Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Ankush Chibber

Gathering knowledge about food products online is popular among Australian consumers, but a new survey suggests it is not a medium they trust.

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Oliver Nieburg

The Hershey Company has posted improved sales and profits in its second quarter (Q1) results driven by a robust US candy, mint and gum market.

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Kacey Culliney

Manufacturers must refocus efforts on Tier III and IV cities in China and delve into e-commerce to re-ignite consumer spending in the fast moving consumer goods (FMCGs) sector amid a slow, according to analysts.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

US Hispanics’ beverage consumption is the latest aspect of this influential group’s spending habits to enter the spotlight, in a new report from market research organization Mintel.

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Caroline Scott-Thomas

The Canadian private label sector is no longer confined to cheap, lower quality alternatives to branded products, as Canadian retailers look to appeal to those seeking affordable luxury, according to a new analysis from Euromonitor International.

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Elaine Watson

Milled grains and edible oils specialist Bunge is now walking the talk when it comes to collaboration with the launch of a new state-of-the-art culinary center at its Ingredient Innovation Center in Bradley, Illinois, says its North American boss.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Israeli supplier Lycored has paid an undisclosed sum for a Ukrainian firm specialising in fungal pathogen-derived carotenoids in a move that brings a natural beta carotene into its portfolio.

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Coca-Cola FEMSA insists that rival PepsiCo is ‘desperate’ to boost cola volume sales in parts of Mexico and has cut prices accordingly, but the former feels comfortable about pushing through price increases in most of its major markets.

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Rod Addy

PureCircle has diversified its supplies of stevia leaf, enabling it to step up global growth plans and defend its supply chain against future issues.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Natural ingredients supplier Naturex has reported a healthy 15% growth in sales for the first half of its financial year on the back of ‘positive contributions’ from the firm’s new acquisitions.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Poland's retail sales and unemployment data proved weaker than expected in June, pointing to a further deterioration of economic fundamentals and reinforcing market expectations that the central bank could soon consider cutting interest rates.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Rainfall has replenished soils but evaporative demand continues to exceed moisture according to the weekly report by Michigan State University Extension educators Bill Shane, Diane Brown and Mark Longstroth.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Agriculture, at the moment, is the bright spot in the economy in many US states, one of which is California.

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Italy

International Paper announced today that the company restarted corrugator operations at its Italian San Felice plant last week.

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Henk de Bruin

"It is peach time in Japan and with peaches one thinks of Okayama, a prefecture in the west of the country, known as "The Land of Sunshine." Little rain and many hours of sunshine make a very favourable climate for the cultivation of peaches and 56.1% of

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Emanuela Fontana

The safety and aroma appeal of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables could be improved by using a right combination of flavors among the antimicrobial essential oils (EOs) and the target fresh-cut produce. The paper of Ayal-Zavala et al. (2009) describes some p

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Johnny Jara

The Mango Ecuador Foundation that gathers all the country´s growers, packers and shippers together is wrapping up some last minute details towards their IV International Ecuadorian Mango Congress to be held at the Oro Verde Hotel in Guayaquil – Ecuador on

Published: Jul 27, 2012 By: Rod Addy

Pre-tax profit at Tate & Lyle’s Speciality Food Ingredients (SFI) division took a hit in its first quarter from strikes in Turkey and lower volume sales in sucralose.

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Business manager of Potatoes New Zealand, Ron Gall, says the risk of Australian potato crops getting Zebra Chip disease in the event of the current import ban being lifted, is so low it is "absolutely minimal."

Published: Jul 27, 2012

Reductions in salt intake, coupled with better labelling of salt levels in foods, could help to slash stomach cancer rates by 14%, according to new data compiled by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF).