Latest News in the food Industry

31 Dec 2014

The Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA) has approved a request from Al Noor for Dairy Industries, a subsidiary of French dairy company Lactalis, to launch a tender offer for 6 million shares, or 100% of Arab Dairy Products. Al Noor has offe...

30 Dec 2014

Strong headwinds look set to impact the sugar industry, with abundant global sugar stocks continuing to weigh on world market prices, according to Rabobank’s Sugar Quarterly Q4. Although prices have been under pressure for some time, projections sugges...

29 Dec 2014

Nestlé is to intensify its research in the field of epigenetics, the science of how eating behaviours and other environmental factors can affect genes, health and that of  offspring, for future generations to come. The company has announced it will con...

24 Dec 2014

Frutarom has continued its momentum of acquisitions and the implementation of its strategy for rapid and profitable growth with the announcement of the signing of an agreement to purchase the shares of Vitiva of Slovenia for a cash payment of approxima...

24 Dec 2014

Liquid photopurification company SurePure has announced that, following the Indian Food Safety regulatory body’s (FSSAI) approval of the use of SurePure’s proprietary photopurification technology as an alternative process to thermal pasteurizatio...

23 Dec 2014

The Paleolithic diet, or caveman diet, a weight-loss craze in which people emulate the diet of plants and animals eaten by early humans during the Stone Age, gives modern calorie-counters great freedom because those ancestral diets likely differed subs...

23 Dec 2014

Parmalat Australia is to acquire Longwarry Food Park which operates in the state of Victoria and specialises in the production of milk powders, cream cheese, and fresh and UHT milk products. Longwarry has grown significantly over recent years and owns ...

23 Dec 2014

Barry Callebaut has announced the publication of its GRI report 2013/14. The company says that the report details its performance in a transparent manner and across its most important sustainability topics, focusing on the indicators of relevance to th...

23 Dec 2014

Palm oil is the world’s most widely used vegetable oil, notes the UK’s FDF (Food and Drink Federation) who represent the country’s manufacturing sector. It appears as an ingredient in many food and non-food products, such as soaps, biscuits, cosm...

22 Dec 2014

International dairy markets continue to suffer from low prices according to Rabobank’s latest Dairy Quarterly report, though the rate of decline in the price of dairy commodities has slowed compared to that seen in Q3 2014. Exceptional milk production ...

22 Dec 2014

Bifodan has announced the initiation of what it believes is a potentially groundbreaking scientific joint venture to develop a new technology for microencapsulation of probiotic bacteria. Endorsed and co-funded by Innovation Fund Denmark, Bifodan will ...

22 Dec 2014

The latest survey by CASH (Consensus Action on Salt & Health) and WASH (World Action on Salt & Health) have found huge differences in the salt content of pizzas found in supermarkets, restaurants and takeaways both in the UK and worldwide. Half...