Americas: Pinnacle Foods to exit certain frozen breakfast products
Pinnacle Foods has decided to exit certain low-margin and non-strategic Aunt Jemima frozen breakfast products sold to retail and foodservice customers, following its voluntary...
Americas: Kerry Group funds pilot project to feed school children
Kerry Group will contribute US$750,000 and technical support to pilot a three-year program called Project Leche in Honduras, Central America.
This initiative is part of a...
Americas: Researchers find isomers good for the brain
Eesearchers at the University of Georgia found the benefits of lutein and zeaxanthin isomers on brain health, showing that they improved psychological stress levels...
Americas: Uflex’s rice bag wins design award
Uflex receives the Marketing Excellence Award 2017 (in food category) for its packaging design for Samaa Basmati Rice.
Conferred in the US by the Association...
Americas: Sig Combibloc releases low acid carton
Sig Combibloc has launched carton bottle combidome for low-acid products such as milk and plant-based dairy alternatives with US company Steuben Foods.
Steuben offers premium...
Americas: Cognex introduces ESD-safe barcode readers
New models combine electrostatic discharge (ESD) safety with unsurpassed read rates
Cognex Corporation announces the broadest suite of electrostatic discharge (ESD) -safe barcode readers available...
Americas: Lab finds food ingredient blends more sensitive to climate change
A recent Purdue study featured in the Journal of Food Science, deciphers why food ingredient blends are more sensitive to changes in climate than...
Americas: Arca Continental to invest in region
Arca Continental plans to invest 10 billion of Mexican pesos (US$0.52 billion), an increase of 43% compared to 2016, primarily to strengthen its operations...
Americas: CP Kelco opens new facility
CP Kelco has completed its new production capabilities in its Okmulgee, Oklahoma plant for manufacturing Kelcogel gellan gum.
Until now, CP Kelco’s San Diego,...
Americas: Report finds frozen foods go for healthy makeover
Frozen foods have been feeling the heat lately in the US largely due to a shift in consumer preferences to fresh and refrigerated foods....