Cargill food ingredients lag strong overall results
Leading US ingredient firm Cargill last week reported strong fiscal year earnings, although the performance of the firm's food ingredients business lagged the year-ago level.
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Quest develops 'flexible' approach to snack flavours
Quest has developed what it calls its '3-D approach' to snack flavour development in order to offer customers greater flexibility and identify key trends earlier.
Rexam to renegotiate beverage can prices in Europe
Global packaging provider Rexam says it will begin renegotiating contracts with its European clients later this year in a bid to recover some of the rising costs of the aluminum used in its beverage cans.
RFID tag designed for high heat processes
A Switzerland-based company has developed radio frequency identification (RFID) tags designed to withstand the high heat used in food manufacturing processes.
Tetra Pak pushes UK recycling efforts
Tetra Pak is in talks with UK paper mills to increase the reuse of its products as carton recycling rates in the UK fall below EU levels.
Wrigley patents metallic gum
The world's foremost chewing gum producer, the Wm Wrigley Jr Company, is set to make inroads into the growing functional confectionery market with a new gum to combat bad breath.
Ailing Northern Foods closes factory
Struggling bakery business Northern Foods has announced the closure of a major bakery in a cost-cutting move that will axe 690 jobs.