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september 24, 2008

DSM’s PreventASe™ Wins Scientific Excellence Award

Virgo Publishing announced this week that PreventASe™ from DSM Food Specialties will receive the Food Product Design Scientific Excellence Award at SupplySide West, Oct. 22 to 24 in Las Vegas. Ingredient suppliers and technology providers with new ingr...

september 16, 2008

No going back for crop prices

The increase in prices of corn, soy and wheat is unlikely to decrease, and could stay at current levels for at least two to three decades, says a new report. New research by two University of Illinois farm economists suggests that bakers and snack ma...

augustus 11, 2008

Solving Sodium: Manufacturers Face Challenges and Innovation

Many of our favorite foods – French fries, bread, and potato chips come immediately to mind – contain a special, essential ingredient: salt. Also known as sodium chloride, this abundant mineral not only acts as a flavor enhancer and preservative, it p...

augustus 06, 2008

ADM optimistic despite mixed bag of results

Floods and market conditions have not made for an easy year at Archer Daniels Midland, but a 61 per cent slump in Q4 profits is not as grave as it seems since last years figures were propped up by one-off costs. Patricia Woertz, ADM chairman and CEO ...

juli 25, 2008

Bunge Reports Second Quarter Results

Financial highlights: Total segment EBIT reached $1,078 million Agribusiness results were strong across the business Fertilizer benefited from the strong global agricultural environment

juli 25, 2008

Wendy's post-merger management team unveiled

The top executive group at Wendy's after its acquisition by the parent of the Arby's chain will include three faces familiar to the Dublin company's employees and franchisees. Triarc Companies Inc. disclosed Friday three high management appointments fo...

juli 22, 2008

ADM to snap up National Starch?

In January Akzo Nobel NV became the new owner of National Starch and Chemical Company as part of its acquisition of ICI. Akzo made clear its intention to seek a new owner for the specialty starches business, which boasted half year revenues of about $6...

juli 18, 2008

IFF launches new umami ingredient

A new umami ingredient has been launched as a possible alternative to monosodium glutamate which could help food manufacturers reduce costs and salt content in their products. UmamiPrime contains no glutamate and delivers "strong umami taste&quo...

juli 15, 2008

PreventASe Xtru: DSM's tailormade solution for acrylamide reduction in Extruded snacks

DSM Food Specialties introduces a complete portfolio of application-specific and tailor-made PreventASe™ solutions. PreventASe™ is now available in three formulations covering specific food applications under the following sub-brands: Panna™, Bicra™ an...

juli 15, 2008

Valley Research Acquisition strengthens DSM enzyme activities

DSM hopes to improve its international food enzymes activities through the acquisition of the business and all the assets of Valley Research, an American biotechnology company. Valley Research, founded in 1984, is privately-owned and offers a broad r...

juli 15, 2008

Californian Legislature approves bill banning trans fats

California is poised to become the first state in the nation to ban restaurants and other food facilities from using trans fats, which are known to increase the risk of heart disease, under a bill approved by the state Legislature Monday and sent to ...

Cargill Innovation Center for snacks and cereals

juli 09, 2008

New Cargill Innovation center focuses on snacks and cereals

Cargill has opened a new innovation center for snack and cereal products which it says will help food manufacturers create new products that drive sales growth. The agro-giant's Snacks and Cereal Product Innovation Center in Minneapolis, which is no...

juni 26, 2008

Omega-3 ALA - overlooked and misunderstood?

With marine omega-3 EPA and DHA often stealing the spotlight, ALA from plants - such as flaxseed and canola - has been somewhat ignored, but a new review reinforces ALA's unique and valuable benefits. The health benefits associated with alpha-linolenic...

juni 23, 2008

Bunge to buy Corn Products International

Bunge Ltd. said Monday it is buying Corn Products International Inc. in an approximate $4.8 billion all-stock transaction that Bunge says will create a larger, more diversified and competitive global provider of agribusiness and food products.

juni 05, 2008

Trans fats harm may pass from mother to infant in breast milk

The potentially damaging effects of trans fats may also be passed from a mother to her child during breast feeding, suggests a new study that heaps more misery on the enfant terrible of the food industry. The offspring of lactating rats fed a diet co...

mei 22, 2008

McDonald's switches to transfat free frying oils

The McDonald's Corp. has completed its changeover to cooking oil with no trans fat at its restaurants in the U.S. and Canada The world's largest restaurant chain is now cooking French fries, hash browns, Filet-O-Fish sandwiches and chicken in a blend ...

mei 22, 2008

Too little salt may pose CVD risk, suggests study

Low sodium levels may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, say researchers in an observational study, contradicting recent evidence from intervention trials indicating the dangers of too much salt. The observational study was carried out by res...

mei 15, 2008

Snack Foods Association (SFA) urges US Congress to reconsider Food-to-Fuel Policies as prices skyrocket

In light of dramatic increases in food prices and the environmental costs of fuels derived from food crops, Congress should revisit federal food-to-fuel mandates and subsidies, a top official of a Pennsylvania-based snack foods company told Congress t...