General Mills to close snack product plant in West Chicago
28 September 2015 | By Victoria White
The closure of the West Chicago plant, which has been operated by General Mills since 1959, will impact approximately 500 employees...
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AAK acquires 51% stake in Kamani oil and fat company
25 September 2015 | By Victoria White
The acquisition reinforces AAK’s speciality oils and fats strategy and offers the company a strong foothold in India...
Cargill converts ground beef plant to cooked meats facility
25 September 2015 | By Victoria White
The converted plant will give the Cargill capabilities it currently does not possess to produce specific types of cooked meat products for its customers...
Overhang hangover relief drink launches in the UK
25 September 2015 | By Victoria White
The drink contains a host of vitamins and botanicals such as milk thistle for liver repair and raspberry leaf and ginger to settle the stomach...
Mars opens Global Food Safety Centre in China
25 September 2015 | By Victoria White
The Global Food Safety Centre will leverage insights and expertise from over 60 Mars partnerships, dedicated to innovative, sustainable and responsible food safety practices...
UK dairy farmers to receive one-off support payments
25 September 2015 | By Victoria White
In England, dairy farmers will share £15.5 million in recognition of the prolonged period of low prices in this particular farming sector...
Key Technology introduces the all-new VERYX digital sorting platform
24 September 2015 | By Key Technology
With unprecedented full object surface coverage, multi-sensor data fusion and the highest resolution cameras and laser sensors available on a digital sorter, VERYX achieves new levels of detection and discrimination of foreign material and product defects...
Behavioural study shows spices and herbs can cut sodium by boosting flavour
24 September 2015 | By Victoria White
Researchers taught adults to flavour their food with spices and herbs instead of salt and found that, by the end of the study, they were able to reduce sodium intake by an average of 956.8 mg/day...
DuPont BAX System real-time PCR assay for Salmonella receives AOAC-RI validation extension
24 September 2015 | By Victoria White
The AOAC-RI has approved a method extension for the DuPont BAX System real-time PCR assay for Salmonella to include enrichment protocols using Actero Salmonella Enrichment Media from FoodChek Systems...
Project to reduce food waste in the EU by 30% begins
23 September 2015 | By Victoria White
Twenty-six partners from 12 European countries and China will work towards the REFRESH project's goal of reducing food waste across Europe by 30% by 2025...
The UK poultry market: can chicken overcome campylobacter?
23 September 2015 | By Victoria White
The UK poultry market continued to expand at an impressive rate in 2014, but this upward trend is being threatened by recent revelations regarding the prevalence of campylobacter in supermarket chicken...
Young’s Seafood to keep Fraserburgh and Grantown-on-Spey sites open
23 September 2015 | By Victoria White
The decision to keep the sites open is part of the Company's ‘Alternative Option’ plan and involves retaining around 250 jobs...
Dairy Crest issues six months trading update
22 September 2015 | By Victoria White
Dairy Crest's Cathedral City and Frylight have continued to perform strongly, growing sales and market share during the period...
General Mills reports strong fiscal 2016 first-quarter results
22 September 2015 | By Victoria White
General Mills’ total segment operating profit rose 20% to $826 million. On a constant-currency basis, total segment operating profit increased 23%...
Carma switches its chocolate couvertures to UTZ Certified cocoa
22 September 2015 | By Victoria White
Carma, Barry Callebaut’s Swiss gourmet brand, is the first major Swiss B2B chocolate manufacturer to switch to UTZ Certified cocoa...
