Some rival big brands seeking ‘price breaks’ don’t participate in Ocean Spray’s online auctions for cranberry concentrate, but converts appreciate an ‘efficient, transparent and trustworthy’ process.
PepsiCo says it is ‘reviewing’ the Public Health Advocacy Institute’s letter to the US Federal Trade Commission, attacking the firm for claiming that Gatorade helped basketball star Michael Jordan win a key match whilst ill.
Radioactive Energy Drink has been relaunched in 16oz (473ml) cans from Rexam that glow in the dark through the use of glow-in-the-dark graphics using fluorescent inks.
Global cereal giant, Kellogg’s is investing in a ‘significant’ revamp of its 106-year-old brand in a bid to resonate better with today’s tech savvy consumers, but analysts say it won’t be anything significant.
The US market for in-store bakeries is rising year-on-year with no decrease forecast, according to a report from the International Dairy, Deli and Bakery Association (IDDBA).
Australia look set to okay the sale of non-pasteurised hard cheeses after food safety authorities approved a proposal to sell raw milk products in the country.
US-based firm Label Technology has installed a printing press manufactured by Dutch-firm MPS that they claim will provide ‘unbeatable turnaround times.’
EFSA has outlined a raft of key factors needed to assess the hazard posed by pathogens in composite foods after Brussels said it needed to develop harmonised risk-based rules for their import into the region.
Indian researchers have discovered carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) in foods such as bread, corn flakes and caramel – increasing the likelihood that consumption of nanoparticles in food is safe.
Zetar took a 5% hit in annual group revenue after exiting from low margin core commodity sales, particularly in processed and packed nuts, at the beginning of 2012.
Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF) has denied speculation that it has submitted or would submit a bid for the UK-based Birds Eye, now being auctioned off by the Permira group.
Nichirei Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, has decided to buy a 51% stake in InnovAsian Cuisine Enterprises LLC, a growing presence in the Asian foods market in the United States, including a retail frozen line.
Inflation and high raw materials costs have prompted another leading business, Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF), to raise prices and adjust strategies to ensure growth, The Nation of Bangkok reports.
Inflation and high raw materials costs have prompted another leading business, Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF), to raise prices and adjust strategies to ensure growth, The Nation of Bangkok reports.
Slurpee Lite is the latest new product introduction from 7-Eleven, Inc. Sweetened with Splenda, the new beverage is part of the company’s focus on producing a new platform of reduced calorie, sugarless drinks.
The Consumer Price Index for food and beverages increased 0.2% in April, climbing to 233.1 from 232.7 in March, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor. The food index also increased 0.2% in April.
Alliance Grain Traders Inc. has pushed back the ground breaking date on its $50 million pasta and pulse processing complex in Regina to 2013. The project, which was announced in October 2011, originally was slated to begin this year.
