Rexam, which shed its UK glass unit for a £24m loss earlier this
year, said today it has benefited in the first half of 2005 by
successfully passing on aluminium price increases to its
beveragecan customers.
Leading cereal maker Kellogg on Monday launched a new initiative in
the US to promote its fibre-rich cereal products. It aims to raise
awareness of the importance of dietary fibre in order to encourage
Americans to increase their...
Heinz is the latest company reporting continuing sales weakness in
western Europe, with the US multinational's first quarter results
in the region damaged by falling demand for its frozen and seafood
products.
Leading Dutch lactic acid supplier is believed to be in discussions
to expand its presence in the East with plans to build an acid
plant in Thailand that uses sugar as a raw material.
The UK's food processors will come under greater pressure to ship
their products in environmentally-friendly materials after
government announced a plan to increase minimum recycling targets
for glass and plastics packaging.
Henry Ford's famous aphorism that if he had asked people what they
wanted, they would have said faster horses, provides food makers
with a lesson they must learn.
PAI Partners' purchase of Crown Holdings' international plastic
closures business, most of which is based in Europe, could help
food processors here if the investment firm is able to make the
unitmore competitive.
US sales of wholegrain cookies have skyrocketed 1,364 per cent in
the past year, marking them as the nation's fastest growing
wholegrain bakery product, according to market researcher AC
Nielsen.
Ten mega trends stretching from age to individualism will determine
the success and shape of any new products to hit the market in the
near future, claims market analysts Datamonitor.
Although the EU's member states were due to impose tougher laws on
recycling packaging waste, only five countries have completed the
task, the European Commission said yesterday.
Scientists have developed a new technology to process instant tea.
The invention is said to cut processing time by 15 hours, making it
considerably less labour intensive and reducing costs.
A new, simplified wheat classification system designed to help the
UK compete directly with other global wheat suppliers is bringing
in results, with a breakthrough agreement that could see
substantial quantities of UK grain shipped...
Another shuffling of the deck in the competitive UK supermarket
sector was announced today, as Morrisons plans to sells nine more
former Safeway stores to rival Sainsbury's.
Ramifications for food formulation as fundamental research on
chocolate smells finds olfaction is uniquely a "dual" sense, in
that the brain perceives the same smell molecule differently if it
arrives through the nose rather...
Australia's food watchdog has abandoned its 'information on
request' approach to the country of origin labelling of food,
proposing instead a package of measures to provide consumers with
tighter information.
In among the hollers about obesity and the concerns over nutrition,
food companies now need to work hard to ensure they clinch public
trust, as a matter of insurance. This means more than compliance on
traceability and labeling. This...
A polymer coated steel bowl wins DuPont's top prize, with other
awards for shrink wraps and portable breakfast cups serving as an
indication of the direction the food industry is taking in
packaging and marketing its products.
International consumer goods maker Sara Lee has confirmed that it
is selling its direct sales cosmetics business to Tupperware for
$577 million. The move forms part of the company's bid to redefine
its over-stretched product...
Men with early stage prostate cancer who make intensive changes to
their lifestyle and diet- including consumption of wholegrains- may
stop the disease's progress.
US private equity group Apax last week announced its plans to
expand into the Spanish bakery market, after signing an agreement
to purchase Spanish bakery Panrico.
The mandatory fortification of flour and grain products with folic
acid in the US appears to be bringing in results, according to the
largest study of B vitamin levels in the population carried out to
date.
A group of international scientists has sequenced the complete rice
genome, something that could be used to improve the quality and
size of crops. The discovery may also be developed to apply to
wheat and barley.
Dairy producer Arla Foods, which supplies butter to a number of
bakeries, has sent out one of the first signals that the dairy
sector is hurting from a reduction in EU agricultural export
subsidies.
A tip-up belt is one of the latest developments in the conveyor
market, as manufacturers attempt to meet processors' demands for
food equipment that can be cleaned easily.
Better-tasting and convenient performance foods are attracting
growing numbers of Europeans, many of whom are not sports
professionals, reveals a new report.
Designed as a lower-cost alternative to all-stainless steel motors,
Elwood-Gettys' severe-duty servo motors are built to withstand
dust, strong jets of water and immersion.
Greggs Plc, the UK bakery business that has stood out as a growth
success story in a sector cramped by obesity concerns, last week
unveiled first-half results that suggest it may be running out of
steam in selling ever more bread...
A new fibre-based fat substitute that can reduce the fat content of
baked goods by 50 per cent is to be launched in Europe by Swiss
marketing group DKSH.
Water, we save. Energy, we conserve. But food, it seems, we can
waste, junk and bin and no-one cares. Except one crusader, whose
20-year project has proven what should have been obvious in the
first place: our attitude to food is...
Major cost-cutting at US-based Sara Lee boosted operating profits
at its bakery division by 36 per cent over 2005 but sales were down
on the previous year after a 53rd week in 2004 swelled turnover.
Ulma Packaging, based in Spain, is attempting to hit the UK's
medium-sized food processing market by releasing a number of new
packing units in the country, including a modular thermo-forming
machine, a modified atmosphere unit...
Vietnamese rice exports could soon increase as higher than expected
yields allow the government to lift its export restriction,
according to an Asia Pulse report.
Unilever's second quarter results continue to indicate that future
growth in its home market, at least in the medium term, lies in the
east, as sales in western Europe continue to sit in the doldrums,
reportsAhmed ElAmin.