Archives for August 23, 2004

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SIG beverage focus pays dividends

Swiss processing and packaging equipment provider SIG has reported a significant increase in its net profits for the first half of the year, a result that sees the company pulling itself out of the red. The improvement came despite the fact that net...

Food scientist queries organic food benefits

Organic food is not necessarily better for our health than conventional equivalents, say food scientists speaking at a meeting of the world's largest science society this week in the US.

Britons turn to goat's cheese

Britain boasts more than 400 different varieties of cheese, but the UK has never been particularly known for its goat's cheese - until now. Goat's cheese is now so popular, claims supermarket group Tesco, that goat farmers are having to rapidly expand...