Barry Callebaut, the world's top supplier of industrial chocolate to the confectionery industry, has reported a 6 per cent fall in first quarter sales revenues to CHF1.15bn ($0.97bn) as squeezed...
Leading frozen seafood brand Gorton's announced last week that it had removed trans fats from all its product lines.
Florida's tomato growers are still feeling the effects of the four hurricanes that swept through the state last year, said the Florida Tomato Committee today, urging food manufacturers to realize...
Food companies are expecting a tough year in 2005 with competition and price pressures in the food chain rising to the surface as the key issues.
Kettle Foods, have decided that 2005 is to be the year when the humble potato chip takes on a guise never seen before by asking its consumers what new flavor...
The updated food guidelines for the US that were published yesterday should encourage the food industry to look to producing healthier, more nutrition-rich alternatives in 2005.
The USDA has reduced its forecast for all oranges for the 2004-05 season; meanwhile the crop fall is causing prices to rise, reports Philippa Nuttall.
Corn Products International announced today that it has been named one of America's best managed companies by Forbes magazine.
FoodNavigatorUSA.com reported on Monday that Quest International had launched a new citrus range. Lindsey Partos spoke to the product manager to find out more.
The Sugar Association announced last week that it will launch a multi-million dollar campaign to combat the negative press sugar has had in recent years.
Quest International last week launched a range of citrus flavors that it claims provide a real taste of the original fruit.
Sweetener company zuChem said today that it will launch its initial mannitol product in the first quarter of 2005 on the back of the FDA's recent amendment of its legslation...
The new year began with some bad news for the Canadian beef industry after the country confirmed its second case of BSE.
Biotech giant Monsanto announced a smaller net loss for the first quarter of 2005 than the same period last year thanks mainly to increasing seed sales, but legal problems are...
Despite an upturn in global wheat, corn and soy production in 2004, prices for food ingredients sourced from cereal raw materials are likely to remain under pressure, writes Lindsey Partos.
Opportunities for suppliers and users of low-calorie bulk sweetener erythritol open up as Canada clears approval for inclusion of this natural sweetener in a range of food formulations from cream...
Prices for the popular hydrocolloid gum arabic used in a range of food applications have doubled in 12 months as political turmoil and poor stocks leave the market exposed, writes...
Several major beverage companies plan to begin selling flavored water early next year, a move that could bost their sales in the rapidly growing bottled water market, according to a...
SlimFast owner Unilever has gained the exclusive global rights to an appetite-suppressing compound extracted from the hoodia gordonii plant by UK-based Phytopharm, reports Dominique Patton.
China continues to pull on global commodities with demand for US soybeans rising in 2004/05 by nearly 50 percent on the previous year, reports Lindsey Partos.
Moves in the food industry this week include Monica Gonzalez joining the Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) as director of scientific and regulatory policy and Mike Leavitt being picked to...
Supplies for a range of vegetable oils used extensively by the food industry are slated to rise for 2004/05 year on stronger yields for peanuts, soybeans and rape seed oil,...
Circle Group owned FiberGel Technologies last week launched a non-GMO version of its fat replacement and dietary fiber supplement in order to satisfy European demand.
Ontario, Canada last week held its first annual agri-food summit in an attempt to forge closer relationships between farmers and the food industry.
A breakthrough into the US market boosts the bottom line for UK natural flavours firm Treatt that saw sales for the year across the Atlantic rising by over 40 percent...