Running out of juice? Category hits hard times in North America
North America is the world’s largest juice market, but firms active there are losing share within soft drinks due to high price perceptions and mixed health and wellness messages.
Archives for April 7, 2013
Cargill puts weight behind ground beef drive
US meat processing giant Cargill has revealed plans for a multi-million-dollar investment into ground beef production at its Pennsylvania beef processing plant.
Does the AriZona Iced Tea ruling set an important precedent in all-natural lawsuits?
Just how much comfort can manufacturers facing legal challenges over their use of 'all-natural' claims take from Judge Richard Seeborg’s March 28 decision to throw out a case about AriZona Iced Teas?
Food ingredients, not fuel, helps Penford post profit
Higher profits and margins in the human nutrition portion of the company helped Penford Corporation swing from a loss to a profit, according to the company’s recent second quarter earnings statement.
DSM and Monsanto to commercialize soybean oil rich in omega-3 SDA. But will anti-GMO sentiment hinder its progress?
Monsanto has joined forces with DSM to commercialize a genetically engineered soybean oil rich in the omega-3 fatty acid SDA (stearidonic acid) that can offer a more cost-effective means of adding omega-3s to foods without the flavor, stability and...
New production unit in Amazon promotes sustainability
One of the world’s largest food producers, Marfrig Group, has opened a new production unit in the Amazon region, promoting sustainable cattle production.
'We are building Lifeway as a global brand', says CEO
Record sales and a 97% control of the kefir category are only the start for Lifeway Foods, as the company states it’s ‘in the early stages of its long-term growth trajectory’.
Diet Pepsi doesn’t want design partners to ‘overshadow’ brand
PepsiCo tells BeverageDaily.com that it seeks partnerships with ‘relevant and attainable designers’ who keep the focus on the Diet Pepsi brand rather than overshadow it.
Bill Gates: Food industry innovation crucial for health and food security
Our approach to food is ripe for reinvention – and the food industry is just at the beginning of what it can achieve through innovation, according to Microsoft mogul and co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates.
Post Holdings will close Modesto, CA, plant by September 2014
Cereal maker Post Holdings says it will close its Modesto, California plant - which employs approximately 140 employees - and transfer production to other facilities, by September 2014.