US cereal giant Kellogg has expanded its Special K cereal range to include two additional products. Special K Pop Corn Chips and Special K Pastry Crisps are targeted at the female market, Kellogg said, with a focus on women looking to ...
Tags: Kellogg, cereal, corn chips, pastry crisps, dieting, butter, snack
NineSigma,an open innovation services provider,has announced that it is partnering with Scientists Without Borders-a web-based collaborative community,to find more sustainable packaging for micronutrient powders(MNPs). Other partners in ...
Tags: MNPs, collaborative community, packaging
Cattle on the Schilke Ranch in northwestern North Dakota, located on Bakken Shale. Photo: Jacki Schilke In a Brooklyn winery on a sultry July evening, an elegant crowd sips rosé and nibbles trout plucked from the gin-clear streams ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Unless there is some big action by conservatives to repeal Bush administration legislation that requires more efficient lighting, many old incandescent bulbs (or lamps) will become unavailable over the next few years. This will leave most ...
Tags: LED Light, Energy Saving Lamp
Nestle has sold its Australian ice cream business Peters to private-equity firm Pacific Equity Partners for an undisclosed sum. The sale, which includes Nestle's Mulgrave factory, will also comprise sub-brands such as Original, Light & ...
This week's clutch of featured industry research from the just-food store highlights consumer and innovation trends in chocolate, the global packaging industry and consumer trends in the Italian ice cream market. CHOCOLATE Consumer and ...
The Scottish government is to create a food standards watchdog for the country. The new body will oversee issues including food safety, nutrition and labelling in Scotland. It follows changes to the remit of the UK's Food Standards ...
Tags: food standards, food safety, food nutrition, food labelling
French food company Danone has increased its stake in Morocco's leading dairy company Centrale Laitière to 67%with an investment of€550m,as a part of its plan to strengthen its presence in North Africa. Danone,which held a ...
Tags: stake, markets, baby food, medical nutrition products
The Scottish government has announced its plans to create a stand-alone food standards agency for the region,which will cover food safety,standards,nutrition,labelling and meat inspection. This decision comes two years after the ...
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Israel-based Oplon has partnered with American packaging company Reynolds Group to create antimicrobial coatings for packaging which could extend shelf life of food products by months.The coating is expected to be commercially available ...
Skjodt-Barrett Contract Packaging is planning to boost production at its facility in Indiana,Lebanon,in order to address the increased demand for its food products. Skjodt-Barrett produces organic and non-organic baby food,fruit snacks ...
Swedish-Danish cooperative Arla Foods and China's baby food maker Biostime International have entered into ten-year financing and supply agreement. Under the agreement,the two companies will co-invest a total of DKK163m($27.55m)to expand ...
Tags: financing, agreement, baby food, production capacity
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization(FAO)has announced a$3m project to improve food security and nutrition in Egypt. The project is being financed by the government of Italy.It aims to improve food and nutrition security ...
Tags: FAO, food security, nutrition
A swathe of results releases this week highlighted the ongoing difficulties of operating in the current economic climate. Supervalu announced that it is cutting 2,500 jobs from its Albertsons chain and McCain said that it is quitting pizza ...
Tags: Supervalu, cutting jobs, meat, food, packaged foods
This week's research round-up includes a clutch of reports looking at the global market for spices and seasonings and the future of the pasta and noodles market in Italy. SEASONINGS Spices and Seasonings This report analyzes the ...
Tags: spices, seasonings, global market