DuPont: ‘Kefir will be a boom in Brazil’
Driven by social media buzz and a clear consumer demand DuPont’s new kefir culture line has a ready-made market, and it could be big.
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Ecolean to open production plant in 2020, creating 100 jobs
Ecolean has acquired 30,000m² of land in Landskrona, Sweden, to open a production facility in 2020, creating 100 jobs.
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Dairy in the plans as EBRD invests in Auga Group
The European Bank of Regional Development (EBRD) is becoming a shareholder in AB Auga Group, an organic-food producer in Lithuania.
Aramak to reduce all single-use plastic by 2022
Aramark, food and facilities management, says it will significantly reduce its single-use disposable plastics by 2022 starting with straws, cups and soup containers.
Organic formula draws Australian Dairy Farms to acquire Flahey's Nutritionals
Australian Dairy Farms Group Limited is acquiring Flahey's Nutritionals Pty Ltd, owners of Flahey's Future, a certified-organic formula containing vitamins, minerals, protein, carbohydrates, fats and prebiotic fiber.
USDA buys $1.2bn of surplus food from US farmers while trade disputes rage on
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is paying back the agriculture industry that has suffered during the Trump administration’s tariff feuds with trade partners.