Premium Brands extends its business offerings with three acquisitions
US-based specialty food producer Premium Brands has acquired Island City Baking, Conte Foods and Larosa Fine Foods.
Archives for December 5, 2016
Chaucer sold to Japanese food firm in €122m deal
British food firm Chaucer has been sold to Japanese manufacturer Nagatanien in a £102.8m (€122.8m) deal which the freeze-dried food manufacturer says will help it expand into the US and Asia.
Baker Perkins combines cookie dough and filling in one machine for first time
Baker Perkins has developed an encapsulating system bringing cookie dough and its filling together in one machine for the first time.
Vox Pop: Can consumers tell the difference between sustainable cocoa labels?
Many consumers struggle to tell the difference between cocoa certification program labels like Fairtrade and company own labels, such as Nestlé’s Cocoa Plan, but all agree social responsibility should be a priority for chocolate makers.
Extrusion limits the benefits of whole grains, suggests study
Scientists have investigated how intestinal flora are affected by extruded whole grains, commonly used for breakfast cereals such as Cheerios.
'Climate smart' pulses are key to global food security: FAO
'Climate smart' pulses are essential to global food security by delivering high-nutrition protein to people and critical nutrients to soil, said the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on World Soil Day.