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ADM to increase US sorbitol production

12-Aug-2003 - Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland yesterday announced it will increase its liquid sorbitol capacity by 60 per cent by the end of 2003 in order...

US food processors audit for excellence

07-Aug-2003 - The $500 billion (€440bn) US food processing industry says it is ready to focus its attention on suppliers in Europe, Asia and Africa, from whom...

Symposium examines US sugar market

06-Aug-2003 - US department of agriculture sugar-market economist John Love has predicted that producer prices for sugar for 2002/03 will be 5 per cent higher than last...

Ocean Spray downgraded

04-Aug-2003 - Moody's Investors Service has downgraded cranberry and grapefruit product marketer Ocean Spray's short term rating to Prime-3 from Prime-2, and its preferred stock rating to...

Organic plan boosts US sales

01-Aug-2003 - A new organic programme in the US has lifted sales of organic food and drink while western Europe saw growth slowing down on 2002 figures....

Cut the cone content, asks consumer group

31-Jul-2003 - One century on and millions of ice cream tubs later the US 'food police' are out in force calling on ice cream retailers to tell...

Food division boosts Bunge Q2 results

30-Jul-2003 - Oilseed giant Bunge reaped a strong second quarter with net income more than tripling to $182 million (€158m), up from $50 million in 2002. The...

Vanilla systems for savings

30-Jul-2003 - The volatile vanilla market has seen food manufacturers turning to synthetic substitutes as prices per kilo have soared from double to treble figures in recent...

Rocky results for TFF

29-Jul-2003 - US firm Technology Flavors & Fragrances continues to falter in 2003 with a 70 per cent decrease in net income for the second quarter, a...

WHO meets food industry again

25-Jul-2003 - Executives from food and drink firms including Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Kraft Foods continued talks on their role in global health at a meeting with the...

ADM answers corn competition concerns

24-Jul-2003 - Agribusiness giant ADM will dissolve a joint venture with US corn sweetener company after the two companies stuck an agreement under the auspices of a...

Cash injection for food security

24-Jul-2003 - The €435 billon US food industry has welcomed a move by the Bush administration to inject more cash into food security. Secretary of Health and...

Yeast leader expands in the US

21-Jul-2003 - Lesaffre Yeast has added a new consumer yeast brand to its North American portfolio with the acquisition of Stranks Management and its subsidiaries. As a...

Encapsulated ingredients to increase market share?

15-Jul-2003 - Explosive growth will continue to mark the food preservation industry in the US, hitting 5.5 per cent annually until 2008. Preservation and shelf life longevity...

Cargill in lecithin alliance

15-Jul-2003 - Cargill and Riceland Foods have announced their intention to link up to manufacture, market and sell lecithin products to food, pharmaceutical, and technical customers. Under...

Chicago welcomes IFT

11-Jul-2003 - Crowds of food industry professionals will start pouring through the doors of Chicago's McCormick Place South building this weekend for the opening of the IFT...

Cargill captures European trehalose

10-Jul-2003 - Ambitious Cargill subsidiary grabs the trehalose market in Europe as patent owner signs over distributor rights to the US giant. The agreement positions Cargill Health...

Food safety too politicised, claims think-tank

04-Jul-2003 - Food safety is making international headlines as the United States and the European Union continue to take dramatically different positions over this contentious issue. A...

McCormick sheds non-core business

03-Jul-2003 - US spice giant McCormick has sold the assets of Jenks Sales Brokers, a leftover slice from a UK spice purchase in the 1980s. The Jenks...

McCormick, the right mix

30-Jun-2003 - US spice maker McCormick & Company saw profits in the second-quarter climb 19 per cent, helped by solid sales growth and interest income from a...

Indian fats and oils to Bunge

23-Jun-2003 - US agribusiness Bunge continues on the road to expansion with the news that it is to acquire Hindustan Lever's edible oils and fats businesses from...

Flavours to drive oleoresin growth

19-Jun-2003 - The innovative world of flavours is experiencing more rapid growth than the overall food industry, giving fresh momentum to the essential oils and oleoresins market,...

Martek signs agreement with market leader

17-Jun-2003 - Quite a week for nutritional oils supplier Martek Biosciences. In the past seven days, the European Commission gave the green light for the use of...

Carrot juice with added 'eye' benefit

16-Jun-2003 - US consumers can soon expect to see juices fortified with the natural ingredient lutein on the supermarket shelves following an agreement between ingredients company Kemin...

Cargill steps up grapefruit supplies

13-Jun-2003 - In a bid to encourage a closer collaboration between citrus growers and juice manufacturing customers, Cargill Citro Pure - a joint venture between Cargill Citro-America,...

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