It's the time of the year when we look back at the 12 months just past to see what was getting you clicking on just-food. The ten most-read news stories of 2012 include UK grocers signing a code of conduct on promos and Tesco announcing it ...
UK food manufacturer Isabel's Cuisine is to extend its range of gluten-free products with the launch of a bakery pre-mix line. The company said it is hoping to strengthen its share of the gluten-free market with the launch, which ...
Tags: Gluten Free Line, bakery pre mix line, Agriculture Food
Arca buys US firm Wise and Ecuador's Inalesca Mexican firm already owns domestic snacks business Arca also number two Coke bottler in Latin America Mexican food and drink group Arca Continental has bolstered its snacks business with ...
Tags: Snack, Agriculture Food, Wise Foods
Looking behind the headlines is just-food's signature dish and this year we looked at the major stories in-depth, including the possible suitors for United Biscuits' salty snacks business; the work ahead for China's Bright Food after it ...
Tags: Agriculture Food, Just Food, Bright Food, Kraft Foods
Thai researchers claim to have developed an electronic nose,which can enable the local food industry to standardize smell. To develop the new device known as NanoNos,the researchers at NANOTEC,King Mongkut's Institute of Technology ...
US-based 3M Food Safety has announced that its Listeria detection system, 3M Tecra Listeria Visual Immunoassay (VIA), has received validation from the AOAC Research Institute's Performance Tested Methods Program (AOAC-PTM). 3M noted that ...
Tags: detection system, 3M Food Safety, food and beverage industries
Chinese state-owned Bright Food has completed the acquisition of 60%stake in British breakfast cereal company Weetabix from its private equity owner Lion Capital,in a £720m deal. The remaining is held by Lion Capital and the ...
Tags: stake, international markets, Bright Food
Indian conglomerate ITC is planning to set up a food processing plant in the upcoming mega food park in Murshidabad district,West Bengal. The company is in negotiations to purchase a five-acre land in the food park,which is promoted by ...
Tags: ITC, noodles, cigarettes, revenue
BASF’s Dialog Forum Nano is presenting its final report for the dialog phase 2011/2012 today, November 22, in Berlin. The aim of the regular dialog with representatives from research institutes, labor unions, commerce, industry, ...
Tags: BASF, The Topic of Nanotechnology
Tesco announced a£16M(€20M)contract with the Irish Dairy Board(IDB)last week(November 14)to supply Irish butter to Tesco stores throughout Europe. The butter will be produced in Ireland,packaged in Germany and supplied to Tesco ...
Tags: IDB, Tesco, Irish Dairy Board
Irish co-op The Irish Dairy Board is to supply own-label butter to Tesco stores in four markets in central and eastern Europe. The IDB said the EUR20m(US$25.6m)deal will see it produce private-label products for Tesco in the Czech ...
Tags: Tesco, butter, IDB, dairy production
The Minister for Agriculture,Food and the Marine,Simon Coveney T.D.has announced the creation of 100 jobs as a result of on-going innovation,growth and investment at Kepak's Consumer Food facility in Watergrasshill,Co Cork.This expansion is ...
Tags: Kepak, Cork production facility, jobs, food
SingBridge,a Singapore-based developer of large-scale projects in Asia,has signed an agreement to establish food processing facilities in the food zone in Jilin province,China. As a part of the agreement,SingBridge will set up ...
Tags: food processing facilities, agreement, commercial deals
Indian conglomerate ITC plans to invest INR5bn ($90.43m) to set up an integrated food and logistics hub in Howrah, West Bengal. The hub, which will be located on a 57-acre land, will serve West Bengal as well as the neighboring states. ...
Tags: integrated food and logistics hub, personal care, agriculture, food, dairy