podravka is planning to shut down its Podravka Polska factory in Kostrzyn, Poland, in a move to reduce its operational capacity. Podravka has decided to locate its production operations for the European Union ...
Tags: meat, baby food, sweets, Agriculture
True Drinks, a healthy beverage provider with major entertainment and media company licensing agreements with Disney and Marvel for use of their characters on its proprietary, patented bottles, today announced a distribution partnership ...
Tags: Drinks, Beverage, Agriculture
Linpac calls the UK home. But it has had a manufacturing site in Bunbury, Perth since 2013 and in 2015 it will have a new one in Melbourne. With a site on both the east and west sides of Australia, Linpac intends to supply the latest design ...
Tags: manufacturing site, technology, Packaging
New food and drink labels would be introduced across Europe as per the new European rules that will come into effect from 13 December 2014. In response to the new rules, food and drink manufacturers are making wide-ranging changes to ...
Tags: drink labels, vegetable oils
This week, ToyNews' Rob Hutchins reports from a Christmas themed Board Game Club, an emerging hot bed of inventor relations. Never let it be said that the game inventor community is a dull one. If you aren’t busy cooking up games ...
The beverage industry in the Philippines has opposed a proposal to impose additional tax on sugar-sweetened beverages, claiming that the tax would not tackle the obesity problem. The House Bill 3365, which was authored by Nueva Ecija Rep. ...
Tags: Beverage, Soft Drinks, Agriculture
Australian medical and nutrition experts have reacted differently to the research findings of a study published December 2014 in the British Medical Journal. The study showed the Mediterranean diet appears to be associated with longer ...
Tags: Mediterranean diet, nutrition
India’s FMCG start-up Global Consumer Products is set to enter the country’s chocolate business with a new brand. The start-up plans to launch its own brand initially in the four southern states early next year, Business Line ...
Coca-Cola Bottling Consolidated has signed a definitive agreement with The Coca-Cola Company to provide its distribution services in Cleveland and Cookeville, in Tennessee which are currently being served by Coca-Cola Refreshments USA ...
The two day show will focus on the latest trends and innovations in packaging materials, designs and concepts, with dedicated Ecopack and Contract Pack areas. Alison Church, event director for easyFairs’ UK packaging events, said: ...
Tags: packaging materials, designs, concepts, Packaging
Oman’s Sohar Port and Freezone has entered into an agreement with Oman International Petrochemical Industry Company (OMPET) to build a manufacturing facility that will produce up to 1.5 million tonnes of eco-friendly packaging ...
Tags: Pet Manufacturing, Agriculture
The China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has found that around a quarter of purified drinking water in the country is contaminated with excessive levels of bacteria. The Shanghai Daily newspaper reported that bacteria was found ...
Tags: Purified Drinking Water, CFDA