You thought you were making an informed health choice by using extra-virgin olive oil in place of cheaper, low-quality cooking oils, right? You probably never thought that a tiny, expensive bottle of EVOO might be cut with crap or doctored ...
Tags: Coconut Oil, Red Palm Oil, Food, Health, Olive Oil
Premier Foods’ tie-up with AAK, the fats and oils supplier, will double AAK’s volume sales to the branded foods manufacturer and could strengthen collaboration on areas including shelf-life and fat reduction. Premier Foods ...
Tags: AAK, deal, double, Premier Foods
Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. has opened its second world-scale biorefinery in Natchez, Mississipp, in order to expand production of its Inherent renewable building blocks in 2016. The decision is based on the successful start-up and ...
Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., a high-growth specialty chemicals company, announced that it has authorized the next significant stage of its second world-scale biorefinery in Natchez, Miss., in order to expand production of its Inherent ...
Tags: Natchez Biorefinery, Chemicals
Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., a high-growth specialty chemicals company, announced that it has authorized the next significant stage of its second world-scale biorefinery in Natchez, Miss., in order to expand production of its Inherent ...
Tags: Biorefinery, Elevance
As gold sponsor of the 2nd Palm Oil Africa conference, leading global agri-business, Olam International, is pleased to announce that its keynote address will focus on best practices in oil palm plantation development, bringing to bear its ...
A companywide campaign to curb emissions, reduce energy use and decrease water consumption is showing early results at Archer Daniels Midland Company, according to the company’s newly released Corporate Responsibility report. ...
Tags: water consumption, ADM
Biodiesel has faced a backlash in recent years, as critics charge the industry with razing land and pushing up food costs. But as its competitors struggle, one Hong Kong-based company is moving ahead with a US$165 million plant that turns ...
Tags: Biodiesel Plant, Energy
Carlsbad, Calif.-based Verdezyne, a developer of renewable nylon fiber and biobased chemicals, has been granted BioNexus status by Malaysian Biotechnology Corp. (BiotechCorp), Malaysia's primary biobased industry development agency. ...
Tags: Textile, nylon fiber
British food company Symington's has received K series heat exchangers from HRS Heat Exchangers for its £15m noodle factory in Leeds, UK. The move is on the lines of food manufacturer's decision to move its production base from ...
Tags: Heat Exchangers, Noodle Factory
Deforestation, fuelled by the demand for palm oil has raised concerns in consumers' minds. Naturex offers manufacturers a sustainable option when it comes to formulating personal care products without palm oil. Naturex is committed to ...
Tags: Palm Oil, Light Industry, Daily Use
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,16 commodities increased in prices, 26 fell and 58 remained unchanged on 05/09/2013.The largest rises were SBR (1.21%),Styrene (1.05%),LLDPE (0.80%),while the largest falls ...
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Gevo, Inc. announced that Greg Roda has joined the company as Chief Commercial Officer. In this role, Roda will be responsible for all business development activities for the Company. "Greg's background is ideally suited to leading ...
Tags: Bio-Industry, Gevo
The Thai government raised the reference price of biodiesel by Baht 1.22/liter from Friday to Baht 29.05/liter Monday, the fifth price change in a month, due to weaker local currency rates and higher methanol prices. A spokeswoman for the ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, methanol
US-based Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is set to showcase its new ingredients portfolio at the Food Ingredients Europe 2013 event scheduled to be held from 19-21 November. The company will feature new products across a range of categories ...
Tags: Food Ingredients, Food