Mondelēz International, a US-based food and beverage firm, is geared up to invest around £75m in its Cadbury plant in Bournville, Birmingham. The investment will be used to upgrade equipment at the facility over the next three ...
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Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co. Limited (MG) today announced that as a result of Saputo Inc (Saputo) acquiring a controlling interest in Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Company Holdings Limited (WCB), it intends to seek the consent ...
Dairy Facts 2013, provides a comprehensive overview of 2012 sales, consumption and production data for the dairy foods industry. With more than 100 pages of industry facts and figures, the booklet offers an excellent summary of the overall ...
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Wisconsin farmers didn’t have their best year ever in 2013, but they didn’t miss it by much. “They earned about $3.75 billion in total net farm income, $600 million more than in 2012 and just short of the record of $3.8 ...
Tetra Pak, a Switzerland-based provider of food processing and packaging solutions, has introduced a latest version of Tetra Therm Aseptic Flex. The Tetra Therm Aseptic Flex is an aseptic processing unit for indirect UHT treatment of ...
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Robotics address the need for speed for product placement into packaging. Bosch Packaging TechnologyEnergy and raw materials are becoming more expensive, and consumers want to do more for the environment. This is forcing manufacturers of ...
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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures Mar. corn closed at $4.25, up 1 cent Mar. soybeans closed at $12.80 and 1/2, down 36 cents Mar. soybean meal closed at $416.50, down $18.00 Mar. soybean oil closed at 38.10, up 36 points Mar. ...
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January 22, 2014 Sophie Langley New flavours and 'low calorie' chocolate set to become trends in US chocolate industry Innovation of new products in dark chocolate and milk chocolate wage not switch new flavours and low-calories options ...
Tags: Chocolate, market growth, Lucintel, health supplements
ONTARIO, Calif., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Stemvida International Corp. in California recalled its StemAlive 90 capsules because they contain undeclared milk, company officials say. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk run the ...
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Back in the Middle Ages, Central Europeans were already capable of digesting milk, yoghurt and cheese just as well as us today. Researchers at the University of Zurich's Centre for Evolutionary Medicine have discovered that the population ...
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Fonterra, a New Zealand-based dairy co-operative, has raised around NZD250m ($207m), under a five-year dim sum bond issue, in a move to develop its business in China. The dim sum bonds have been issued as part of Fonterra Treasury's ...
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The Abraaj Group, a UAE-based private equity investor, has entered into an agreement to acquire majority stake in Turkish dairy firm Yorsan Group, alongside the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Yorsan Group is a ...
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ARC Capital Holdings, an investment firm, has signed a definitive agreement with Prospect Link for the sale of its entire stake in Ningxia Xiajin Dairy for $30m. Ningxia Xiajin Dairy, which is a China-based establishment, produces milk ...
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Russian consumer protection watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has lifted ban on Lithuanian dairy product imports into the country. As part of the gradual abolition of import restrictions, Rospotrebnadzor has canceled restrictions on Rokiskio ...
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New South Wales-based dairy company Bega Cheese Limited (Bega) has announced its intention to sell its 18.8 per cent shareholding in Warrnambool Cheese and Butter (WCB) to Canadian dairy company Saputo. The move makes a Saputo takeover of ...
Tags: interest grows, Sell WCB Shares