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Barry Callebaut gets reduced fat chocolate patent
20 Feb 2015
Barry Callebaut has announced that the European Patent Office has awarded it a patent on reduced fat chocolate. With this patent, Barry Callebaut said that it continues to broaden its innovation-based product offering of reformulated products. The comp...
Read moreDSM publishes yogurt report
19 Feb 2015
DSM has published the results of a survey it conducted on the international perception of yogurt amongst 6,000 men and women in Brazil, China, France, Poland, Turkey as well as the USA. Among its conclusions are that, encouragingly for yogurt manufact...
Read moreQ’SAI opens US subsidiary
19 Feb 2015
Celebrating 50 years serving the healthy lifestyles of the Japanese, health and wellness company Q’SAI has announced the formation of Q’SAI USA, a new United States wholly owned subsidiary that will soon introduce American versions of healt...
Read moreArla reports “complex” year
19 Feb 2015
Arla has issued an update on how it sees the market and its performance ahead of publication of its annual results later this month. 2014 was a complex year, the company said. The farmer-owned company achieved one of its best results ever in a market i...
Read moreSalt of the Earth launches umami ingredient
18 Feb 2015
Salt of the Earth has launched its Umami-Essence Sea Salt ingredient which is especially designed for a comprehensive range of sauces. Using Umami-Essence Sea Salt in a new or existing product formulation can help dramatically decrease sodium levels—in...
Read moreMondelez acquires ‘free-from’ snack company
18 Feb 2015
Mondelez International has announced the acquisition of Enjoy Life Foods, a private U.S. snacking company said to be the market-leading brand in the fast-growing “free from” segment with more than 40 products including cookies, chocolate, s...
Read moreTOMRA is European Business Award finalist
18 Feb 2015
Sorting solutions company TOMRA has been named as a Ruban d’Honneur recipient and one of ten finalists for the 2014-15 European Business Awards in the category “The Business of the Year with Turnover of €150m or higher.” The European Business Awards re...
Read moreBiesterfeld takes over MIAVIT distribution
18 Feb 2015
Biesterfeld Spezialchemie of Hamburg has taken over the distribution of vitamin and mineral substances from MIAVIT, a company based in Essen, in Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Ukraine. “The cooperation with MIAVIT adds customised vitamin and min...
Read moreEFSA: Allura Red safe at current levels
17 Feb 2015
Following the adoption by the EFSA Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources added to Food (ANS) in 2009 of a scientific opinion on the re-evaluation of Allura Red AC (E 129) used as a food additive, in which the Panel concluded that, at the high le...
Read moreSales, profits rise at IFF
17 Feb 2015
International Flavors & Fragrances has reported a fourth quarter sales increase of $30.9 million, or 4%, to $756.1 million from $725.2 million in the prior year quarter. Local currency sales increased 7%. Adjusted operating profit increased $20.6 m...
Read moreFonterra commissions Dutch plant
17 Feb 2015
Fonterra has commissioned its new dairy ingredients plant in Heerenveen, in the north of the Netherlands. The plant produces whey and lactose specialty ingredients that will be used in high-value paediatric, maternal, and sports nutrition products by F...
Read moreBioGaia sees sales grow 22%
16 Feb 2015
Probiotics company BioGaia has announced its full-year financial results. “A sales growth of 22% (including licence revenue from Nestlé 53 %) and an operating margin of 26% for the full year 2014, can only be summed up as a successful year,” said Peter...
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