Australian confectionery ginger giant warns of profit plunge due to
intense pressure from rising dollar, a sharp turnaround from the
previous guidance that profits would rise in 2003.
Sidel will be featuring its latest technological innovations in the blow moulding sector, which will include the Actis treated PET beer bottle for the German market, as well as highlighting its expanded international presence at the forthcoming BRAU trade...
Swedish dairy giant Arla has presented an ambitious strategy for
future growth. This sets out a broad outline of how the business
will be developed over the next decade.
Tetra Top, a packaging system provider within the Tetra Pak group,
has recently launched the Carton Bottle - a new packaging concept
that is said to be neither a carton packaging nor a plastic bottle.
German confectionery and bakery producers have strongly criticised
the current EU system designed to keep sugar prices artificially
high, arguing that it makes European companies uncompetitive when
it comes to exports.
A project focusing on three major industry sectors, including
dairy, gathered government representatives and industry
participants together this week to define actions on food safety in
a wider Europe.
Swedish dairy firms have refused to supply German discount chain
Lidl with milk. The supermarket group, which operates around ten
stores in the country, wanted to sell milk under its own label.
APV, a subsidiary of Invensys, has launched the Rannie/Gaulin 185Q
homogeniser - a high capacity solution which has been primarily
designed for the dairy industry.
The UK manufacturer Glisten, has taken the first steps towards
strengthening its position as a niche food group with the
acquisition of Sunya, a manufacturer of baking aids and sweet
spreads.
Carlisle Process Systems, a process systems provider specialising
in the dairy industry, has supplied Scottish ice cream maker
Mackie's with new equipment in an effort to streamline production.
Adolescent boys who drank three servings of milk daily while
experienced significantly greater increases in bone density
compared to those who drank juice, finds a new study.
Peanut butter and white chocolate cream pie or apricot white
chocolate walnut scones? As confectionery manufacturers seek to
find new ways to drive forward the white chocolate market, UK-based
TasteTech designs white chocolate flavour...
Shake-up for salt use in processed food continues with UK food
agency unveiling a new salt model to investigate the effects of
reducing salt content in different food groups on consumers.
Czech brewer Plzensky Prazdroj recently undertook an extensive
survey into the art of beer drawing. The experts concluded that the
process has an unquestionable influence on the resulting taste and
quality of the product.
Members of the National Farmers Union in the UK this week
demonstrated outside Dairy Crest cheese manufacturing and
distribution sites to call for a 2p per litre rise in the price
producers receive.
The Hosokawa Confectionery & Bakery Group is attending one of
Europe's biggest equipment shows, the IBA in Düsseldorf. This year
two branches of the company are displaying their latest
innovations.
Members of the National Farmers Union in the UK this week
demonstrated outside Dairy Crest cheese manufacturing and
distribution sites to call for a 2p per litre rise in the price
producers receive.
J. Rettenmaier & Söhne (JRS), a global manufacturer of
insoluble dietary fibre, has opened a new production plant for the
manufacture of colloidal systems in Weissenborn near Dresden,
Germany.
The European Commission yesterday slammed a €138.4 million fine on
four sorbate companies that supply the dairy industry after being
accused of operating a cartel in the 1990s.
Russian dairy giant Wimm-Bill-Dann has increased its stake in Ufamolagroprom, the biggest milk processor in the southern Urals and one of the most modern cheese producers in Russia.
UK subsidiary of bakery ingredients giant CSM takes the first steps
on the road to 'sweet treat' growth through the integration of its
latest acquisition, the cookie supplier Readi-Bake.
Ten maize meal products have been voluntarily withdrawn from sale
in the UK after tests showed that they contained high levels of
toxins called fumonisins.
The UK's Cereals Industry Forum is to receive a £1.4 million
government grant over the next three years in an effort to improve
efficiency and competitiveness in the grain chain.
Sales of colostrum and a high-antibody milk have risen
significantly in key Asian markets following the outbreak of SARS
earlier this year, reports New Zealand dairy leader Fonterra.
Scanvaegt has launched a new system aimed at reducing give-away in poultry processing. The DreamBatcher is said to substantially reduce wastage by enhancing the efficiency of the packaging processing.
French cheese maker Bongrain has continued to invest in marketing
and promotions despite declining sales in the first half caused by
tough market conditions both at home and abroad.
Plastic containers, which already account for around half of all
beer and soft drinks packed in Western Europe, look set to
consolidate their position over the next five years. According to a
new report, plastic will continue to outperform...
Scientists in the US have developed two new breeding lines for
smooth root sugar beet that could pave the way for more efficient
processing method for manufacturers.
Pactiv, the global packaging provider, has bought up the plastic
packaging assets of Rock-Tenn Company in the US. The move is part
of the company's aim to expand its APET packaging capabilities.
Leading scientists from the United States, Australia and Canada
gathered in Toronto this week to present their latest findings. The
conference was organised by Dairy Farmers of Canada.
DSM Food Specialties will be presenting a number of products this
November at FiE when it launches new ingredients claimed to enhance
the bakery, dairy, vegan and confectionery industries.
Belgian firm Cosucra Groupe Warcoing is exiting the sugar beet
processing business to concentrate entirely on added value
ingredients for health foods, it announced this week.
