Bakery & Snacks
Europe: Tetra Pak buys filling machine maker
Tetra Pak buys Big Drum Engineering, a supplier of filling machines for the ice cream industry.
The acquisition of will strengthen Tetra Pak's presence in...
Americas: Snack foods are eaten as meals, report
Once seen as guilty pleasures, snack foods have and will continue to evolve to be eating occasion solutions for a nation of consumers constantly...
Americas: Baker Perkins’ founders honored by society
Joseph Baker and Jacob Perkins, founders of the companies that eventually became Baker Perkins, are to be inducted into the Baking Hall of Fame...
Europe: Using limonene for better reduced-fat chocolate
Adding limonene to cocoa butter could result in better reduced-fat chocolate, researchers report in American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
Previous research...
Americas: Mondelez International stops plans to acquire Hershey
Mondelēz International ended discussions with The Hershey Company regarding a possible combination of the two companies.
"Our proposal to acquire Hershey reflected our conviction that...
Americas: Fonterra enters Brazilian pizza market
Fonterra ventures into the Brazilian pizza market with its first sale of its high quality, extra stretch Individual Quick Frozen (IQF) mozzarella.
It landed the...
Asia Pacific: Flexco shares tips on getting out of sticky situations
Creative recipes and the use of sweet and sticky substances challenges food processors to ensure their conveyor belts remain clean and efficient.
Mold prevention on...
Europe: Customized ingredients for gluten-free bakery, report
While only an estimated 1% of the population in four European markets is gluten-intolerant through celiac disease, Mintel market research reports that the percentage...
Asia Pacific: Barry Callebaut acquires Australian chocolate producer
The Barry Callebaut Group has signed an agreement to acquire GKC Foods (Australia) Pty Ltd, a producer of chocolate, coatings and fillings, serving many...
Americas: Extruded snacks food market to worth US$31B by 2019, report
The extruded snacks market is estimated to reach about $31 billion by 2019, according to the report Extruded Snacks Market by Type (Potato, Corn,...