News briefs: Hurricane Gustav, Latvian bakeries
Grain exports recover from Hurricane Gustav while Latvian bakers fight for survival amid rising costs.
Archives for September 7, 2008
Healthy snack bar market boosts profit at Glisten
UK cereal and fruit bar maker Glisten delivers an 18 per cent rise in annual pre-tax profit, asserting that its drive into the blossoming healthy and premium snacks sector would continue to bring gains, despite a challenging climate.
Yeast fermentation helps cut acrylamide in bakery: study
Fermenting wheat flour with yeast helps reduce the levels of a precursor to acrylamide by almost 90 per cent, suggests a new study from Denmark.