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Pepsi's mysterious merger attempt unconfirmed

By  Charlotte Eyre

Nestle today refused to confirm reports that they had turned down a merger with PepsiCo last spring, a deal that would have created one of the largest and most powerful food and beverage companies in the world.

Sara Lee reveals whole grain content of bread

By  Karen Willmer

US based food and beverage retailer Sara Lee claimed last week it is the first in the industry to provide "straight-forward information about whole grains across our product portfolio".

Weekly Comment

Could the E-number be up?

The European Food Safety Authority's review of additive safety could have a bigger effect on the ingredients industry than the ejection of certain colours and flavours with a suspect safety record. It could give the natural ingredients trend an extra...