Archives for December 8, 2003

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EU scrutiny of functional foods

The Functional foods market in Europe is a strong sector that commentators say is expanding at a rapid rate. This has led many food producers to look for innovative ways to make food healthy when creating a new product. And in particular this has been...

Thinking outside the box

Arm & Hammer baking soda is available for the first time in a large-format resealable bag. The packaging, designed by global packaging firm Zip-Pak, features an easy-to-use resealable zipper that helps keep large quantities of baking soda fresh with...

Tine refuses to supply Lidl milk

Talks between Lidl, the German retail company, and Tine, the Norwegian dairy group, have this week been terminated as the result of a milk packaging dispute.

Swiss ice cream sales rise

One of Switzerland's best known food products, chocolate, may have suffered terribly during the heatwave this summer, but the country's ice cream producers put in a contrasting performance.