FAO Food Price Index falls to its lowest value since September 2009
4 June 2015 | By Victoria White
The FAO Food Price Index averaged 166.8 points in May, down 1.4 percent% from April and as much as 20.7 percent% from a year earlier...
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General Mills invests in organic farming initiative
4 June 2015 | By Victoria White
General Mills, one of the world’s leading food companies, is investing $50,000 to support the a Canada-based organic farming Initiative...
Coca-Cola unveils the world’s first 100% plant derived PET plastic bottle
3 June 2015 | By Victoria White
The Coca-Cola Company has unveiled the world’s first PET plastic bottle made entirely from plant materials at the World Expo in Milan...
Strategic Plan sets out FSA’s responsibilities for the future
3 June 2015 | By Victoria White
The FSA has published its Strategic Plan, setting out how it will work over the next five years to deliver the goals of the FSA Strategy 2015-20...
Asahi reorganises its domestic soft drinks and food businesses
3 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Asahi Group Holdings, a leading brewery and soft drink company, is set to reorganise its domestic soft drinks and food businesses effective 1 January 2016...
Distell recalls wines that could contain small fragments of glass
3 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Distell is in the process of carrying out a limited trade recall as a result of certain very small glass particles being detected in some of its wine...
Arla unveils the next phase of its multi-mullion pound campaign to build brand awareness
2 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Arla Foods has unveiled the latest phase of a multi-million pound campaign that has seen it build value in its healthier product portfolio to UK households...
ADM acquires tree nut and seed processing operation in Modesto, California
2 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has acquired tree nut and seed processing assets and operations in Modesto, California, from California Gold Almonds...
Bayer CropScience acquires vegetable seed company SeedWorks India
2 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Bayer CropScience has signed an agreement to acquire SeedWorks India, a company specialised in breeding, production, and marketing of hybrid seeds...
Nestlé USA commits to removing artificial flavours from six of its most popular pizza and snack brands in the US
2 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Nestlé USA has pledged to improve the ingredient quality and nutritional profile of some of its most popular frozen pizza and snack brands in the US...
MillerCoors names Gavin Hattersley interim CEO
2 June 2015 | By Victoria White
MillerCoors has named Gavin Hattersley to the role of interim Chief Executive Officer to lead the business when current CEO Tom Long retires 30 June 2015...
Nestlé looks at the science behind portion size choice
2 June 2015 | By Victoria White
A new study provides evidence that ‘dietary control’ based on motivational and attentional processes in the brain play a key role in portion size choice...
Cargill completes acquisition of Zamanita
2 June 2015 | By Victoria White
Cargill further expands in Zambia with the acquisition of Zamanita Limited, the soybean crushing and oil refining subsidiary of Zambeef...
Scientists reveal the origin of beefsteak tomatoes
1 June 2015 | By Victoria White
A team of scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has identified a set of genes that control stem cell production in tomatoes...
The Hershey Company shows off 3-D printed chocolate
1 June 2015 | By Victoria White
The Hershey Company demonstrated 3-D printed chocolate at the recent National Confectioners Association’s annual Sweets & Snacks Expo in Chicago...
