Swiss food company Nestle is planning to acquire the remaining stake of 36.3% in Israel-based food manufacturer Osem for $840m. Nestle had originally invested in Osem around two decades ago, when it had taken 63.7% stake in the company, ...
US-based agricultural and food company Cargill has opened a $100m modern wet corn milling facility in Devagere in Karnataka state of India. The corn facility is spread over a sprawling 44.5 acres of land with a daily milling capacity of ...
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Dunnes Stores has plans to acquire two meat wholesaling businesses -- Whelan Food & Meat Processors and Tipperary Sustainable Food Company - in Ireland. This moves comes after Dunnes Stores recently bought Café Sol chain of ...
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Indian food regulatory authority, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, is likely to do away with approvals for food products if the ingredients used in them have received clearance before itself and are declared safe. This ...
Online retailer Snapdeal has landed in trouble for allegedly selling Maggi Noodles online during the period of its ban across five Indian states. A first information report (FIR) was filed by a Jaipur-based lawyer against Snapdeal CEO ...
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The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has established Great British Food Unit intended to boost exports and create 5,000 jobs in food and drinks manufacturing sectors. The partnership between the sector ...
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US-based food company General Mills is launching a new breakfast cereal in collaboration with Warner Bros. inspired by comic superheroes Batman and Superman. The new breakfast cereals, Batman Chocolate Strawberry and Superman Caramel ...
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Ten defendants representing the Shanghai and Hebei branches of Husi Food Company, a former supplier to McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut, have stood trial on charges of producing and selling shoddy products. The ten people and the two ...
Tags: Fast Food Chain, Meat Scandal
Swiss food company Nestle has committed to use only cage-free eggs for its US food products by 2020. With this decision, the packaged food company has joined companies like Kellogg, McDonalds, Subway and Dunkin' Donuts, who have already ...
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Nestle India is planning to launch more variants of Maggi Noodles such as oat noodles and cup noodles in the next three-four months time. Nestle India CMD Suresh Narayanan was quoted by the Economic Times as saying: "We will launch other ...
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Glastonbury-based Indigo Herbs has rebranded its health and nutrition range while retaining the company’s core commitments of providing affordable, pure organic and raw products. The restructure includes streamlining of over 500 ...
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Finland-based food company Raisio is in the process of streamlining its UK cereal and snack business in order to focus on manufacturing more consumer-oriented product range. In this regard, the company has completed consultation ...
Nestle Zimbabwe has commissioned a milk powder plant following its $8m renovation in order to increase production capacity. The refurbishment has enhanced the plant's capacity from 900kg to 1,600kg for creamer and from 900kg to 1,500kg ...
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Publicly-listed organic infant food producer Bellamy’s has entered into a multi-million dollar agreement with dairy producer Fonterra. The strategic agreement has been made for five years and Fonterra Oceania Managing Director ...
Tags: cheese, whey, nutritionals
A sugar alternative made from the fruit juice of a small melon has helped one Australian manufacturer create a unique new range of chocolate. Created by Australian health food company Healthy Warrior under The Chocolate Counter brand, the ...