News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Pre-baked and freshly delivered products are among the fastest growing segments, while frozen dough and scratch mix products exhibit slow growth in a new analysis of the global bakery industry predicted to be worth around $410bn by 2015.
The European Commission is exploring ways to boost dioxin monitoring procedures after it was confirmed that products containing the toxic substance had reached the food chain and been sold to UK consumers.
Tadeu Nardocci has been appointed as the new chairman of the European Aluminium Association.
Weekly comment
Roll up, roll up, the Great CAP Reform Circus is back in town. Missing those long arguments about the future of farm support? Hungry for more debate about how best to limit spiraling European farm commodity prices?
Market uptake of sustainable palm oil will need to accelerate in 2011 in order to keep up with rapidly growing production, claims the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).