US-based Hain Celestial has acquired of Ella's Kitchen, a manufacturer and distributor of organic baby food, for an undisclosed amount. The company has also formed a Global Infant, Toddler & Kids Division under Hain Celestial US. Ella's ...
Tags: Hain Celestial, Ella's Kitchen
Mexico's competition watchdog Cofeco has said that it has accepted a proposal by Nestlé to sell Pfizer’s baby food business in Mexico, in order to ensure that Pfizer's formula brands remain as an independent and viable ...
Bisphenol A (BPA) is used in food packaging such as tins, bottles (including baby bottles until recently), and boxes as well as in dental fillings. Its use has been a concern among food and health officials and governments for several ...
Tags: BPA, Packaging, Printing, food packaging
Swiss-based Beech-Nut Nutrition and US-based Goya Foods have collaborated to launch a new range of Hispanic flavored baby foods in US. The new range includes wheat, corn, oatmeal/bananas and rice/mango cereals, Stage 1 beef and chicken ...
Tags: Beech-Nut, Goya, Hispanic Flavored Baby Food
Some do. Because most breast milk does not contain much vitamin D, the American Academy of Pediatrics says breast-fed infants should get 400 IU daily from supplement drops. Our new Ratings of vitamin D supplements included four children's ...
Nearly 70% of commercial pre-packaged meals and savoury snacks for toddlers in the US have high levels of sodium, which may present long-term health risks, according to a new study. The study was led by Joyce Maalouf, a researcher at the ...
Tags: pre-packaged meals, baby food, toddler food
The Eindhoven-based firm said it has developed the pack for semi-liquid food and it is designed for the on-the-go baby food market. The pack includes a milk powder dispenser, spring water and a ‘baby nipple’. In a statement, ...
Tags: self heating packaging, packaging, Dutch
There are three hot topics in the packaging world. The first one is the dispensing cap, which we find mainly on top of a water bottle for inserting a certain dose of vitamins. It is a packaging format which over the last years attracted ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Self-Heating Packaging
Starting Out Right From the time we start preparing a room for a new baby, we are making choices about the child's environment. Many people get ready for a new child by painting, papering, and carpeting a baby's room with conventional ...
Canadian retailer Loblaw has added lines of "healthier" foods to its flagship own label President's Choice. Loblaw has launched products including cereal, yoghurt and side dishes into the range. "Research shows that eighty-five percent ...
Tags: retailer, Loblaw, healthier foods
American food company Heinz has added new breakfast cereal sachets range to its baby food line in the UK. The range includes two varieties - Creamy Oat Porridge and Sunrise Banana. Designed for toddlers aged four months and above, each ...
Heinz has added to its baby food line in the UK with the launch of a range of breakfast cereal sachets. The dry cereal, designed for babies ages four months plus, is available in two variants: Creamy Oat Porridge and Sunrise Banana. The ...
Tags: Heinz, baby food, breakfast cereal
Mead Johnson has booked an increase in full-year earnings, as sales from Asia and Latin America offset declines in Europe and North America. The company said yesterday (1 February) its 2012 net earnings totalled US$604.5m, or $2.95 per ...
Tags: baby formula maker, sales, baby food
SunOpta, a Canada-based organic, specialty and natural health products manufacturer, is set to add additional filling lines at its Allentown, Pennsylvania facility in the US, as part of its strategy to expand flexible re-sealable pouch ...
Tags: SunOpta, natural health products, tomato products, baby food
Canadian food company SunOpta is all set to add additional filling lines at its Allentown, Pennsylvania facility in the US, in a bid to expand its flexible re-sealable pouch processing and packaging capabilities. The addition of new ...
Tags: pouch filling lines, food company, packaging capabilities