Kellogg has introduced the new Pop-Tarts Gone Nutty! varieties - Peanut Butter and Frosted Chocolate Peanut Butter. According to the US-based food company, Peanut Butter Pop-Tarts are sprinkled with fine sugar crystals while the Frosted ...
Formosa Plastics Corporation USA has begun an investigation to determine what caused Thursday's flash fire that injured 16 workers at its Point Comfort, Texas, petrochemical complex, a company spokesman said Friday. There was no time ...
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Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/19/2013 11:08:37 AM To honor those who serve in the U.S. Armed Forces, the Pepperidge Farm Goldfish brand has announced its $25,000 donation to the Fisher House ...
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Lance, a brand owned by US-based Snyder's-Lance, has introduced new Xtra Fulls Toastchee and Xtra Fulls Toasty as well as product extensions for its Cracker Creations, Captain's Wafers sandwich crackers and Nekot Sandwich cookies. Lance ...
European benzene's premium to naphtha has topped the $450/mt mark for the first time since the start of February, as naphtha languishes at multi-month lows and benzene rises despite seemingly weak fundamentals. The benzene-naphtha spread ...
Tags: NWE, Benzene-Naphtha, Chemicals
Nabisco, a brand owned by US-based Mondelez International, has launched a new range of crackers, a new addition to its Triscuit range. The new range includes Brown Rice Triscuit that is available in various flavors such as seasoned with ...
US polyethylene contracts for HDPE film, LDPE and LLDPE rose in March, market sources said Tuesday. Producers initially planned to increase prices for those grades in February, but delayed the hikes for film-grade PE resins to match ...
How much progress have federal officials made in taking steps to reduce Americans' exposure to arsenic in everyday foods such as rice and apple juice? Not as much as we'd hope to see. While there is an arsenic standard for drinking water, ...
Demand for coaster butane in Northwest Europe has emerged as spot prices have fallen, according to industry sources Wednesday. In the winter period most surplus refinery butane is blended into gasoline to increase the vapor pressure. ...
Annie's, a US-based natural and organic food company, has unveiled Annie's Cheddar Squares, a new snack alternative. Annie's Cheddar Squares are made without artificial flavors, synthetic colors and synthetic preservatives. They contain ...
Tags: natural food, organic food, food
Myanmar is set to resume the export of rice to Japan in May, 45-years after the restrictions were established. This development is expected to strengthen the trade relations between the two countries. The export of the first shipment of ...
Tags: rice exports, rice, agriculture
US spot styrene margins are poised to remain flat to slightly higher following the procurement of cheaper feedstock ethylene estimated to begin in 2015-2016 as a result of the shale gas plays, industry sources said Monday on the sidelines ...
Tags: SM Margins, Chemicals, lighter crude
The spot market for LPG cargoes loading out of the Middle East has softened amid weak demand from Asian buyers, according to market sources. This was reflected in the spot cargo price differentials, with Arcadia heard selling 44,000 mt of ...
The former chief scientist at a Kentucky defense contractor has been sentenced to a year in prison for buying pirated software from Russian and Chinese hackers and using it to design components for military helicopters. Wronald Best, 55, ...
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Canadian food manufacturer Leclerc Foods plans to invest $15.7m to expand its facility in Kingsport, Tennessee, a move which is expected to create 40 new jobs. The investment will be used to expand one of the facility's existing lines and ...