The shortest path to the perfect texture
Ingredion
News > Manufacturers
DSM gets cultured
Ingredients company DSM has linked up with culture specialists CSL to offer cheese and yoghurt manufacturers 'a single source for both cultures'. In addition to...
Fonterra raises the standard
Dairy giant Fonterra is about to increase premiums to organic milk suppliers who choose to meet United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) standards. The company...
Good news on the Horizon
Organic dairy foods group Horizon Organic reported an increase in sales of 21 per cent in the US and 20 per cent in the UK...
Fonterra's strategy attracts investors
Dairy multinational Fonterra Co-operative Group has raised US$165 million (€145m) in a private placement of long-term debt to US institutional investors. The issue of 12-year...
Wimm-Bill-Dan invests in baby food plant
Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods said yesterday that it completed the installation of a new production line at its baby food plant, located in Moscow. The company said...
Glanbia settles over price fixing
Irish dairy group Glanbia has reached a settlement with the Irish competition authority over allegations concerning the fixing of the retail price of milk. Glanbia,...
Unilever divests more cheese interests
Bongrain has extended its presence in Germany with the acquisition of the cheese operations of Unilever Bestfoods Deutschland. The French cheese maker already owns a...
New focus hits Ebro sales, boosts profits
Efforts by Ebro Puleva , Spain's largest food company, to focus its business on the core markets of rice, sugar and dairy products have led to...
Dairy drop off for Danone
Danone , the diversified French food and drink group, saw its sales drop by 8 per cent during the first half of 2003 with currency exchange...
Numico sells Mococa dairy assets
Dutch food giant Numico, has sold the dairy activities of Mococa to Brazilian food and cleaning products manufacturer Kremon do Brasil. The move is part...
Parmalat to buy South African cheese
Italian dairy group Parmalat Finanziara announced today that it is to buy two South African-based cheese brands for €7.5 million. The business has agreed to...
Arla passes the test
Two dairies, Danish-based Birkum Ost and UK-based Oakthorpe, have been granted ISO 9001:2000 and HACCP accreditation. Both are owned by dairy giant Arla Foods. Over...
Express profits hit by merger delay
The decision of the UK competition authorities to investigate the proposed merger between the UK arm of Denmark's Arla Foods and Express Dairies is likely...
The whey to succeed
Glanbia , the Irish dairy group, is to form a three-way partnership with Dairy Farmers of America and Select Milk Producers which will extend production of...
Arla MD confident about the future
The European Agricultural Ministers' decision to reform the European milk market last week has caused a degree of concern among the continent's dairy producers. Arla...
WBD invests in the future
Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods, the Russian dairy and fruit juice company which is thought to be a possible takeover target for Danone, is continuing its rapid expansion...
Wiseman in the pink
Robert Wiseman Dairies, the UK milk and dairy products processor, has reported a solid start to the current financial year, with sales volumes in the...
Dean Foods seeks new horizons
US dairy processor Dean Foods is set to acquire the 87 per cent share of Horizon Organic that it does not already own for $216...
Klaus Wiese acquires dairy drink brand
Dutch company Friesland Coberco Dairy Foods is to sell its German-based dairy drink brand DrinkFit to the Klaus Weise company for an undisclosed sum. The...
CoolBrands forms distribution business
US-based company CoolBrands International announced yesterday the formation of Eskimo Pie Frozen Distribution, a wholly owned subsidiary of CoolBrands that will own and operate the...
Danone plays it cautious
French company Danone is linked with almost any potential takeover target in the dairy sector these days, or so it seems, and the group has...
Nestlé to lick Thai market
Nestlé Ice Cream, a branch of food giant Nestlé , has launched a range of take-home ice cream products for the Thai market. The move is...
Healthy quarterly results from WBD
Russian dairy giant Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods (WBD) has announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2003. The figures show steady growth in the dairy...
DSM acquires cheese-coating business
Dutch company DSM continues its strategy to develop activities in the field of life sciences with the announcement this week that it has acquired Plasticoat,...
