Latest news in the food and nutraceutical industry

12 Apr 2019

Lesaffre has opened a new Baking Center in Vienna, Austria that it says is 100% dedicated to its industrial customers.

12 Apr 2019

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Orkla Food Ingredients, Orkla has entered into an agreement to purchase Zeelandia Sweden, a supplier of margarine, vegetable oils and bakery ingredients to the Swedish market.

28 Mar 2019

Corbion has entered into an agreement with the shareholders of Granotec do Brazil - a specialist in functional blends for the Brazilian bakery industry - to acquire full ownership of the company.

27 Mar 2019

Tate & Lyle has reached agreement to sell its oat ingredients business, based in Kimstad, Sweden, to Swedish agricultural cooperative Lantmännen.

11 Mar 2019

To help bakery and confectionary producers solve a number of major challenges, Cargill is launching CremoFLEX, its latest range of premium filling fats, across Europe.

8 Feb 2019

According to Cargill, bakery producers know that finding a single shortening that meets the range of challenges they face can be difficult. Cargill’s newest palm shortening line, PalmAgility is designed to fill that gap.

9 Jan 2019

Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Orkla Foods Danmark, Orkla has entered into an agreement to purchase 90% of the shares in Easyfood, a Danish producer of bread-based convenience products for the out-of-home channel.

9 Jan 2019

Renmatix has signed a distribution agreement with The Ingredient House. Together, Renmatix said, the two companies see the potential to replace eggs in baked goods by incorporating Simple Cellulose.

21 Dec 2018

The third Gluten Free and Free From Bakery Conference, from 26-27 March, will bring together industry experts and academics to discuss key research and share solutions with the free from bakery sector.

27 Nov 2018

The number of new stevia-sweetened foods and drinks overtook new products with aspartame in 2017, according to global data from Innova Market Insights.

19 Nov 2018

Researchers are just beginning to understand the link between the gut and many chronic health conditions, leading to growing interest in prebiotic ingredients. According to a new study, cranberries are the latest food to show prebiotic potential.

19 Nov 2018

Demand for products containing nuts is on the rise, aided by ongoing research into their health benefits and growing consumer understanding of healthy fats.