The rise of obesity levels has led to a huge boost in the number of people dieting in the UK. In turn, this has caused needless emotional distress, guilt and low self-esteem for people that ‘break’ their diets with snacking, ...
Tags: Diet Highlights Problems, Food Consumption, Agriculture
French dairy producer Lactalis International has offered to buy the Egypt-based dairy firm Arab Dairy for LE66 ($9.20) per share. This new offer marks the highest price for share compared to the other potential buyers including Saudi ...
Tags: Arab Dairy, Acquisition Offer, Agriculture
Pre-packaged sushi provider Fuji Food Products will open a new production plant in South Elgin, Illinois, as well as expand its presence in Midwestern US. The new 40,000ft2 plant is expected to become fully operational in December ...
Finnish food company Raisio Group has acquired the Benecol business in the UK, Ireland and Belgium from Cilag, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Owned by Raisio Group, the Benecol brands' license to sell and market the products was given ...
New UK drinks brand, Simplee Aloe, is hoping to get Brits hooked on the health benefits of aloe vera through the launch of its first aloe vera drink in Whole Foods Market and Sainsbury's stores across the UK. Simplee Aloe founders, Alex ...
Tags: Aloe Vera Drink, Agriculture
To begin the holiday season, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials toured the Atlanta Community Food Bank (ACFB) and met with staff to discuss the importance of food waste reduction as part of the agency’s Food Recovery ...
Tags: Food Bank, food waste reduction, Agriculture
Convenience food producer Amy’s Kitchen is planning to expand production capacity by acquiring Heinz's former site in Pocatello, Idaho. The move in the wake of double-digit growth registered by the company in the past year. The ...
Tags: Convenience food, Amy's Kitchen, Agriculture
Rice producer Best Foods is planning to invest INR750m ($12.2m) in expanding its retail presence to cater to the increasing consumer demand for grains. The move is said to form a part of the company's strategy to generate around INR50bn ...
Tags: Rice producer, grains, Agriculture
Golden Peanut Company, a subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland, has acquired processing facilities and certain assets of pecan processor Harrell Nut Company. The move comes in response to the growing demand for healthier, more ...
Tags: pecans, Golden Peanut, Agriculture
The acquisition of US Foods by food distributor Sysco is not likely to happen in the current year as expected and its talks to secure an approval from antitrust regulators are still going on. In December 2013, Sysco announced that it ...
Tags: food distributor, Federal Trade Commission, Agriculture
British frozen food firm Fullers Foods has partnered with retail major Marks & Spencer to revamp its potato accompaniments range. The move is in line with Marks & Spencer's strategy to expand its food range. A £12.5 contract to ...
Tags: frozen food, Marks&Spencer, Agriculture
Wei Ying-chung, a major stakeholder of Ting Hsin International Group, and four other executives were indicted by prosecutors in Taiwan for selling cooking oil that was contaminated with animal feed. If convicted, Ying-chung will face ...
Tags: cooking oil, animal feed, Agriculture
Mondelez International, the maker of Oreo biscuits and Cadbury's chocolate, posted a 11% decline in earnings in the third-quarter of fiscal 2014 compared to the same period a year ago, as a result of weaker revenues and higher expenses. ...
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved the commercial planting of a potato that has been genetically engineered to reduce the amounts of a potentially harmful ingredient in French fries and potato chips. The move comes in ...
Tags: genetically engineered potato, acrylamide, Agriculture
Hawaii-based Kulana Foods Ltd. is voluntarily recalling its cooked pork products owing to misbranding and an undeclared allergen. The company noted that approximately 4,465 pounds of frozen, fully cooked pork products have been recalled ...
Tags: cooked pork products, undeclared allergen, Agriculture