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FAO: cheese, maize drive rising prices

FAO: cheese, maize drive rising prices

10 Jun 2019

Global food prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in May, pushed up by rising prices of cheese and maize due to adverse weather conditions.

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CP Kelco expands APAC gellan gum capacity

CP Kelco expands APAC gellan gum capacity

5 Jun 2019

CP Kelco is investing in the expansion of its gellan gum production capacity to support growth in the Asia-Pacific region.

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IFIC reports on consumer buying influences

IFIC reports on consumer buying influences

28 May 2019

Topics like sustainability, plant-based diets and clean eating seem to permeate news about food, but it turns out they’re not just buzzwords or “flavours of the week” – and IFIC Foundation’s 2019 Food and Health Survey shows genuine and growing interes...

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Tate & Lyle reports solid financial progress

Tate & Lyle reports "solid financial progress"

27 May 2019

Tate & Lyle has reported its full year results, saying that the group delivered ”solid financial progress”.

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Givaudan partners with StartLife

Givaudan partners with StartLife

21 May 2019

Givaudan has announced a new partnership with food and agritech incubator StartLife.

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Symrise invests in Califormulations

Symrise invests in Califormulations

17 May 2019

Symrise has announced the company’s investment in and the creation of a strategic partnership with Califormulations, a platform designed to deliver end-to-end beverage innovation to consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and their brands.

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Innova: sweet potatoes are hot

Innova: sweet potatoes are hot

13 May 2019

Global introductions of food and beverage products that use sweet potato as an ingredient, flavour, or more increased by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21% for the period from 2015 to 2018, according to Innova Market Insights.

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Danone gives access to 1,600 strains

Danone gives access to 1,600 strains

13 May 2019

Celebrating 100 years since the creation of its first yogurt, Danone has announced it will open its collection of 1,800 strains for research purposes.

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Azelis, CP Kelco extend arrangement

Azelis, CP Kelco extend arrangement

10 May 2019

Azelis has signed an agreement extension with its strategic partner CP Kelco for the exclusive distribution of CP Kelco products sold into food and beverage applications in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands.

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Hain lets go of tofu company

Hain lets go of tofu company

9 May 2019

Hain Celestial has completed the divestiture of the WestSoy tofu, seitan and tempeh businesses to Keystone Natural Holdings, a portfolio company of Keystone Capital focusing on plant-based food.

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Exclusive: Fi Europe and Hi Europe enter a new chapter together

Exclusive: Fi Europe and Hi Europe enter a new chapter together

7 May 2019

Fi Europe, the leading trade show for food and beverage ingredients, and Hi Europe, its counterpart for health ingredients, will become co-located events, alternating between Germany and France.

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Award-winning startup uses enzymes to cut sugar in fruit juice

Award-winning startup uses enzymes to cut sugar in fruit juice

31 Jan 2019

Fruit juice has come under fire for its high sugar content in recent years, but an Israeli startup called Better Juice has developed an enzyme technology that cuts sugars by up to 80% without adding or subtracting anything from the juice.

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