11-Dec-2008 -
United Biscuits (UB) has announced a 50 per cent saturated fat reduction across its McVitie’s range, which it says responds to both consumer and government agency demands for healthier products.
18-Nov-2008 -
Ongoing US Department of Commerce investigations have found Chinese and Canadian companies are dumping citric acid and citrate salts into the US.
22-Oct-2008 -
ADM has launched a new range of cocoa liquors for Asian chocolate-makers, which is said to leverage the characteristics of specific cocoa beans – including fine Papua New Guinean beans.
17-Oct-2008 -
ADM has this week opened its new cocoa processing plant in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, a project it began in 2006 in a bid to expand and cater to growing demand for cocoa and chocolate materials from manufacturers.
27-Aug-2008 -
DSM will quit its Wuxi, China-based citric acid plant after being told by the Chinese government its site is required for urban development.
18-Aug-2008 -
Archer Daniels Midland has signed an agreement to acquire a rapeseed crushing plant in southern Germany – its first in Central and Eastern Europe region.
06-Aug-2008 -
Floods and market conditions have not made for an easy year at Archer Daniels Midland, but a 61 per cent slump in Q4 profits is not as grave as it seems since last years figures were propped up by one-off costs.
17-Jul-2008 -
Fats and oils supplier ADM Pura steps up solutions for bakers, opening a new R&D test bakery at its production site in Purfleet, Essex to look into reformulation and novel fats.
15-Jul-2008 -
European corn starch producer Hungrana ramps up production for this popular thickening agent, announcing the completion of a major €100 million expansion project at its Szabadegyháza facility.
10-Jul-2008 -
The €400m European cholesterol-lowering, plant sterol market has a new entrant after a non-GMO, soy-derived sterol ingredient was yesterday approved for use within the European Union.
08-Jul-2008 -
Giant German supplier BASF has increased the price of propionic acid for the second time since May as energy and raw materials costs continue to spiral.
01-Jul-2008 -
Canadian R&D firm Burcon has announced a growing loss and deficit for the fiscal year 2008, but says it will continue to work with ADM to bring its canola protein isolates to market.