Archives for November 15, 2004

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Quest launches new dairy ingredients system

Innovation pushed from flavour firms operating in this competitive sector brings food developers new opportunities to improve the final product as ICI flavour subsidiary Quest International, streamlined in May this year through the spin off of its...

Competition in xanthan market sees jobs go

Increasing competition on the xanthan gum market leads Danish ingredients firm Danisco to cut jobs at the recently acquired Rhodia Food activities in France.

Health and innovation taking organic dairy mainstream

Rachel's Organic, a leading UK producer of organic dairy products, says that the growing appetite of British consumers for healthy, innovative products is helping sustain growth in the burgeoning UK organic dairy sector. Tom Armitage reports.

Nordmilch, Humana Milchunion call off German merger

Germany's two largest dairies have terminated an agreement to merge. Nordmilch, Germany's leading dairy co-operative, and Humana Milchunion were set to merge in January 2005, but since have cited "timing" and "restructuring issues" as contributing to...