Don Hutchens receives USMEF Distinguished Service Award
The US Meat Export Federation (USMEF) has named Don Hutchens as 2014 recipient of its Distinguished Service Award.
Archives for October 16, 2014
Ingredion on Penford deal, gums, bolt-on acquisitions and Non-GMO - a ‘significant niche’
Press coverage of Ingredion’s $340m acquisition of starch & gums maker Penford made much of reducing its reliance on high fructose corn syrup in the light of lackluster soda sales. But HFCS now accounts for just 15% of sales at Ingredion, which has been...
AquaBall CEO: We have the ability to have 5% of the kids beverage market within 18 months
After 18 months of rapid growth and a summer of reflection, True Drinks is ready to accelerate growth for its AquaBall product with an expansion to new international markets, and an advertising campaign calling out its ‘sugar-saturated’ competitors.
90% of Americans don't get enough choline. So why isn't it higher up the food policy agenda?
As the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans are developed, there has been a lot of heated debate about saturated fat (not the nutritional bogeyman we always thought?) and protein (it’s a hot trend, but do we really need more?). But what about choline?
‘Accelerating the commercial adoption of early stage research’: Leading probiotics event unites science and industry in North & South America
San Diego will host the first ever Probiota Americas in June 2015, which will bring together eminent scientists and business leaders from the pre & probiotic and microbiota focused nutrition industries of North and South America.
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New ingredient set to give caffeine a run for its money, supplier says
Ingredient supplier Compound Solutions has introduced a nature identical version of theacrine branded as TeaCrine. The ingredient offers benefits over caffeine, the mainstay of energy formulations, the company says.
‘Gold standard outcomes’ for beef are called as part of TPP talks
The Five Nations Beef Alliance (FNBA) unanimously endorsed a public statement calling for all Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) nations to support ‘gold standard outcomes’ for beef, during its annual meeting.