US bakeries launch wholegrain white
Two major US bakeries are today adding white wholegrain bread to their product ranges, targeting consumers who want the taste they like while receiving the nutrition they need, reports Lorraine Heller.
Archives for July 17, 2005
Cargill's Life Stage business approach unveiled at IFT
Cargill's pioneering Life Stage approach to developing and marketing ingredients shows how the industry can better tune into consumer demand, writes Anthony Fletcher from New Orleans.
EFSA scientists to review aspartame study
Reports from a fresh Italian study alleging aspartame could pose a cancer risk are not in harmony with the extensive research that exist on aspartame, say suppliers of this popular sweetener.
Private equity buys food ingredients group IMCD
Private equity moves deeper into food ingredients industry, with European equity provider ABN AMRO Capital buying up ingredients distributor IMCD from AlpInvest Partners, reports Lindsey Partos.
Augmented reality could aid poultry trimmers
Graphical instructions beamed by light onto poultry carcasses could soon help trimmers on the production line separate the bad from the good.
Cereal production falls but EU remains in surplus
While cereal production in the EU will be 10 per cent below last year's record harvests, food processors will not have to look to imports to make up their requirements.
Weekly Comment
A strategy for beating China
As Chinese producers move in on western markets, the first response by many established players is to protect and defend their previous market positions. It's a doomed strategy.