News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Alcan's US subsidiary Alcan Aluminium, the top US recycler of used beverage cans, has said revamps at some of its plants slowed its recycling to over 22 billion cans in 2001, from nearly 23.8 billion cans in 2000.
Irish-based international paper and packaging giant Jefferson Smurfit Group (JS) has announced that it has received a bid approach from US private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners.
Norway-based Stolt Sea Farm Holdings (SSF) will soon begin construction on a new land based turbot farm in Galicia, Northwestern Spain.
DSM Food Specialties is highlighting a new range of SavorKey yeast extract-based flavours offering a boiled beef and boiled chicken taste at this week's IFIA exhibition in Tokyo, Japan.
Canadian company Old Dutch Foods has bought software from software specialist J.D. Edwards to integrate its business functions and increase productivity.
Ozone, long known as a protective shield between humans and the sun's rays, has a new use in the seafood industry. Researchers from the NorthCarolina State Seafood Laboratory have found that ozone may enhance the freshness of raw seafood.