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25-Feb-2005
Russian confectioner lifted by Green Week participation
United Confectioners, Europe's biggest confectionery holding group which unites Russia's 15 leading producers, saw its 2005 order book swell after its recent participation in Berlin's Green Week exhibition, with exports...
ADM upgrades cocoa processing in Brazil
Major food commodity processor and ingredients supplier Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) will expand cocoa operations in Brazil to match expansion of current product lines, the firm said this week.
Branded ingredients: the path to growth in pressurised industry?
The news this month that the world's number one drinks giant Coca Cola has linked up with Tate & Lyle's Splenda sweetener in a new branding venture could signal the...
24-Feb-2005
Romania facing struggle to compete in sugar sector
Romanian sugar producers face a hard time in the run-up to the country's predicted accession to the EU in 2007, with few firms capable of the high level of investment...
Profits up for Nestlé as confectionery sales improve
Nestlé, the world's number one food company, hopes to appease investors by offering a sizeable dividend payout, despite announcing a disappointing overall drop in 2004 sales, Tom Armitage reports.
Fischer Boel outlines EU CAP reform priorities
Mariann Fischer Boel, the EU's recently appointed agriculture commissioner, has claimed that sweeping EU agricultural reforms will provide UK farmers with a "better balance of support", while forging a more...
23-Feb-2005
Degussa breaks up ingredients unit in fruit system sale
Flavours and texturants firm Degussa will shrug off its fruit preparation business to an American equity company in a sale that prepares the ground for a total divesture of its...
Cadbury Schweppes back on track after reshuffle
British confectionery and soft drinks group Cadbury Schweppes is back on the path to growth after the acquisition of confectionery group Adams and a complete overhaul of its US beverage...
22-Feb-2005
Neotame on EFSA's agenda
Non-nutritive sweetener neotame is on the agenda in Europe as scientific experts meet today in Brussels to discuss the food additive up to 13,000 times sweeter than sugar.
Thorntons boosted by wider retail sales
British confectionery manufacturer and retailer Thorntons suffered along with most of the UK's retail sector over the Christmas period, but its first half results were buoyed by an otherwise solid...
21-Feb-2005
Splenda maker invests heavily in NPD
Race for the next high margin ingredient continues as the UK maker of Splenda sweetener signs off $46 million over the next five years to invest in "next-generation food and...
Tate & Lyle builds up ingredients portfolio with new investment
Race for the next high margin ingredient continues as the UK maker of Splenda sweetener signs off €36 million over the next five years to invest in "next-generation food and...
18-Feb-2005
Chocolate industry affirms reponsible farming need
Democrats Tom Harkin and Eliot L. Engel wrote a hard-hitting piece in the LA Times on Monday about the human cost of the chocolate trade, but the cocoa industry has...
Nestlé labelling disregards UK government guidance
The British arm of Nestlé has become the latest food producer to revamp its nutrition labels, yet the country's food industry is on rocky ground by entrenching its support for...
17-Feb-2005
DSM: low margin food ingredients climb in tough climate
DSM, the largest food fermentation company in the world (in value terms) sees its combined food units beating industry growth for the year, but bakery still under pressure, reports Lindsey...
16-Feb-2005
Swiss chocolatiers lose market share to rising foreign imports
The number of imported chocolate products into Switzerland has increased for the fourth year running - but will the EU's looming CAP reforms soon bring this burgeoning trend to an...
15-Feb-2005
Nestlé installs cost-cutting pallet labelling system
Sato has developed an automated pallet labelling concept for Nestlé using UHF RFID tags that should help the company make significant supply chain savings.
14-Feb-2005
Coke urges US and EU to tackle trade barriers
Companies seeking to do business across the Atlantic face significant hurdles if the United States and European Union do not work to remove non-tariff trade barriers, claimed Coca-Cola chief executive...
US food sector growth reliant on global prosperity
Growth in the US agricultural sector over the next decade will be reliant on growing international economic activity to support gains in consumption, trade, and prices, according to the USDA.
Peanuts in plentiful supply
Several recently published studies have revealed the nutritional benefits of peanuts and USDA figures released last week show that there is no shortage of supply for food manufacturers.
