News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Q1 2018 Fiscal results
Soft results in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 from Honey Bunches of Oat and Malt-O-Meal maker Post Holdings reflect the growing competitive intensity in the North American cereal market.
Innovia Films has produced a video on mineral oil migration that looks at how the firm tests for migration on food packaging and the conclusions from those results.
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RXBar’s CEO Peter Rahal said the company has plans to expand beyond the nutrition bar category and enter the UK market soon, thank to Kellogg's $600m acquisition in October last year.
OAL (Olympus Automation Ltd) is heading up a project with the University of Lincoln, UK, and English Provender Company (EPC), a producer of condiments, dressings and marinades, to address the complexity of food manufacturing ingredients.
Startup tracker
Plant-based protein snack maker No Cow's founder Daniel Katz said General Mills has been providing resources to grow his company, which has grown double-digit monthly since receive the cash boost last year.
Over 500 companies in Spain have pledged a 10% voluntary reduction in salt, sugar and fat in over 3,500 products. "This is a business transformation," says the country's health minister.
Saskatchewan oat processor Avena Foods and Manitoba pulse mill Best Cooking Pulses (BCP) have formed a partnership to expand capacity to capitalize on the growing gluten-free market in North America.