General Mills launches Yoplait brand in yogurt-hungry China
General Mills has launched the Yoplait yogurt brand in China - a move described as a "major milestone" for the US food giant.
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Nestlé strengthens Chinese ice cream business with $16m investment
Nestle has moved to strengthen its Chinese ice cream business with investments totalling RMB100m (US$16m) at its plants in Tianjin and Guangzhou.
Benecol enters China
Finnish food-agriculture giant Raisio has launched its cholesterol-lowering, plant stanol-based Benecol brand in China in a powder form via mostly medical channels in its big coastal cities.
Three Twins organic ice cream CEO: ‘My cash reserves were down to zero, but I made it, because people believed in the brand’
There have been some hairy moments during Neal Gottlieb’s decade at the helm of Three Twins organic ice cream, from maxed out credit cards to sleepless nights trying to secure capital at the height of the recession. But his tenacity paid off and his...
Noosa on course to generate revenues of $100m in 2015, says co-founder
Just over five years after hitting the US market, honey-infused Aussie-style yogurt Noosa is on course to generate revenues of $100m in 2015 as more consumers embrace whole milk products promising healthy indulgence, says co-founder Koel Thomae.
Report rather than record animal cruelty at dairy farms, DFA urges activists
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) has slammed Mercy for Animals for recording rather than reporting animal cruelty at a member farm in Colorado.