Breaking News on Food & Beverage Development - North America EU edition

ADM opens Ghana cocoa plant

12-Oct-2009 - of premium quality cocoa but will also create new opportunities for Ghanaian cocoa farmers.” Ghana is one

Americans shop around to get quality foods more cheaply

28-Sep-2009 - respondents. For instance, a high premium is placed on nutrition, and people seem unwilling to go without meat

Health and natural keep US market resilient

25-Sep-2009 - to growth in private labels, with consumers increasingly downgrading from premium brands in sectors

Cadbury tells Kraft to bid or back off

24-Sep-2009 - suggested that Cadbury may be worried that this premium could shrink if talks about a potential takeover

'Brand Canada' gets funding boost

22-Sep-2009 - for the premium products the maple leaf has come to symbolize," said Canada’s Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz

GM could save US wheat industry, says report

21-Sep-2009 - -GM wheat supplies will still be available to consumers, incentivized by market mechanisms such as premiums

New association urges industry to profit from ecological thinking

17-Sep-2009 - premiums on organic food. “It’s about something bigger than organics,” he said. “You can

‘EcoSocial’ organic certification arrives in the US

16-Sep-2009 - on the projects they support including the level of funding they provide. Any premiums charged on certified

Organic foods are now ‘mainstream’, says USDA

14-Sep-2009 - occasionally by a majority of Americans.” Premium pricing And while concerns have been raised that consumers may not be prepared to pay steep premiums for organic foods, Economic Research Service (ERS) data

Kraft defiant over Cadbury valuation

09-Sep-2009 - that the offer, which values Cadbury at $16.7bn, represents a 31 percent premium on Cadbury’s share price point, the premium, our proposal compares favorably.” Nevertheless, analysts expect Cadbury’s board

Can volumes stagnant, closures decline but profit on target, says Rexam

13-Nov-2009 - with the impact of the recession on more premium priced products such as energy drinks. Rexam said its North

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Nestle may move Fairtrade with Kit Kat

10-Nov-2009 - . Producers receive a minimum price that covers the cost of sustainable production and an extra premium by the growing demand for more premium varieties, such as single-origin and Fairtrade products, as consumers

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Safer almond production results from plant redesign, says US firm

06-Nov-2009 - facility is representative of our confidence in the category as the demand for almonds as a premium

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Kraft rolls out sustainable chocolate range

30-Oct-2009 - Kraft Foods said its premium dark chocolate range is the first to carry the Rainforest Alliance ... Kraft Foods said its premium dark chocolate range is the first to carry the Rainforest Alliance ... said its sustainably sourced Cote d'Or premium dark chocolate will initially be rolled out to consumers

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Animal welfare labelling schemes up for discussion in Europe

30-Oct-2009 - and premium free range. European Network for Reference Centres The Commission has assessed

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News in brief

EFSA rejects article 14 cholesterol-lowering claim

29-Oct-2009 - The NDA found the product in question, OPC PremiumTM, which contains 40 mg oligomeric

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Use sustainable palm oil or suffer consequences, warns WWF

28-Oct-2009 - . The remainder has entered mainstream palm oil supply channels, with no premium received to recompense

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Brands, retailers make 2015 palm oil pledges

27-Oct-2009 - that the millers do not receive the premium due, but sell their oil on the market for the regular price, where

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Profit remains elusive in heart health foods

21-Oct-2009 - are understandably resistant to paying a premium. Effective regulatory systems are one solution to this problem

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Choc makers should look to China and India, says report

20-Oct-2009 - value during 2004 to 2008, with sales rising by almost 19 per cent. Premium purchases While premium varieties, such as single-origin and Fairtrade products, as consumers become more discerning

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