Sara Lee share price reaches new high as buyout speculation continues
Sara Lee share prices hit a new 52-week high on Monday as speculation about a possible buyout of the food giant continued.
Archives for January 11, 2011
Food structure important to breakdown and sensory perception: Study
The structure of multi-ingredient foods may affect the way we chew, and break down, such products – and may influence the way we perceive foods with complicated structures, according to new research.
Kellogg's backs research into cereal-derived prebiotics
Funding of research at a Belgian university into how cereal-derived prebiotics benefit human health will enable the development of fibre-rich cereal foods with greater nutritional value, claims Kellogg’s.
US adults less eco-friendly in 2010
Americans were less likely to engage in environmentally friendly behaviors in 2010 than they were in 2009, despite being more likely to identify with eco-friendly terms, according to a new survey from Harris Interactive.
Barilla vows to increase cage-free egg sourcing
Pasta firm Barilla has pledged that 45 percent of its eggs will come from cage-free sources by the end of the year, becoming the latest food company to make a move away from eggs from battery-caged hens.
DuPont plans to tap synergies between Danisco and Solae
DuPont expects to become a ‘premier specialty food ingredients provider’ as a result of acquiring Danisco, and expects it to be particularly complementary to its Solae soy protein business.