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30-Apr-2003

Technological innovation benefits cheese firm

Glanbia Cheese, the Irish company which is Europe's leading manufacturer of pizza cheese, is to invest £12 million (€17.2m) in a new manufacturing technology at...

29-Apr-2003

Milk-based energy drink launched

A milk-based energy drink to challenge market leader Red Bull has been launched in the USA. Mad Cow, manufactured by New Jersey-based LiquidBillboards is set...

Debate over merits of PDO

Global cheese sales declined marginally in 2002, in line with the overall trend for the past five years, according to market research group Euromonitor . But...

Ebro maintains profit levels

Ebro Puleva , the Spanish dairy products, rice and sugar group, has reported sales of €476.4 million for the first quarter of 2003, a 7.3 per...

25-Apr-2003

Zip-Pak launches high barrier closure

Zip-Pak has announced the development of a zipper technology specifically designed for barrier packaging that is said to eliminate the need for equipment upgrades or...

24-Apr-2003

Wensleydale upgrades flexible packaging line

UK cheese producer Wensleydale has linked up with Ulma, a leading player in the country's flexible packaging marketplace, for a new packaging solution to cope...

Raisio to start margarine production in Russia

The subsidiary of Raisio Group, Raisio Nutrition, has bought a dairy in Istra, just outside Moscow and is due to start production there as soon...

23-Apr-2003

Nestlé sales hit by franc strength

Organic growth of 4.6 per cent and a 6.3 per cent hike in revenues at constant exchange rates were the highlights of the first quarter...

17-Apr-2003

EPI launches high protein dairy ingredient

French dairy ingredients company EPI Ingredients has launched a new product under its Epilac line of fermented dairy proteins. Epilac 910, based on the original...

16-Apr-2003

New methods to reduce cheese damage

Researchers at a Dutch university claim to have developed a model that predicts how cheese will change when a force is applied to it. The...

15-Apr-2003

Bel hit by dollar decline

The continued decline in strength of the US dollar against the euro, as well as the economic turbulence in Germany and the Middle East, took...

Stick to the milk

Girls who consume more calcium tend to weigh less and have lower body fat than those with low calcium consumption, suggest new findings presented at...

14-Apr-2003

Danish dairy pumps up the environment

Danish dairy Vellev, part of the Arla Group, has improved its working environment and efficiency by installing Invensys APV's Ws+ self priming pump at its...

11-Apr-2003

Healthy first quarter for Danone

French dairy-to-biscuits group Danone reported like-for-like sales grew 7.8 per cent during the year, although negative exchange rates and the impact of disposals (notably that...

10-Apr-2003

Valio improves at home and abroad

Valio, the Finnish dairy products group, has reported a 5 per cent increase in turnover for 2002 to €1.6 billion, with both its cheese and...

09-Apr-2003

Nestlé still pushing for Dreyer's deal

The protracted negotiations over the acquisition of US ice cream group Dreyer's by Switzerland's Nestlé group show little sign of reaching a conclusion, but the...

08-Apr-2003

Serac launches dairy packaging machines

Serac, the French company which is exhibiting at today's AnugaTec, has expanded its product range with the addition of pre-formed cup packaging machines for milk...

04-Apr-2003

Danone invests in probiotics firm

French yoghurt manufacturer Danone has announced that it has raised its stake in Japanese probiotics maker Yakult to 19 per cent. The investment in Yakult...

03-Apr-2003

Serac to unveil latest technologies at Anuga

Serac, provider of packaging and processing machinery for the dairy industry, is to preview its latest product range at the Anuga Foodtec, in Cologne, Germany,...

Danish dairy opts for Amcor flexible packaging

One of Denmark's largest food trading companies, F. Uhrenholt Dairy, has chosen Amcor's EasyPack system for its new Friendship brand of grated cheese - Mozzarella...

02-Apr-2003

Tasty fat-free yoghurts get consumer vote

UK dairy Yeo Valley Organic has received an award for its Fat Free Yoghurt range at The Vitality Show, held at London's Olympia last weekend....

01-Apr-2003

One scoop or two?

One-Shot, part of the McGill Technology Group, has launched its latest dispensing system for ice cream, the Solomia Soft. One-Shot claims the system is easy...

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