Alliance Grain Traders (AGT), a Canadian pulse, staple food and ingredient processor, has outlined plans to expand its Minot, North Dakota pulses ingredient production site with the installation of a second production line. The $4m ...
Z Trim Holdings, Inc., a bio-technology company providing value-added ingredients to a variety of industries, today announced the addition of Seth Cox as an independent consultant, to assist the technical sales staff in growing the ...
RiceBran Technologies, a global leader in the production and marketing of value added products derived from rice bran, today announced that it has entered into a multi-year preferred supplier agreement to sell one of its proprietary Stage ...
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Leveraging sustainable innovations as a driver of business and brand value is the central theme of the Sustainable Brands Conference. For the second time BASF is a major sponsor of this event that takes place at The Lancaster Hotel in ...
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AarhusKarlshamn (AAK), a UK-based edible oils and fats producer, has inked a three-year deal with Premier Foods to supply vegetable oils, fats and related food ingredients. The development is part of Premier Foods 'Invest to Grow' program ...
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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) panel has concluded BioExx Specialty Proteins’ scientific opinion on the safety of Isolexx rapeseed (canola) protein isolate as a novel food ingredient. The panel observed that the ...
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Cargill, a US-based agribusiness company, has reported a 41% drop in net earnings to $571m, for the first quarter of 2014 over stale performance in its global grain trading and processing business, affected by 2012 drought. Net sales for ...
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Royal DSM, a life sciences and materials sciences firm based in the Netherlands, has acquired 19% stake in Yantai Andre Pectin, a China-based producer of texturing ingredients. Headquartered in Yantai, Shandong Province, Andre Pectin was ...
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Brenntag, a German chemical distribution company, has agreed to acquire the chemical distribution division of Zytex, an Indian-based biotechnology food formulation and manufacturer, for €10.2m. Zytex's food ingredients distribution ...
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Naturally Splendid has signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with Calico Food Ingredients to test plant-based Omega products, H2Omega and HempOmega, developed by Boreal Technologies. HempOmega and H2Omega are patent pending, powder and ...
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US-based Nu-Tek Food Science has launched its first sodium-reduction product for the consumer market - Salt for Life Sea Salt Blend with 70% Less Sodium. The new product, which is a replacement for regular salt, will soon be available at ...
US-based Michael Foods has announced plans to shut down an egg processing facility in Winona County, Minnesota in about six months, a move which will lead to 40 job losses. The company gained ownership of the facility through its ...
Royal DSM, a life sciences and materials sciences firm based in the Netherlands, c, a New Zealand based producer of nutritional products for both human and animal markets, for an undisclosed amount. Unitech, established in 1970, is ...
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is set to evaluate the use of phytosterol esters in margarines, for cooking and baking purposes. According to the FSA, Unilever has applied to the agency to market phytosterol esters as a novel food ...
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With as many as 1 in 10 Australian infants suffering from a food allergy, Food Allergy Week is an annual national campaign by Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AA) that helps promote and develop the awareness of food allergy and ...
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