Archives for March 14, 2005

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Tagatose sweetener to enter European market?

Arla Food Ingredients seeks entry into the high growth European sweetener market, making a bid for regulatory approval of its low calorie, milk derived ingredient tagatose, reports Lindsey Partos.

Campina profits from added-value, but private label slips

Dutch dairy co-operative Campina claims that its annual results are "in line with expectations", despite slashing its milk price payout to member-farmers and registering a decrease in turnover for the fourth year running, Tom Armitage reports.

Campina joins forces with Vinamilk

Vinamilk, the state-owned Vietnamese dairy group, is to form a joint venture with Dutch counterpart Campina which will see the latter group step up its investments in an Asia region turning increasingly to dairy products, writes Chris Jones.