Union Park Capital acquires NIR company Unity Scientific
4 September 2015 | By Victoria White
Union Park Capital has acquired Unity Scientific, a leader in the manufacturing and sales of near infrared instrumentation and wet chemistry analyzers...
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Mondelēz opens state-of-the-art chocolate production line in Poland
3 September 2015 | By Victoria White
Mondelēz International has opened a $30 million chocolate production line in Poland to capitalise on growing demand in its European confectionery business...
General Mills sells Green Giant to B&G Foods
3 September 2015 | By Victoria White
General Mills has reached a definitive agreement to sell its Green Giant and Le Sueur vegetable businesses to B&G Foods for approximately $765 million...
TOUR report Chile: Industry welcomes new version 5 of the GLOBALG.A.P. Aquaculture Standard
3 September 2015 | By GLOBALG.A.P.
Key players in the Chilean aquaculture industry met on 18 August in Puerto Varas at the GLOBALG.A.P. TOUR 2015 stop organized by DNV GL...
It’s 25 years at the top for food safety company
3 September 2015 | By Verner Wheelock
1990 was a significant year for the food industry. It was the year the Food Safety Act was passed...
Pimm’s reigns as favourite alcoholic summer drink
3 September 2015 | By Victoria White
Over a third of UK consumers named Pimm’s as the beverage they are most likely to choose as their preferred summer drink, according to research conducted by Instantly...
Cargill to invest $100m in soybean operations in Egypt
3 September 2015 | By Victoria White
Cargill is investing $100m to double the capacity of its soybean crush operation in Borg El Arab to meet the increasing demand in Egypt for vegetable oil...
Young’s Gastro going from strength to strength
2 September 2015 | By Victoria White
Young's Gastro brand is now worth over £30million, having grown by 50% in the last year. Building on this success, Young’s is adding four new products to the range...
Barry Callebaut and Petra Foods settle dispute
2 September 2015 | By Victoria White
Barry Callebaut and Petra Foods have settled their dispute regarding the purchase price for Petra Foods' Cocoa Ingredients Division...
KitKat to use sustainably sourced cocoa only
2 September 2015 | By Victoria White
Nestlé’s KitKat is the first global chocolate brand to announce that it will use only sustainably sourced cocoa to manufacture all of its products...
Arla Foods Ingredients launches Snack Cake solution
2 September 2015 | By Victoria White
Arla Foods Ingredients' high-protein Snack Cake solution enables bakery companies to target opportunities created by the 'snackification' of meals...
Supermarkets recall double cream due to evidence of Listeria monocytogenes
1 September 2015 | By Food Standards Agency
Three major supermarkets, Sainsbury's, Aldi and Iceland, have recalled their double cream due to low levels of Listeria monocytogenes being found in a limited number of pots...
Potato seeds preserved for future generations in Arctic vault
28 August 2015 | By Victoria White
The Director-General of FAO joined scientific experts and delegations from Peru, Costa Rica and Norway to witness the ceremony that will help to preserve these vital crops for future generations...
Royal FrieslandCampina’s profit up by 85%
28 August 2015 | By Victoria White
In the first half of 2015, the profit of Royal FrieslandCampina rose by 85% to EUR 192 million compared to EUR 104 million for the first half of 2014...
FSA publishes proposals for rare burgers
28 August 2015 | By Victoria White
The increased popularity of burgers served rare has prompted the FSA to look at how businesses can ensure public health remains protected...
