Size reducing ice cream ingredients
Canadian supplier of food processing equipment Quadro has come up with equipment to reduce the size of high-fat ice cream ingredients (chocolate/pralines) for use in premium ice cream products.
Archives for August 4, 2004
George Weston seeks profits in premium products
Hurt by rising operating costs and a shift in consumer taste against traditional white flour based products, Canadian food giant George Weston has embarked on a search for better margins in premium bakery products.
Brewing counteracts low carb knock for Novozymes
Slight growth for Danish enzymes giant Novozymes in the first half of the year with Europe providing steady returns but US market knocked by the popular low carbohydrate diet that has hit the baking industry.
China embraces biotech potato seed
Penn Biotech, a Canadian firm specialising in agro biotechnology, says that it's Chinese subsidiary has received a request from one of the world's largest potato processors to initially supply over 1.3 million pounds of seed potatoes during the course...
Bakery Services suffers from retailers' convenience drive
UK group Bakery Services is being increasingly hamstrung by a business model which means that more than 80 per cent of its revenue is exposed to the changing strategy of a single chain store group hosting its bakery operations, writes Sibonelo Radebe.