Buyers of raw sugar from Brazil, the world’s leading producer, are getting a bigger discount for their sweetener as supply concerns fade, according to Brisbane, Australia-based Green Pool Commodity Specialists Pty.
These eight biofortified foods are expected to be widely available to consumers throughout Brazil in less than a decade; already there is a pilot program underway in 15 municipalities around the country, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported.
Brazil's JBS SA, the world's largest meat processor, said in a market filing on Tuesday its board renewed a buyback for up to 10 percent of its outstanding shares on July 4.
As part of the Cargill Cocoa Promise, the first Brazilian cocoa farmers have become UTZ Certified and their products can now carry the UTZ Certified label.
A drop in transportation and food prices helped Brazil's inflation rate fall back below the ceiling of the government's target in the year to mid-July.
JBS SA is in talks with several Brazilian banks to refinance debt that was assumed when it acquired Seara Brasil, a local poultry producer and processed foods brand owned by Marfrig Alimentos, according to Reuters.
The Board of Directors of CP Kelco, a world - leading pectin producer, approved the first phase in a series of projects to expand its Brazilian pectin operation by 30 percent.
Tetra Pak, the world leader in food processing and packaging solutions, has announced that it plans to sign an agreement with Braskem, the largest thermoplastic resins producer in the Americas.
CP Kelco announced plans to expand its Brazilian pectin operation by 30% to significantly increase the facility's capacity to produce grades of pectin.
The 12th edition of the Latin American Trade Fair for the Poultry and Swine Industries, AveSui 2013, ended on thurday with 17.800 attendees during the three days of activities and generated an estimate of R$400 millions in business.
Brazil's JBS SA, the world's largest meat producer, will announce the purchase of Brazilian poultry producer Seara, a unit of Marfrig Alimentos SA , in the coming days.