The Swiss Federal Agriculture Office (FAO) has courted controversy
by announcing it is to enforce the Protected Designation of Origin
(PDO) status for Emmenthal, the Swiss cheese renowned for its
gaping holes, despite the widespread...
Russia has become a lucrative market for dairy product exporters in
recent years, in particular those based in eastern Europe. But the
threat of punitive import duties from the Russians, concerned about
the future of their own dairy...
Last year's drought conditions had most Australian dairy producers
fearing the worst for 2004, but a new report suggests that the
situation for all four main dairy product categories - yoghurt,
cheese, drinking milk and dairy...
Poland's dairy producers are struggling to come to terms with the
retraction of all export licences to Russia, a key market for
yoghurt and other refined dairy products.
Retailer margins on liquid milk and dairy products in the UK have
increased significantly over the past 10 years - with the gross
margin on mature cheddar rising to as much as 60 per cent - while
farmgate prices and farm margins have...
Despite tough new rules on GM food labels, food makers will stick
to non-GM alternatives as new evidence from the UK shows British
consumers will continue to refuse to buy foods containing biotech
ingredients.
Spain's ice cream manufacturers are predicting another good year of
growth in 2004, but without searing temperatures which lifted sales
in 2003, the increase is likely to be rather more modest.
A calcium-rich diet, made up of dairy foods and other fortified
products, does not lead to weight gain in young girls, concludes a
US trial, designed to help remove some of the barriers to higher
intake of the nutrient.
Reform of the European Union's milk policy will mean a drop in
prices for skimmed milk powder, prompting Danish dairy group Arla
to take action to counter the expected decrease.
The dieting trend in the US has already taken numerous casualties,
with huge swathes of products being deemed inappropriate for
consumers seeking to lose weight. But one product, processed cheese
brand The Laughing Cow, has benefited...
The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided
to pursue its investigation into alleged dumping of the
hydrocolloid ingredient purified carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) after
an initial complaint by Aqualan, a division...
Tesco, Britain's number one food retailer, and J Sainsbury, the
third largest supermarket operator, have streamlined their milk
supply operations, reducing the number of suppliers from three to
two. The moves echo a similar streamlining...
Dutch ingredients company DSM revealed yesterday that its muscle
recovery ingredient PeptoPro will be marketed in a new range of
products worldwide by Europe's biggest sports nutrition company
Haleko.
Robert Wiseman Dairies' new £66 million supply contract to
Sainsbury represents yet another shift in power within the UK's
highly competitive milk supply sector.
Nearly four months on from Poland's accession to the European
Union, the country's dairy sector is reporting such heavy demand
for its products that it is struggling to keep up with demands.
Britain boasts more than 400 different varieties of cheese, but the
UK has never been particularly known for its goat's cheese - until
now. Goat's cheese is now so popular, claims supermarket group
Tesco, that goat farmers...
Food retailers often find themselves accused of preying on other
players the food chain - exerting undue pressure on suppliers,
destroying local community jobs by opening new stores and impacting
the environment by opening them in...
Brazil, a leading exporter of soybeans and key competitor with the
US, is worried that rising production costs for soybeans could eat
into local farm profits next season, while global stocks rise,
according to fresh figures from the...
The market for fats and spreads in Asia Pacific is evolving
rapidly, with increasing numbers of launches concentrating on the
low fat and fortified products. The latest look at the Mintel
database also reveals that dairy and vegetable...
Faced with capacity problems due to growing business over recent
years Danish emulsifier supplier Palsgaard has poured €10 million
into expanding its emulsifier facilities in Denmark.
Dairy Farmers of Britain's £75 million acquisition of Associated
Co-operative Creameries means further consolidation within the UK's
tough dairy sector, writes Anthony Fletcher.
Italy's antitrust authority says that it has fined packaging giant
Tetra Pak €95 million for not respecting a ban it had imposed in
Aug 1993, which barred Tetra Pak from acquiring Italpack.
US scientists have designed an edible film made from natural
ingredients that protects foods coated in the material from
spoiling. The film can also hold vitamins and other nutrients
within it to boost the nutritional value of the...
