Grupo Bimbo to buy General Mills Argentina bakery and foodservice arm
General Mills is to sell its Argentina bakery and foodservice business to Grupo Bimbo.
Archives for April 19, 2016
Vegan meal replacement makers want to reach underserved populations by using hip hop tie-in
VeganSmart, a plant-based line of meal replacements, is penetrating areas plagued with malnutrition via a unique marketing vehicle—the power of hip hop.
FDA’s 2016 food agenda prioritizes FSMA, product labeling, GRAS, GMOs
FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition is plowing ahead with an ambitious and wide-ranging agenda for the remainder of 2016 without pause after knocking out five final or proposed rules related to food safety and nutrition in just as many weeks.
Digestive issues attributed to lactose intolerance may be caused by A1 beta-casein protein, suggests study funded by a2 Milk
New clinical research – funded by the a2 Milk Company – lends credence to its claims that many consumers who believe they can’t tolerate lactose (milk sugar) should really be blaming their digestive discomfort on the A1 beta casein protein in milk...
Consumers are redefining what a premium brand is
Columbus Foods CEO: 'We’re trying to do for the meat business what craft beer did for the beer industry'
Not so long ago, says Columbus Manufacturing, Inc CEO Joe Ennen, ‘premium’ was just about taste and texture. Today’s consumers – Millennials in particular – have a somewhat broader definition, which encompasses how their food was made, who made it, how...
US poultry industry suggests regulator operates above the law
A collection of US poultry boards has said the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) plans to carry out chicken factory inspections that do not comply with the US Constitution.