Florida based Vintage Italia has secured a new funding of $3m to accelerate its Pasta Chips brand’s growth and also to launch new pasta product lines. The new funding round saw participation from Advantage Capital Agribusiness ...
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The net turnover of the Ebro Group grew by 16.1% year on year in 2015, rising to €2462m (€2.4bn). The EBITDA, or gross operating profit, was considerably better than year-end projections, closing at €314.8 million, up 9.6% ...
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Swiss agrochemicals company Syngenta has bought Società Produttori Sementi (PSB), an Italy-based seed firm engaged in durum wheat breeding and production for pasta. The financial terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. ...
The USDA's Prospective Plantings report released on March 31 revealed that U.S. producers intend to plant 91.7 million acres of corn and 81.5 million acres of soybeans. The soybean acreage was near market expectations but the corn acreage ...
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San Remo's new Slimmers' Angel Hair pasta Pasta manufacturer San Remo has launched a new Slimmers’ Selection gluten-free pasta range, designed to appeal to health-conscious consumers. San Remo said the Slimmers’ Selection ...
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Statistics Canada pegged surprisingly large 2013-14 production figures for many of the crops grown in the country in its final crop report of 2013, released Wednesday. "There's just no getting around it, this is the biggest crop of ...
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An NDSU cereal science doctoral candidate has written one of the American Association of Cereal Chemists International's most-viewed research papers. Mihiri Mendis' paper, titled "Variability in Arabinoxylan, Xylanase Activity, and Xylanase ...
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Post Foods, a US-based cereal brands manufacturer, has agreed to acquire Dakota Growers Pasta from Viterra, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Glencore Xstrata, for $370m in cash. Dakota Growers is located in Carrington, North Dakota, where it ...
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Spanish food processing firm Ebro Foods has reported that its net earnings for the first half of 2013 increased 5.5% to €71m, compared with €67.2m for the same period in 2012. For the period, net sales decreased 1.1% to ...
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Princes has added new lines to its Crosse & Blackwell 4Kids pasta range in the UK as it relaunches the brand. The UK food and drink group said it will take 4Kids into pasta meals with the launch of two products: pasta with sausages and ...
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US own-label group Ralcorp Holdings, which today (27 November) agreed to a takeover bid from ConAgra Foods, returned to profit in its fiscal 2012 year, boosted by acquisitions made during the year. In the 12 months to the end of ...
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Researchers at University of Adelaide,Australia,are collaborating with an international team of researchers from Italy,to develop better quality pasta,which also offers health benefits. The University's ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant ...
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At a Golden Spike ceremony marking the completion of its Phase I development and rail line, The Northern Plains Commerce Centre (NPCC) announced it has reached an agreement to provide United Pulse Trading with a 90,000 square foot facility ...
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US private-label food group Ralcorp Holdings has reported an increase in third-quarter profits, helped by higher sales and a gain from hedging contracts. Ralcorp, which makes cereals, sauces and pasta for US retailers, booked net earnings ...
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Cattle on the Schilke Ranch in northwestern North Dakota, located on Bakken Shale. Photo: Jacki Schilke In a Brooklyn winery on a sultry July evening, an elegant crowd sips rosé and nibbles trout plucked from the gin-clear streams ...
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