Unilever has sued Hampton Creek, a start-up food company that is developing animal-free alternatives to industrialised foods over the definition of mayonnaise. The lawsuit was filed in Newark, NJ, in a federal court on October 31, ...
Tags: mayonnaise, false advertising, Agriculture
Pie Five Pizza has expanded its product range with the introduction of new Cheddar Bacon Pie-Tato. The Cheddar Bacon Pie-tato is a combination of mozzarella and cheddar cheeses, smoky bacon and oven-roasted red skin potatoes on a freshly ...
BKT introduced the Ridemax FL 693 M, a radial tire for those who frequently travel on the road with trailers or tank trucks. Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (BKT) and its Italian distributor Univergomma unveiled two tires and showcased ...
UK-based plastic pallets supplier Goplasticpallets.com has launched the GoBox 1210 BBE, a grocery box that helps in keeping fruits and vegetables fresh for a long time. These new perforated, rigid plastic pallets are said to be ...
Tags: GoBox 1210 BBE, grocery box, Agriculture
Plastics and packaging company DS Smith’s Plastics Division has added a new fold-flat plastics container, Duca-Pak, to its Uni-Pak family which produces durable, foldable containers. These plastic containers recently won the ...
China and Australia have signed a free trade agreement which intends to scrap tariffs on products such as dairy, beef, seafood, wine, fruit and vegetables. With this deal, the Australian farmers will get a tariff-free access to the ...
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UK-based corrugated retail and shelf-ready packaging manufacturer TRM Packaging, along with the Flint Group, has opened a new colour lab. The installation and investment on the colour lab is a part of the five-year partnership of the two ...
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Illinois-based KapStone Paper and Packaging will spend about $115m at its Cooper River site to modernise three papermaking machines and to make other improvements for increasing the capacity and efficiency. In a statement released on ...
Tags: papermaking machines, Agriculture
Although US cotton exports started slowly compared to recent years, they are on track to reach the forecast of 10 million bales for 2014/15 cotton season, the Foreign Agricultural Service of the United States Department of Agriculture ...
The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has been asked by the Indian Government to procure more cotton at minimum support price (MSP) by opening new procurement centres. At a meeting held in New Delhi, Union Agriculture Minister Radha ...
The CIF Bremen Cotton Index remained overall firm and business stayed stable in the current week. “Cotton contracts were mainly focused on long and extra-long staple range and prompt delivery up to the end of the current ...
Tags: CIF Bremen Cotton Index, Cotton contracts, Agriculture
Bosch Packaging Technology’s two-in-one biscuit packaging system has been given the German Packaging Award (Deutscher Verpackungspreis) in the packaging machines category. The new packaging system enables switch from slug to pile ...
Tags: Bosch Packaging Technology, biscuit packaging system, Agriculture
Germany-based RPC Bramlage has introduced a range of high quality in-mould label (IML) standard containers and lids for spreads and yellow fats. The company has developed these containers to meet the increasing market demand for ...
Tags: in-mould label(IML)standard containers, high quality decoration
Pilgrim's, a operator of chicken processing plants and prepared-foods facilities, has reported net income for the third quarter of $256m, compared to $160.9m for the year-ago quarter. Net sales for the third quarter rose to $2.27bn from ...
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MamaMancini's, a manufacturer and marketer of specialty pre-prepared, frozen and refrigerated "all natural" food products (as defined by the United States Department of Agriculture), announced today that, effective October 24, 2014, Matthew ...
Tags: MamaMancini's, Food, Matthew Brown