Cargill hones beverage market analysis tools
Cargill Juice Beverage Applications believes it can help beverage companies capture new trends and develop products in categories they may not have tackled before.
Archives for November 28, 2005
Osmosis cuts Fonterra's milk transport costs
A reverse osmosis machine capable of extracting excess water from milk is expected to significantly cut transport costs for New Zealand dairy co-operative Fonterra.
EU sugar reform: producers cautious, users frustrated
The EU is confident that the sugar reforms announced last week give producers a long-term competitive future, though firms such as Tate & Lyle remain cautious.
EU scientists call for listeria alert network for food
With an EU scientific study recommending that the European Commission set up a system to track deadly listeria infections in the bloc, processors will be under the gun to prevent the bacteria from entering the food chain.
Numico and SMA Nutrition's products affected by packaging chemical
While Nestlé's chief executive continues to query the motives behind the Italian government's seizure of million of litres of its baby milk, details are emerging that infant formula from Royal Numico and SMA Nutrition may also be contaminated by the...
APV Baker to aid product line diversification
APV Baker has developed a new co-extrusion technology that will enable food makers in the cereal and snack market to add value to their products in a number of ways including a larger variety of shapes and an even wider range of fillings.
Gas packaging extends Russian cheese shelf-life
Russian packager and food producer Nevskie Syry has launched a new line of cheese packaging using inert gases that it says can significantly extend products' shelf-life.
Weekly comment
Death by food support
If the EU keeps hiding its agriculture sector behind huge pay cheques instead of devoting more time to food research funding, the bloc's whimpering and wailing will only get worse.
Crown to build beverage can plant in Kazakhstan
In a bid to follow the growth of the beverage market eastwards, Crown will build a new can production plant in Kazakhstan.
Lactalis signs sales deal with Friesland Foods
Lactalis, the largest French dairy processor, has struck a deal with Dutch dairy Friesland Foods to combine the two groups' marketing teams in Germany.