South African food firm RCL Foods will acquire 33.5% stake in poultry producer Hudani Manji Holdings (HMH) in a $4.66m deal as part of an agreement between both the companies. The acquisition will allow the company to make its entry into ...
Tags: RCL Foods, food products, edible products, grain
Food ingredients company Bunge North America (BNA) has decided to shut down its oil packaging unit in Bradley, Illinois, in the US. The closure will take place in 18 to 24 months. Besides, operations at the administrative building, ...
According to the monitoring of MOFCOM, the prices of farm produce in 36 large and medium-sized cities continued to fall, and prices of production means in circulation stopped falling and picked up last week (April 27-March 3). Last week, ...
Tags: farm produce, vegetable market
Specialty chemicals producer Clariant is opening a new desiccant manufacturing plant at its facility in Zhengjiang, China. The new facility will produce Clariant's line of Container Dri II products alongside a full range of desiccant ...
Aseptia has launched an innovative food preservation technology for food processing companies that claims to preserve food's natural flavour, nutrients, and aroma, in addition to expanded shelf life. Developed after years of research and ...
Yes! This is a new way from British KFC! To fill coffee with sweet and edible cup. This may sound a little strange, but it is a very interesting IDEA. Now, we can imagine a time of crisis, swallow the cup! This cup named Scoff-ee Cup! It ...
Tags: Packaging, Coffee Cup
In a major sustainability initiative, American fast-food giant KFC will soon serve coffee in edible cups at select stores in the UK. KFC's new edible cups dubbed, the "Scoff-ee Cup" are a result of collaboration with London-based The ...
Tags: Edible Cups, Packaging
Peru, Belarus and Taiwan have imposed a temporary ban on beef product imports from Canada, over the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) outbreak. Earlier this month, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the presence of ...
Tags: Beef Products, beef exports
Specialty food producers Flowerdale Farm have launched new summer varieties of edible flowers in Australia. Flowerdale Farm is an Australian-owned family business with a focus on providing specialty produce. It currently supplies over 150 ...
Tags: Petite Vegetables, Edible Flowers, Salad Greens, Agriculture
Collection features a number of kits for 2015, including the Scentos Scented Activity Set, Funny Face Markers and more. Tobar has secured the European distribution rights for the new scented stationary range, Scentos. Billed as ...
Researchers at the University of the Basque Country in Spain are in the process of developing a new packaging technology using recycled crustacean shells that will help extend the shelf-life of fresh vegetables. According to the ...
Cargill India is set to commence production at its INR5bn ($78.8m) maize milling unit in Karnataka in June 2015. The plant, which is said to be the company's first maize unit in India, will be capable of processing around 800 tonnes of ...
Tags: bakery, confectionery, snacks, beverage, Agriculture
Saudi Arabia-based food producing firm Savola Group has agreed to sell its packaging unit Savola Packaging group to Takween for $242.46m (910m Saudi Riyals). The complete purchase price will be financed through a syndicate of Saudi banks, ...
Tags: plastic containers, barrels, bottles, covers, Agriculture
One of Saudi Arabia’s largest food producing firms Savola Group has entered the final round of negotiations with Takween Advanced Industries for the sale of its packaging unit, Takween. Savola had announced the signing of a ...
Tags: food, retailing, Agriculture
Agri-business company Olam International has agreed to acquire US peanut sheller McCleskey Mills, in a $176m deal. The acquisition is in line with Olam's strategy to invest in specific products, including edible nuts. McCleskey is ...
Tags: edible nuts, peanut sheller, Agriculture