News On Ingredients

Wheat surged to a record in Chicago as prices seesawed from the biggest gain ever to the largest decline and then back again. Wheat futures rose more than 25 percent from today's low to their high, a gain that was bigger than all but seven annual pric...

Tate &Lyle is to convert its entire retail sugar range to fair trade in the largest fair-trade switch ever made by a UK company. The firm said that it is too early to say if its move to the ethical trading scheme will spread to its ingredient divi...

NutraCea is to enter the lucrative edible oil market, following the completion of its purchase of South America's largest rice bran oil processing facility. The firm, which has so far focused its activities on stabilized rice bran, said it will now sta...

Senior Muslim figures have said that they are shocked that a number of Walkers snacks contain traces of alcohol and eating them is therefore against their religion. A tiny amount of alcohol is used in some products as a chemical agent to extract flavou...

Na een eerdere prijsverhoging in november naar €6,50, doet zetmeelaardappelconcern Avebe er nu nog eens een schep van €3,50 bovenop. Daarmee komt de markttoeslag voor het seizoen 2007/2008 op 10 euro per ton fabriekers.

A few days ago we decided that we would dedicate this PotatoPro Newsletter to the rising ingredient prices. With a publication today by Pepsico on the impact of rising ingredient costs and today's closing price in New York for crude oil for the first time over $100 a barrel ($100.74), the topic could hardly be more current.

Soft drink and snack maker PepsiCo Inc plans to raise prices and reduce the size of some products this year to offset soaring commodity costs, but does not expect these measures to significantly hurt sales volume, a senior executive said on Wednesday. ...

The food industry across Europe needs to make a big effort to reduce saturated fat in food regardless of whether national agencies set targets - and it should not wait around for governments to do all the awareness-raising with its consumers.   Last we...

The food industry has a window to research ways to reduce saturated fat in products before the UK's FSA starts its consumer awareness campaign at the end of this year, says an expert from ADM who is anticipating a swell of interest from manufacturers. ...

More research is urgently needed on the biodiversity impact of palm oil production, says a new report, as food and other consumer goods manufacturers make sustainable sourcing a priority.   Palm oil, a major source of vegetable oils and fat, is derived...

Avebe heeft er alle vertrouwen in dat het concern ook zonder Europese steun blijft bestaan. "Avebe is al langer bezig zich voor te bereiden op de situatie dat er geen Europese steun meer is", zegt woordvoerder Johan Russchen. "We vertr...

Replacing fat can be achieved by spreadable gel particles prepared by superheating potato starch and then cooling, Dutch researchers have reported. Peter Steeneken and Albert Woortman from TNO Quality of Life report: "Superheated starch (SHS) exhi...

Asoyia is introducing a new product that not only meets the increasing consumer demand for low trans fat foods, but also maintains an elevated degree of stability and neutral taste so important to food processors. Asoyia Mid Oleic Ultra Low Lin Oil (...

The independent research organisation Chatham House has launched a project to examine how the UK can best secure its food supply in the face of global food production shortages. One thing seems clear to the project's authors: "Britain as a society...

Total segment operating profit increased 77% when compared to the same quarter last year Agribusiness benefited from improved global market conditions, posting 14% volume growth in the quarter Fertilizer continued to benefit from improved farm economi...

It is common knowledge that obesity levels in America have been recorded at record levels, almost reaching the point of an epidemic. However, in the wake of numerous federal guidelines that promote a low fat diet, one must beg the question -- is it pos...

According to the Chinese state press, the Ministry of Commerce has started to impose an anti-dumping tax on potato starch imported from the European Union since yesterday. Importers of potato starch are required to pay an anti-dumping tax of 17 to 35%....

De leden van de vakbonden CNV, FNV en De Unie zijn akkoord met een nieuwe cao voor Avebe. Volgens woordvoerders van de vakbonden waren de werknemers in ruime meerderheid voor het principe-akkoord dat vorige week was bereikt met de aardappelzetmeelfabri...