The UK Food Standards Agency's (FSA's) expert Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes is considering an application from Swiss firm Dow Wolff Cellulosics for approval to market a carbohydrate derivative, known as methylcellulose, as ...
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South African food company Tiger Brands has agreed to acquire 63.4% stake in Dangote Flour Mills, a leading manufacturer of pasta and flour in Nigeria, from Dangote Industries. Tiger Brands announced in May 2012 that it was holding ...
Dhara,the leading edible oil brand in India,has launched Dhara Health Refined Sunflower Oil which features low-absorb technology. According to Mother Dairy,which owns Dhara brand,the use of new Dhara Health can ensure up to 21.8%low oil ...
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UK-based Ohyo, the makers of Aquatina, the collapsible pocket drinks bottle, have launched its successor Ohyo. Designed and made in Britain, the collapsible bottle was created using toxin-free plastic, as a reusable and safer alternative ...
Tags: Collapsabottle, toxin-free plastic, disposable plastic bottles
Good Time Beverages in the US has announced that its cocktails which come in a portable, earth-friendly and re-sealable pouches are set to expand in Texas, US. According to the company, the full-proof, ready to drink cocktails packaged in ...
Tags: Cocktails, patent-pending pouches, re-sealable pouches
UK-based cider giant Westons has acquired World Brands Australia (WBA), an Australian drinks distributor, as part of further expansion of its international business. For several years Westons has had business relationship with WBA that ...
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MADE Drinks Company in the US has unveiled a new label for Green Tea drinks, as part of its sustainable initiative. The new label will promote the ingredient of the drink and MADE still has the combination of organic fruit juices and ...
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US-based PPI Technologies, the global provider of stand up pouch and tray sealing machinery has announced the new alternative packaging for liquid beverages. It involves pouch packaging, which is said to be one of the most affordable ...
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There's been a lot of buzz lately about the safety of energy drinks and shots. Following reports of harmful reactions and even deaths possibly associated with the products, two U.S. senators recently released a letter from the FDA stating ...
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US-based injection machine supplier Kortec has developed a manufacturing cell for producing multi-layer thin wall food containers. The system can produce parts at a rate higher than 200 million parts annually at a cycle time of 7.5 ...
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Socializing around food and mealtimes is very important to the Chinese. Much of Chinese family life revolves around the dinner table. Traditionally, Chinese believed it was impolite to talk too much while eating. A good meal was regarded as ...
Soft drinks firm Britvic has reported a near 20%fall in profits,after an Essex boy choked on a newly designed lid of a Fruit Shoot bottle,forcing a£17M product recall. The firm reported profits of£84.4M for the year to ...
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A pint glass celebrating the "warmth and wit" of Scottish people has been created to mark St Andrew's Day. The Tennents glass is decorated with 36 phrases picked by customers to reflect unique Scottish banter, with sayings such as "out on ...
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The Zang ethnic minority (also known as Tibetan) mainly live in the Tibetan Autonomous Region on the Tibetan Plateau£¬with some groupings in Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces. The national census of 2000 showed that the ...
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The Uygur ethnic minority, with a population of 8,399,393 according to the national census in 2000, lives mainly in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regions, especially to the south of Mt. Tianshan. The Uygur have their own language and ...
Tags: The Uygur Nationality, Belief, Economy, Food