Freedom Foods has reported a Net profit of $55.2 million for the first half of the 2015 financial year. However, the Net Profit figure was boosted by the inclusion of a post-tax fair value gain of $52.2 million from the gain on ...
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Hershey is planning to reformulate its products by using simple and easy-to-understand ingredients. This forms a part of the company's strategy to responsibly source ingredients it uses in its product range. The company will use ...
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Nut spreads brand Kraft nuts has launched a new range of eight products in Australia, including a crunchy hazelnut spread and the brand’s first ‘natural’ peanut butter. The new Kraft Nuts alternative nuts range ...
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Vegemite is overwhelming more popular among Australian consumers born in Australia than overseas-born Australians, although New Zealanders are partial to it too, according to findings about Australia’s favourite spreads from market ...
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St. Louis-based Post Holdings has posted results for the first quarter of 2015, recording net sales of $1,073.9m, an increase by 261.6%, compared to the previous year. Gross profit of the company increased $134.6m to $249.1m for the first ...
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Pip & Nut has launched its nutty butters to Selfridges, Partridges and a raft of deli and health foods stores across the UK. From a range of three, Peanut Butter, Almond Butter and Coconut Almond Butter, the nut butters are designed to be ...
Tags: Peanut Butter, sea salt, Agriculture
Specialty food producers Flowerdale Farm have launched new summer varieties of edible flowers in Australia. Flowerdale Farm is an Australian-owned family business with a focus on providing specialty produce. It currently supplies over 150 ...
Tags: Petite Vegetables, Edible Flowers, Salad Greens, Agriculture
The UK syrups and spreads market is dominated by jam and honey spreads. However, chocolate spreads are expected to gather pace, growing by 35 per cent up to 2018, according to findings from market research organisation Canadean. Honey ...
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Eating walnuts may improve performance on cognitive function tests, including those for memory, concentration and information processing speed according to new research from the David Geffen School of Medicine at The University of ...
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Australia’s oldest chocolate business, the iconic Ernest Hillier has been placed into voluntary administration, and a meeting with creditors will take place on Tuesday 20 January 2014. Hillier’s administrator, Bruno Secatore ...
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Recently, a very interesting life tools on Kickstarter the raise success, beyond the target of $4500, won a $11441 funding! This little gadget attracts many eyeballs collect a variety of commonly used tools for a suit, with light and lovely ...
An Apple supplier has just unveiled a purportedly ‘unbreakable’ smartphone display made from sapphire. Desay, a Chinese firm that currently supplies batteries for Apple, has showed off its ‘Magical Mirror X5’ ...
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Hawaiian Host, US-based producers of Hawaiian chocolate covered macadamia nuts, has agreed to acquire Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut from The Hershey Company. An agreement to this effect was signed by Hawaiian Host and Hershey, reports ...
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Melbourne-based snack manufacturer Funch has launched a range of snack food pre-mixes in Australia, which it says is part of the “next generation of snack foods” that appeal to consumers wanting to eat healthily. The ...
Tags: Snack Foods, sunflower seeds, cacao, coconut, Agriculture
UK based Universal Flexible Packaging (UFP) will invest around £2.3m in an effort to transform its present Lunsford Road facility into a Peanut and Tree Nut site. The announcement for the conversion follows another announcement of ...
Tags: Tree Nut Production, Peanut, Agriculture