Hearthside Food Solutions has agreed to acquire Standard Functional Foods Group (SFFG), a unit of Standard Candy Company, subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions. SFFG is a contract manufacturer of nutritional and ...
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The Ferrero Group has agreed to acquire Illinois-based non-chocolate confectioner Ferrara Candy from private equity firm L Catterton for an undisclosed price to expand its US business. The transaction made by an affiliated company of ...
American confectionary giant Mars has unveiled plans to combine merge chocolate and wrigley segments to form a new company aimed at unifying its chocolate and candy business. Named as Mars Wrigley Confectionery, the new company will help ...
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Seattle Chocolate Company is set to debut a new superfood chocolate bar infused with CoffeeFlour, the new nutrient-dense super-ingredient made from dried coffee cherry pulp, to the jcoco American couture chocolate line: jcoco arabica cherry ...
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Swiss confectionery company Nestle will make its entire range of chocolates and biscuits from 100% sustainable cocoa. These products would be sold across UK and Ireland. Starting January 2016, the entire range of Nestle chocolates and ...
Swiss confectionary company Barry Callebaut has entered into a licensing agreement with Naturex Group, the producer of specialty plant-based natural ingredients, which would enable Naturex to use the Swiss confectioner’s approved ...
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Saudi Arabia-based dairy food company Almarai is looking to acquire confectioner Rashidi El-Mizan and dairy firm Dina Farms, as well as planning to invest $500m towards the expansion of its current projects in Egypt. The investment ...
Egyptian private equity firm Qalaa Holdings is contemplating the sale of its fresh packaged milk producing firm Dina Farms. The potential sale is in line with Qalaa's plans to generate around $300m from exits in the medium term. The ...
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Mrs. Fields Confections, a subsidiary of Famous Brands International, has acquired Maxfield Candy Company for an undisclosed amount. The transaction includes the acquisition of Maxfield Candy's brands Maxfield Candy and Nutty Guys. This ...
For years I have gone into food stores and read labels only to not know what half the ingredients were. I got to thinking, that maybe I'm not alone when it comes to knowing what the rest of them are. So, I've put together what might be a ...
Tingyi, a Chinese instant noodle producer, is set to form a joint venture (JV) with Wakodo, the baby nutrition unit of Japanese beer maker Asahi, to sell infant milk formula in China in response to increasing consumer demand for quality ...
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Tingyi, a Chinese instant noodle producer, is planning to form a joint venture with Wakodo, the baby nutrition unit of Japanese beer maker Asahi, to sell infant milk formula in China in response to increasing consumer demand for quality ...
Tags: Tingyi, Infant Milk Formula
INVISALIGN, a San Jose company, uses 3-D printing to make each mouthful of customised, transparent braces. Mackenzies Chocolates, a confectioner in Santa Cruz, uses a 3-D printer to pump out chocolate molds. And earlier this year, Cornell ...
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Ice cream (derived from earlier iced cream or cream ice) is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Most varieties contain sugar, although ...
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High street confectioner Thorntons expects profit before tax for the 52 weeks to June 29 2013 to be ahead of the current market expectation of 3.1M. Thorntons reported 'satisfactory' trading over Easter It attributed the rise to ...
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