News On Ingredients

October 09, 2008

CSM announces completion of sale of gluconic acid plant to Avebe

CSM announces the completion of the sale of the small scale gluconic acid and gluconates production plant of its subsidiary PURAC biochem in Ter Apelkanaal, the Netherlands to AVEBE. The transaction is effective per October 1, 2008.The transaction comp...

October 08, 2008

Bio Driven offers sustainable solutions for waste cooking oil

Bio Driven, an innovative UK company dedicated to the production of high quality, compliant biodiesel, has launched a series of new facilities and strategies to provide sustainable solutions for the food industry. It has been calculated that 225,000 ...

October 06, 2008

Avebe is tevreden over voortgang bij Solanic

Avebe is goed op weg om te veranderen van een traditioneel zetmeelbedrijf naar een onderneming die alle componenten van de aardappel tot waarde brengt. Dat zeggen de directeur Agro Arjan de Rooij en de voorzitter van de Raad van Commissarissen, Hans Ho...

October 03, 2008

Palm oil rebound not in sight;stocks, demand drag

Ballooning vegetable oil stocks and fast-declining interest from funds in volatile commodities may hold off a recovery in palm oil prices until next year despite its fall to a level much lower than rival soyoil.Palm oil's discount to soy oil has more t...

October 02, 2008

Russian federation Oilseeds and products;October 2008 Monthly update

Post forecasts production of major oilseeds at 8.1 million metric tons (MMT), including 6.7 MMT of sunflowerseeds, 680,000 metric tons (MT) of soybeans, and 720,000 MT of rapeseeds. Russia's imports of these three oilseeds will be 450,000 MT, including...

October 02, 2008

"Frituurvet mag gerecycleerd worden tot biobrandstof"

Het bedrijf Indinox uit Lokeren wil kleinschalige productie-installaties maken voor biodiesel op basis van frituurvet. Maar vanwege "onvolkomenheden in de wetgeving"werd besloten om de proefinstallatie over te brengen naar Estland. In een rea...

October 01, 2008

Waste oil from French Fries fuelling Canadian world record attempt

In a world record breaking attempt, Canadians Cloe Whittaker (22) and Tyson Jerry (24) are taking a 45,000 Km road trip in a van powered by the waste oil from French fries.They will launch their Driven to Sustain adventure on Wednesday October 1 from M...

October 01, 2008

Avebe vreest verlies inkomenspremies

Veenkoloniale akkerbouwers dreigen hun bedrijfstoeslagen kwijt te raken bij een al te drastische omschakeling van het EU-landbouwbeleid.Met die waarschuwing kwam Avebe-voorzitter Hans Hoekman vandaag naar de Tweede Kamer. Een Kamercommissie belegde een...

September 30, 2008

Malaysia oilseeds and products (Palm Oil) update September 2008

Malaysia's crude palm oil production rose 2.5 percent to 1.6 MMT in August. Despite an increase in crude palm oil output, stronger palm oil exports resulted in a slight increase in carryout stocks to 1.8 MMT at the end of August. Weaker overseas demand...

September 26, 2008

Avebe Executive Gerben Meursing visits Taiwan

Gerben J. Meursing, Managing Director of Commerce of AVEBE UA, arrived in Taipei recently to host the 6th anniversary of opening ceremony AVEBE (Far East) Pte Ltd Representative Office, one of AVEBE's subsidiaries. Meursing said, "We will streng...

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 18, 2008

Cargill opens rapeseed crush plant in Montoir, western France

Cargill has inaugurated a new €65-million rapeseed crush plant in the port of Montoir in western France. The company has made the investment in partnership with Sofiprotéol, which promotes the marketing and processing of oilseeds in France. Cargill is ...

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...

September 09, 2008

EU approves import of Bayer's GM soybeans

Bayer's LibertyLink® soybeans A 2704-12 cleared an important hurdle today, receiving final approval from the European Commission for importation into the European Union for food and feed use.

September 09, 2008

Recordwinst voor Avebe

Avebe heeft het afgelopen boekjaar afgesloten met een recordwinst van 36 miljoen euro, het hoogste resultaat ooit voor het aardappelzetmeelconcern.

September 04, 2008

Factsheet Rapeseed (Canola) 2008

The world production of rapeseed is expected to grow more than 13% in 2008 to 54.4 million tons after a stagnation in the last two years. With 18.2 million tons the EU-27 is by far the largest producer in 2007 (+13%) and production is still growing. Ge...

September 04, 2008

GAIN Report: Oilseeds in China 2008/2009

Good weather in Northeast China and other areas continue to solidify high expectations of a good harvest. Total oilseeds production is expected to be six percent higher in marketing year 2008/09, while new soybean projections are significantly higher t...

August 21, 2008

Potato supply agreement grows profits and cuts waste

Sole supply agreements in the potato processing sector are helping to improve profits, reduce waste and raise quality. An £8.4m investment by H J Heinz at its Westwick factory, just north of Norwich, is good news for potato growers in the area, says Ia...