Ingredients

 

DSM announces Fortitech deal

Royal DSM is strengthening its human nutrition business with the acquisition of Fortitech for £399 million (€499m). New York-based Fortitech manufactures customised, value-added food ingredient blends for the food and beverage industries “Customers in food and beverage are increasingly looking for solutions providers offering a broad range of food ingredient blends that cover a more […]

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Vitafoods issues call for papers

Vitafoods Europe, the annual ingredients and raw materials event for the nutraceutical, functional food and drink and nutricosmetic industries, is inviting contributions from experts for inclusion in its annual scientific and commercial conference. Peer-reviewed by world-renowned experts, organisers say the Vitafoods Europe Conference has an international reputation within the nutraceutical sector, delivering a ‘must-attend programme […]

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Brazilian joint venture for Carbery and Brasil Foods

Carbery Group has announced the formation of a 50/50 joint venture with one of South America’s leading food companies, BRF Brasil Foods. The venture, which involves a shared investment, will use Carbery’s technology to process whey generated at Brasil Food’s cheese-making operations in Brazil. The new operation will house a manufacturing plant to produce added-value […]

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Bright future for Weetabix

China’s Bright Food has this week completed the acquisition of its controlling stake in Weetabix. The deal, which was first announced back in May, gives Bright a 60 per cent stake in Weetabix, which also owns the Alpen and Ready Brek brands. The remaining 40 per cent of Weetabix belongs to private equity group Lion […]

‘Just nine percent of shoppers always read labels’

New research conducted by Canadean Consumer has revealed that while 32 per cent of UK consumers ‘often’ read the ingredients list on products they buy, only nine per cent ‘always do so’. The research also revealed that 21 per cent of consumers ‘rarely’ or ‘never’ read the ingredients, preventing them from familiarising themselves with less-everyday […]

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Sizzlin’ success for Snowbird

For the second year in succession, Snowbird foods has struck gold with its sausages. Entering cooked and frozen sausages in the British Pig Executive competition for the best of British sausage, Snowbird won gold in the class for traditional pork sausages with its innovative Lincolnshire sausage. The same sausage struck silver in the classes for […]

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EFSA GM maize review due next month

EFSA is set to publish its second and final assessment of the Séralini et al. publication on the potential toxicity of GM maize NK603 and of a herbicide containing glyphosate by mid-November. EFSA has extended the publication date of its second statement from the end of October until mid-November to allow it to fully consider […]

New view for Vista

Vista Processed Foods, part of the OSI Group, has expanded its manufacturing portfolio in India by opening another frozen vegetable processing plant in the northern part of the country. The Punjab facility will focus on producing value-added frozen vegetable products for fast food and retail outlets for both the domestic and export markets. “With this […]

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GRAS status for Indena’s olive fruit extract

Indena has announced that its olive fruit extract Opextan has obtained GRAS (Generally Recognised As Safe) status for use as a food ingredient in a number of food categories, including bakery products, beverages and beverage bases, chewing gums, coffee and tea, frozen dairy desserts and mixes, milk products, processed fruits and fruit juices, and processed […]

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Dohler big on brown

Döhler has unveiled a new range of ‘brown’ flavours, ranging from chocolate, cocoa, nut, nougat and coffee through to caramel and vanilla. Not only are markets and technologies constantly changing, so are flavour preferences, says the firm. “While caramel often had a ‘burnt’ character in Europe ten years ago, today’s preferences are for milder accents,” […]

Food company’s Polish preparations for future growth

OSI Food Solutions Poland has unveiled a new £20 million (€25m) production facility. The new building, in Ostroda, Poland, will house a state-of-the-art beef processing plant, replacing an older existing facility in the area. It will also help safeguard the roles of its 93 employees, says the firm. “It makes perfect sense to keep the […]

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ISC appoints new president

The International Stevia Council (ISC) has this week elected a new leadership team, with Cargill’s Zanna McFerson taking the helm as president. “I am honoured to have been elected,” she says. “The ISC has accomplished a lot since its formation in 2010 and I expect stevia to continue to expand its role in food and […]

Cargill extends cocoa programme

Cargill has officially extended its sustainable cocoa programme to South Sulawesi province, Indonesia. It’s an important step in developing sustainable cocoa production and increasing the yields of farmers in Indonesia, says the firm. “This launch in Indonesia builds on the ongoing success of Cargill’s activities to develop sustainable cocoa supply chains in Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, […]

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