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Los plásticos biodegradables se abren camino en el mercado español de la mano de empresas como Basf y Sphere, y se adelantan a la normativa del Plan Nacional Integral de Residuos, que se aprobará en enero de 2009. El nuevo Plan Nacional Integral de R...

Six leading high street restaurant chains – Burger King, KFC, McDonald's, Nando's, Subway and Wimpy – have today announced a commitment to make changes in their restaurants, which support Agency activity to help people eat more healthily outside the ...

PepsiCo Inc reiterated its full-year 2008 earnings outlook on Thursday and said it would discuss innovation plans for 2009 for its North American beverage unit later in the day. Pepsi, which makes Pepsi-Cola drinks, Frito-Lay snacks and Quaker foods, h...

Axium Foods, based in South Beloit, Ill., is a division of McCleary Inc., which for nearly 50 years has been making snack foods sold under store labels or by other companies.Axium is making a push into the market with its own snack foods label: Pajeda'...

About 14 Wendy's headquarters employees will lose their jobs early next year and 120 positions at the Dublin headquarters will move to Atlanta in phases during 2009. In addition, about 45 field-organization jobs will be eliminated. In September, Tria...

Perú podría exportar papa a China pero en forma procesada, y no en la modalidad de producto fresco porque antes se deben vencer barreras fitosanitarias, señaló el ministro de Agricultura, Carlos Leyton. "En la manera en que vayamos avanzando (en ...

The only obstacle between kids and their french fries: Mom. So here is Debra DeMuth, McDonald's global nutrition director, mounting a spirited defense of fries to five mothers of young children at a McDonald's in Baltimore. "They are probably one ...

Researchers at the University of Bath and the food &drinks research centre at Campden BRI are leading a project to create a new high speed environmentally-friendly packaging process that will use recycled materials and reduce the amount of plastic...

Albert Heijn haalt met onmiddellijke ingang de AH aardappelkroketjes met de houdbaarheidsdatum 04-2010 uit de diepvries.De aardappelkroketjes kunnen volgens Albert Heijn bij het bereiden ontploffen.Klanten ontvangen het aankoopbedrag retour. Van de ver...

BMA / Florigo have built up many references and over more than 40 years of experience in the nuts industry. With the knowledge that the healthy benefits of regular nut consumption are becoming widely recognised, BMA / Florigo improved their present ran...

Key Technology introduces Optyx® sorters designed specifically for kettle-style potato chips. Featuring a unique camera and lighting configuration to sense opacity as well as subtle color differences, these new Optyx sorters identify and remove objecti...

In 2007, McCain launched major investments in renewable energy at one of its manufacturing plants, resulting in a reduction of 7,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide in six months. The company is continuing to explore further opportunities for eco-innovation a...