Chinese tastes moving to cereals in spite of last year’s predictions
China’s bakery and cereal sector is expected to grow by almost US$15bn up to 2017 as this predominantly Western export continues to take hold in Chinese homes.
Archives for October 16, 2013
McCain to close food processing factory
McCain will close one of its food processing factories, axing up to 60 jobs in December.
PepsiCo powers through with collective portfolio
PepsiCo's third quarter (Q3) results reveal good year-to-year growth within snack division Frito-Lay, despite the continuing challenge of a trade landscape divided between volatile emerging economies and sluggish developed markets.
Judge to General Mills: The courts, not the FDA, can decide if GMOs belong in ‘100% natural’ products
A federal judge handling three lawsuits vs General Mills over ‘100% natural’ claims on Nature Valley products claimed to contain GMOs and other allegedly ‘un-natural’ ingredients says the courts are perfectly capable of deciding if consumers have been...
Procter & Gamble shares packaging sustainability insight
The big brand’s sustainability guru will share lessons during a webinar that food pros can use to optimize their packaging sustainability.
GMO debate gets ugly as General Mills takes flak from GMO Inside and GMA is sued by Washington State attorney general
In new developments in the highly charged debate over GMOs, General Mills has been targeted in a report blasted by a plant geneticist as “a collection of discredited studies and half-truths”, while the GMA has been slapped with a lawsuit alleging it...
ABA talks bakery regulations: ‘The atmosphere right now is very intense’
Industry has faced legislative change and will continue to do so and this puts a lot of pressure on bakers and their bottom line, the American Bakers Association says.