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World: SGS, Mettler Toledo to hold webinar on allergen management
SGS and Mettler Toledo will present the results of a recent SGS industry survey on challenges, needs and gaps at allergen management in a...
World: FAO says Ebola outbreak puts harvests at risk, sends food prices shooting up
Disruptions in food trade and marketing in the three West African countries most affected by Ebola have made food increasingly expensive and hard to...
World: Elderly consumers offer market opportunities for single-serve products, innovative packaging, finds report
Besides busy city workers, the older population are quickly becoming some of the biggest seekers of convenience, with 17.1% of their food consumption motivated...
World: Coca-Cola Company, African bottling partners to invest US$5B in region over six years
The Coca-Cola Company and its African bottling partners has on August 5, 2014 announced an investment of US$5 billion during the US-Africa Leaders Summit...
Europe: DSM to distribute Merck’s folate product to dietary supplement, food industries
Under a partnership agreement, DSM will distribute Merck’s L-MTHF Metafolin folate to the dietary supplement and food industries.
Metafolin folate is the biologically active form...
World: AAK buys Turkish brand from Unilever
AAK has signed an agreement to acquire the Turkish frying oil brand Frita from Unilever.
Frita, which covers a part of the local food service...
World: FutureFood 2050 discusses food security, nutritional challenges in Africa
To envision challenges and solutions associated with feeding nine billion people anticipated by 2050, one can look to developing economies and countries that epitomize...
World: Package needs to appeal, perform, provide value to the environment, says Tetra Pak
Tetra Pak on June 12, 2014 announced a further investment of €36 million (US$48.69 million) in its packaging material plant in Izmir, Turkey to...
Europe: Chocolate Masters goes sustainable with farmers, supports quality partner program
Chocolate Masters, part of the Barry Callebaut Group and known as the specialist in the production and sale of chocolate and cocoa-based decorations, now...
World: Nestlé tells FNI on new modular factory concept
Nestlé has created a blueprint for a factory that can be built in half the time of a more traditional one for about 50-60%...