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Treofan to close Battipaglia plant. Photo: facebook Nicola Acunz

Treofan to close Italian plant

By Jenny Eagle

Treofan, which makes BOPP film for chocolate and biscuits, among others, is closing its Italian plant in Battipaglia.

Products produced by Haas. Photo: Bühler.

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Bühler to create Consumer Foods segment in 2019

By Jenny Eagle

Bühler will create a Consumer Foods segment in January 2019 combining its chocolate, nuts, bakery and coffee business with Haas, which it acquired last year.

Stevia, listed as E 960 in Europe, is made by extracting the sweet-tasting molecules from the stevia plant. © iStock/zeleno

PureCircle plays down EU stevia stumbling block

By Niamh Michail

Malaysian supplier PureCircle must provide more data to prove the safety of both minor steviol glycosides and glucosylated stevia, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said in two separate opinions.

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Are some 'no added sugar' claims really illegal?

By Niamh Michail

Claims such as ‘no added sugar’ on foods containing sweeteners are commonplace and an important part of healthy branding - but are they technically illegal under EU law? We put the question to a food law expert.

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