Dairy science moves one step closer to helping dairy manufacturers
formulate the right product to meet customer demand as food
scientists reveal the science behind consumer perception of nutty
flavours in the popular cheddar cheese,...
Breakthrough talks at the weekend on world trade will have received
a reticent welcome from a European food industry likely to see the
phasing out of payouts to export food products.
Two years after the UK government launched an organic action plan
for the entire food supply chain, the country has seen a 46 per
cent rise in organic produce provided by UK farms.
Dairy company Fonterra and German vitamin maker BASF are
collaborating on research to find new commercial opportunities for
value-added, healthy dairy products.
Law makers, consumer groups and industry continue to clash over the
use of GM ingredients in the European food chain, but a major
UK-based food science body asserts this week that genetic
modification has the potential to offer strong...
Food makers need to write clearer food labels so that consumers can
easily understand the ingredients used in the food formulation,
finds a new report released in the UK this week.
UK baby food manufacturer Baby Chef has installed Packaging
Automation sealing equipment at its Portsmouth plant to ensure that
the lids on its new baby food pots are strong and reliable.
Flavour firms operating on the global scene will turn their sights
to Asia to up returns as evidence suggests new flavours are
emerging in China in the brand war between foreign and domestic
food makers.
Yoghurts and spreads still account for the majority of the UK's
functional foods market, shows new research, and this is reflected
in advertising spend.
Good news for players in the dairy industry as a new report claims
thevolume of dairy trade is growing at a faster pace than global
milk production. But Europe is outstripped by Australia and New
Zealand on the global stage.
EU Commissioner Sandra Kalniete believes that EU enlargement
promises huge benefits for the food production sector, but changes
must still be made to a number of current trade regimes.
There could be growing opportunities for makers of chocolate milk
in health positionings, in particular in the Nordic countries.
Danes, for example, are consuming more of this product than ever
before, and new product introductions...
Accession has sparked significant growth for the accession states
of Central Europe, a fact that is reflected by a rash of product
launches for the sector highlighted by this week's look at the
Mintel database where cheese is...
An increasingly sophisticated food market in the Middle East will
open up opportunities for food makers and suppliers of third
generation, added-value whey products in Saudi Arabia and Egypt,
writes Lindsey Partos.
Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods has confirmed the creation of a new top
management position with the appointment of former Danone executive
Jacques Ioffe as deputy CEO for Strategy and Business Development -
a move that boosts the company's...
As food developers and marketers are aware, bright colours hold a
strong appeal with children. Jumping on the back of this phenomenon
Danisco in the US has launched a new flavour concept to add to
milk.
Tatramleko, one of the Czech Republic's largest dairy concerns, is
giving further thought to to the idea of moving its headquarters to
neighbouring Slovakia in an effort to reduce taxation costs.
Swiss ice cream manufacturers are hoping that the heatwave-induced
growth of 2003 will not melt away in 2004, and are counting on
continued interest in the impulse sector in particular to
revitalise their fortunes. But even the many...
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) consumed some 200,000
tonnes of processed cheese last year, a rise of nearly 18 per cent
on the 165,000 tonnes consumed in 2000, according to Proteus
Insight. The UK market analyst believes...
Growing consumer awareness of the health benefits of soya
consumption is reinvigorating sales of soy drinks in south-east
Asia, according to a new report from OrganicMonitor. And while the
category is dominated by Asian manufacturers,...
The Singapore-based Fraser & Neave group has made its first
acquisition in the China dairy market, in a move that aims to tap
in on double digit growth, the company reports.
Cheese spreads dominate the $1.1bn (€0.9bn) processed cheese market
in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region but as the food
service sector continues to develop sales of sliced and canned
cheese are slated to rise. New opportunities...
A new Europe-wide project will devote a £12 million budget to
investigating the added-value that organic farming could bring to
food products. The qualitative approach will give a boost to an
industry starting to slow down in pace.
In the face of rising meat and dairy prices, animal disease
outbreaks and consumer health concerns, world agriculture policy
makers, meat traders, dairy experts, veterinarians and private
sector producers have attended the 20th session...
