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Cargill Innovation Center for snacks and cereals

July 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...

July 03, 2008

Calbee to Raise Snack Prices This Autumn

Major Japanese snack food maker Calbee Foods Co. said Thursday that it will raise prices of its mainstay products as early as November.The markup on the products, which include potato chips and "Kappa Ebisen"snacks, reflects surging prices of...

June 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...

June 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.

June 17, 2008

Bert Jansen to become CEO AVEBE

The Supervisory Board of AVEBE U.A. has the intention to appoint Mr. Bert Jansen as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors per September 1st, 2008. Until 2006 Bert Jansen was member of the Executive Board of Campina BV and in this position respons...

June 13, 2008

Helft Horeca frituurt in gezond vet

De groei van het aantal bedrijven dat 'gezond' frituurt, stagneert. De helft van de horecazaken gebruikte vorig jaar vloeibaar frituurvet. Dit aantal is gelijk aan een jaar eerder, blijkt uit een rapport van de Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit (VWA). KHN ...

June 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...

June 03, 2008

Tainted cooking oil kills 8 in Ethiopia

Authorities closed 16 cooking oil factories in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Tuesday after eight people were killed and scores sickened by food cooked with contaminated oil. In a statement, the Health Ministry said 94 people were in hospital wit...

May 27, 2008

EU moves to restrict Ukrainian sunflower oil imports

The European Commission has set tough import standards for Ukrainian sunflower oil following the recent discovery that some products were contaminated. On 16 May, following further investigations, Brussels recommended that all imports of sunflower o...

May 26, 2008

GAIN Report: Oil Seeds and Products India 2008

MY 2008/09 total oilseed production is forecast at 36 million tons, up 6 percent over MY 2007/08, mainly due to an anticipated increase in soybean and peanut production in response to prevailing high prices. MY 2008/09 edible oil imports are forecast a...

May 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...

May 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 ...

May 16, 2008

FAO sees energy, biofuel keeping world food costly

World food prices should stay high because of rising energy costs and the use of biofuels, but they may ease after stocks are replenished, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Thursday. Senior officials from the U.N. agency, testifying b...

May 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...

In 2007, 20 – 40 % of all corn in the US was used for energy production

May 14, 2008

Snack Food Industry urges review US biofuel policy

Today the Snack Food Industry made its case in US congress for changes in the US biofuel policy, in light of the dramatic increase of food prices and the environmental costs.

May 12, 2008

Gain Report: Discussion Paper of German Ag-Industry about EU Biotech Policy Implications

A group of German food and feed industry associations released a discussion paper expressing the industries' concerns about the negative implications of the EU biotech policy. The industry is highly concerned that the EU policy on biotechnology will...

May 05, 2008

Gain Report: Oilseeds and Products Canada 2008

Total Canadian oilseed production during 2008/2009 is forecast to increase to 12.5 MMT from 11.5 million metric tons produced a year earlier. This increase is due to an 8% increase in canola production and a 12% increase in soybean production.Acreage i...

May 05, 2008

Gain report: Oilseeds and Products Argentina 2008

Post expects oilseeds production to increase slightly in the 2008/09 crop year. Soybean planted area is expected to remain at 2007/08 levels (17 million hectares). Areas planted in sunflower and peanuts are expected to increase by 5 and 10 percent, res...