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Campden BRI identifies food industry challenges
19 Jan 2018
Campden BRI has identified the challenges that the food industry will need to tackle using science and technology, following the extensive consultation of its industrial members.
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Nestlé gets $2.8bn from Ferrero for US confectionery business
18 Jan 2018
Nestlé has announced that it has agreed to sell its U.S. confectionery business to Ferrero for $2.8 billion in cash. Nestlé’s 2016 U.S. confectionery sales reached about $900 million.
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Cargill invests in pea protein manufacturer
18 Jan 2018
PURIS, said to be the largest North American producer of pea protein, and Cargill have signed a joint venture agreement to accelerate a new wave of plant-based foods.
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Hampton replaces Ahmed as Tate & Lyle CEO
18 Jan 2018
Tate & Lyle has appointed Nick Hampton as Chief Executive of Tate & Lyle with effect from 1 April 2018. Hampton is currently Chief Financial Officer and a board member of Tate & Lyle.
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Mérieux NutriSciences acquires majority holding in traQ’food
17 Jan 2018
Mérieux NutriSciences has announced the acquisition of a majority shareholding in traQ’food, a French start-up commercialising a digital application for restaurants and food service to manage their hygiene and sanitary control plan.
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Emmi subsidiary increases stake in Tunisian dairy company
17 Jan 2018
Kaiku, an Emmi subsidiary based in San Sebastián (Spain), is increasing its stake in Centrale Laitière de Mahdia (Vitalait), based in Mahdia (Tunisia), from 45.4% to 54.7%.
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General Mills launches Feeding Better Futures Scholars Program
17 Jan 2018
General Mills has launched the General Mills Feeding Better Futures Scholars Program, which asks youth to share their ideas to help solve the challenge of feeding a growing world population.
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Campden BRI to host microorganisms seminar
16 Jan 2018
Campden BRI has announced that it will explore different approaches to separating microorganisms from each other to facilitate microbiological investigations into food contamination at a bacterial identification and typing seminar on 1 March 2018.
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Agrana sees 9-month revenue growth of 2.2%
16 Jan 2018
In the first three quarters of the 2017/18 financial year, sugar, starch and fruit manufacturer Agrana achieved slight year-on-year growth of 2.2% in group revenue to €2,010.6 million.
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BASF launches Citral availability web site
16 Jan 2018
BASF has launched a website to inform its customers, industry stakeholders and the interested public about the progress of the repair work at its Citral production plant in Ludwigshafen.
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CRYSTAL DATE SUGAR – An exclusive Ingredient for the world food innovation
16 Jan 2018
CRYSTAL DATE SUGAR is a sugar produced 100% from Date by Naturalia Ingredients, an Italian company owned by Maccaferri Industrial Group and located in Mazara del Vallo, within the province of Trapani, in the sunny Western Sicily.Naturalia Ingredients i...
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Chr. Hansen reports "strong" organic revenue growth
15 Jan 2018
Chr. Hansen has reported what it describes as strong organic revenue growth of 10% to €254.5 million in the first three months of 2017/18. Food Cultures & Enzymes grew 12%, Health & Nutrition grew 10% and Natural Colors saw 4% growth.
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