CP Kelco, a US-based specialty hydrocolloids producer, plans to expand its manufacturing facility in Limeira, Brazil, to meet the fast-growing global demand for pectin.
Glanbia Nutritionals Ireland has been granted an US patent for acidified whey protein, which is attracting increasing interest from health-conscious consumers, athletes and body builders
Salts Worldwide, a sea salt provider, has expanded its product portfolio with Fleur De Sel, or Flower of Salt, a new gourmet grade kosher salt that is harvested by skimming the surface of salt ponds.
Chr. Hansen plans to upgrade processing, warehousing and laboratory facilities for food ingredients with coloring properties at its site in Canossa, Italy, over the next years to better serve the increasing demand.
Nestle expects another challenging year that could see it undershoot its long-term targets again, after pressure on prices in Europe and weaker emerging market demand slowed sales growth to 4.6 percent in 2013.
British food ingredients firm Tate & Lyle cut its profit outlook on Thursday, citing a dramatic drop in prices of its sucralose artificial sweetener and weak sales volumes in developed markets.
Penford Food Ingredients, a leader in innovative carbohydrate systems and technologies, has announced the launch of non-GMO white corn protein, PenDure CW.
Arla Foods Ingredients has launched Nutrilac FastRipe, a natural milk protein that is said to enable cheese-makers to reduce ripening times and save thousands of euros every year without any negative impact on product quality or shelf life.
Researchers at the City College of New York have reported the successful transformation of vegetables oils into a semi-solid form using low-calorie sugars as a structuring agent.
Davisco has announced that, in a study spanning over three years, no significant change in flavour, aroma, colour or nutritional composition was detected in sweet dairy whey and de-proteinised whey.
Burcon NutraScience has announced that it has received a notice of allowance from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for an important and commercially strategic CLARISOY patent application.
