Chocolate and cocoa products manufacturer Barry Callebaut has agreed to purchase the ingredients division of Gertrude Hawk Chocolates. This acquisition will strategically expand Barry Callebaut’s Specialties & Decorations business, ...
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French yeast maker Lesaffre has acquired two companies to expand its presence in sourdoughs and baking ingredients market in Western Europe. The acquisitions include LFI Tollblend in United Kingdom and Tecno Bakery in Spain. Lesaffre ...
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Robertet, a major player in natural ingredients market, has completed the acquisition of Bionov. BIONOV is a major global producer of superoxide dismutase (SOD) natural. This investment enables the Group to increase ROBERTET supply its ...
Spanish Ebro Foods has acquired a controlling stake in flour producer and retailer Santa Rita Harinas for €4.8m ($5.34m). In a statement to Spain’s National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), Ebro said that it has bought 52% ...
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The Irish Dairy Board (IDB) has inaugurated a new $12m cheese manufacturing plant at its Thiel Cheese & Ingredients (Thiel) operations in Wisconsin. The new facility, which marks the completion of an $80m expansion project in its US Food ...
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UBM Live, the organisers of Fi Europe, have partnered with RESTEC to announce the launch of Food ingredients Russia , to be held 27-29 April 2015 , in Moscow. Russia currently imports 98.3% of its food ingredients for food production, ...
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US-based Universal Corporation will establish a new subsidiary, Carolina Innovative Food Ingredients, marking its foray into fruit and vegetable food ingredients market. The new unit will engage in the development of food grade dehydrated ...
Arla Foods Ingredients has revealed plans to invest EUR120m (US$160.1m) in the establishment of a lactose manufacturing facility in Denmark. The plant will be constructed next to the firm's existing main protein factory in Jutland, and ...
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This week's clutch of featured industry research from the just-food store highlights global food retail, functional food and beverages and baking ingredients in China. Growth Opportunities in Sports Nutrition This report details the ...
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Associated British Foods today (10 September) revealed it had taken an impairment charge of A$150m (US$155m) on its Australian meat business as it battles "difficult" trading conditions in the market. The UK-listed group announced the ...
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The latest batch of reports from the just-food research store includes a look at the baking ingredients market in Australia, global food and grocery retailing and consumer trends in speciality rice. INGREDIENTS Baking ingredients market ...
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FMC, a US-based chemical company has entered into an agreement to acquire Pectine Italia, an Italy-based producer of pectin for the food ingredients industry, for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition will mark FMC's foray into the ...
Tags: Italy-based producer, food ingredients industry, chemical company