Europe: GEA reports Q1 order intake of €1.144M
GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft reported order intake of €1,144 million (US$1,292.24 million) for the first quarter of 2016, an increase of 1.5% from the same...
Americas: General Mills, university open oats research laboratory
General Mills and South Dakota State University (SDSU) will open an oat variety development laboratory on the Brookings campus, called The Oats Research Laboratory,...
Americas: USDA has “no questions” for GRAS status of AR yeast
The US Food and Drug Administration has "no questions" in regards to Renaissance’s Generally Regarded as Safe (GRAS) notice for its non-GMO, acrylamide-reducing (AR)...
Europe: Apps could boost alcohol sales, says Canadean
The art of pairing food with alcoholic drinks, particularly wine, is a well-established and common practice.
Mobile apps, however, are starting to offer a...
Americas: Lifeway Foods’ Protein Kefir in grocery stores
Lifeway Foods' Protein Kefir has expanded distribution to US grocery chain store Harris Teeter.
More retailers will be carrying the product within the coming...
Asia Pacific: Fosun buys stake in Tsingtao
Fosun International Limited is acquiring from Asahi Group Holdings 243,108,236 H-shares in Tsingtao Brewery Company Limited for HKD27.22 (US$3.48) per share.
The total consideration...
Europe: Coca-Cola, bottling partners are becoming water neutral ahead of 2020
The Coca-Cola Company and its global bottling partners (the Coca-Cola system) say they are on track to meet their 2020 water replenishment goal by...
Europe: Tetra Pak releases in-line blender for milk production
Tetra Pak unveils new in-line blender, the Tetra Pak In-line Blender D, which continuously collects data and controls the precision of blending.
"Ingredients for formulated...
Asia Pacific: Fonterra’s filtered milk debuts in Australia
Anchor Milk has arrived in Australia and brought with it a new microfiltration technology, which will initially be available in Victoria.
While all milk is...
Asia Pacific: More Asians drink coffee, report
Three out of the five fastest growing retail coffee markets are in Asia, as Indonesia is currently the fastest growing packaged retail coffee market...