Vietnam sugar prices falling as imports permitted
Sugar prices are falling in Vietnam after the government permitted several thousand tonnes to be imported to ease restricted domestic supply shortages.
Archives for January 12, 2006
Machine automates confectionery bar packing
An automated machine for packing cereal and confectionery bars into cartons helps manufacturers speed up their production lines and cuts down on labour costs, its manufacturer claims.
Which? questions probiotics proof
Consumer watchdog Which? has questioned the efficacy of probiotic products, claiming that there is no reliable research to prove that they can help general well-being.
Sucralose breakthrough could smash Tate & Lyle monopoly
An India-based company claims it has developed a sucralose that will break Tate & Lyle's lucrative monopoly in the sweetener.