Europe: Danone, Yakult partner on probiotics
Danone and Yakult Honsha (Yakult) have signed an amended Memorandum of Understanding to promote probiotics as part of a balanced diet.
Building on a formal...
World: RTD tea is evolving, states report
India currently vies with China as the world’s biggest packaged tea for household consumption market.
From Mintel's estimates, India consumed a total retail volume...
Europe: VVT receives award for cellulose packaging
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation awarded VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland for a packaging solution made of cellulose in Davos, Switzerland in January 2018....
Americas: AOAC validates ground beef, flour validation systems
Hygiena has received extensions to its AOAC-Research Institute validation for the BAX System Real-Time Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) Assay Suite for STEC for two...
Europe: UK bottling brand uses RPC closure
UK bottled water brand Highland Spring has used the Secure Flip next-generation sports cap from RPC Massmould for its PET bottles.
The closure is available...
Americas: Pregishas opens US$1M testing lab
Pregishas invested US$1 million in a new 1,000 square foot testing lab for its Grand Rapids, Michigan, blown film manufacturing facility in the US.
Lab...
Europe: Experiment proves HDPE can be recycled at least 10 times
ESE World has carried out the first practical experiment to demonstrate that HDPE can be recycled at least 10 times and further processed under...
Europe: Arla Foods invests in plants, upgrades
The farmer-owned dairy cooperative Arla Foods will invest €527 million (US$657.30 million) into its plants, of which £72 million (US$101.86 million) will be spent...
Europe: Cargill, partner invest in Danish potato starch plant
Cargill and its Danish potato starch partner, AKV Langholt AmbA, are investing US$22.5 million in a new potato starch production unit at their Langholt...
Americas: Duravant to buy Key Technology
Duravant has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Key Technology, enabling the former to further reach across food processing with new complementary products...