10-Feb-2005
Bidding starts soon for Degussa ingredients unit
Bidding for the food ingredients business at Degussa, Germany's third largest chemicals group, could be underway by the start of the second quarter.
Splenda fights back
Tate & Lyle's Splenda brand in the news again this week as McNeil Nutritionals, the table-top supplier of this increasingly popular sweetener, takes the US sugar industry to court.
Cloetta Fazer turns to core brands as profits slide
Scandinavian confectioner Cloetta Fazer remains optimistic that it can turnaround flagging Polish sales, despite posting disappointing 2004 operating profits, Tom Armitage reports.
Unilever rejigs management as core brand sales flag
Anglo-Dutch consumer giant Unilever is set to overhaul its management structure - a move which it claims will help restore top-line sales growth and allow it to draw a line...
Increase in counterfeit food drives innovations
Seizures of conterfeit food products and medicines entering the EU increased by 77 per cent from 2002 to 2003, according to the European Commission. Foodstuffs seized included sweets, waffles, chewing...
09-Feb-2005
Genencor buy fits into strategy, says Danisco
Set to see sugar profits dip with incoming European sugar reform, Danisco's announcement last week to acquire enzyme player Genencor is the latest in a string of acquisitions that will...
Safety in early stage of food production highlighted
Food in the pre-harvest stage is more vulnerable to contamination than food in the processing and packaging stages of production, because of environmental variability and our inability to control it,...
Scotland and Wales to influence CAP?
Recently devolved Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have already established a strong bargaining position in the development of EU policy, particularly in agriculture, likely to affect how the UK handles...
08-Feb-2005
New look for confectionery brand
Russia's Voronej confectionery company has revamped both the contents and the packaging of its product range in a bid to compete more effectively with the growing number of foreign confectionery...
Marketers facing new taxes
Marketers of fast moving consumer goods in Russia may now think twice about using free samples to promote their products, following a decision to tax them. Angela Drujinina reports.
Coca-Cola to use Splenda logo on new Diet Coke
Sales and consumer awareness of sweetener from UK manufacturer Tate & Lyle look set to rise as number one global soft drinks player launches a new version of Diet Coke,...
Food labels with '3D' power bring new knowledge to consumer
Food labels that mirror the 'three-dimensional' power of food could soon reach the food industry, should rule-makers and industry take on board a new concept designed by a New Zealand...
07-Feb-2005
WILD rolls out fruit sweetener
German ingredients firm WILD launches a new fruit sweetener range to meet growing demand for 100 per cent natural food labels.
EU trade commissoner Mandelson to overhaul food regulations
Peter Mandelson, the newly-appointed EU trade commissioner, is considering launching a review of the EU's stringent food hygiene regulations in an attempt to tackle growing accusations that its policies are...
04-Feb-2005
UK sugar acquisition given clearance
The Competition Commission (CC) today announced it has provisionally cleared the completed acquisition by Napier Brown Foods (NBF) of James Budgett Sugars (JBS), but voiced concerns about the lack of...
Imperial Sugar forecasts difficult year
Imperial Sugar yesterday (Thursday) announced a higher first-quarter profit, but predicted that operating income would fall significantly in 2005 as the sugar industry remains challenging, reports Philippa Nuttall.
03-Feb-2005
Willpower the only answer to obesity?
External signals override natural signals that we have eaten enough, but is it all a question of education, ask US researchers, exploring methods to tackle obesity.
02-Feb-2005
EU obesity project to bring NPD openings for industry?
In a bid to stem the flow of funding to European health budgets, Brussels has invested more than €14 million in the fight against fat.
EU sets out food traceability guidelines
The EU has issued new guidelines to facilitate the traceability of food products across all member states.
01-Feb-2005
United Confectioners moves to protect its brands
United Confectioners Holding has initiated a complex standardisation programme across its product range, a fact that will allow products at different factories to be manufactured to the same stable quality...
Wrigley lifted by innovation and acquisitions
Continuing moves into new segments of the confectionery market have helped US gum maker Wrigley end 2004 with record sales and profits. And the acquisition of Spain's Joyco, with strong...
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