10 October 2011
Arcor’s Dos en Uno to set up confectionery plant in Chile
Chilean sweets manufacturer Dos en Uno, owned by Argentinian food producer Arcor, is to build a new $40m confectionery plant in Chile.
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10 October 2011
Bright Dairy to upgrade Minhang factory
China-based Bright Dairy and Food is planning to raise 1.42bn yuan ($222.17m) through a private placement to upgrade the technology of its new production facility in Minhang district, China, with...
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10 October 2011
Australia reports rise in beef exports
Australian beef exports reached almost 82,000t in September 2011, up 8% year-on-year, according to new data published by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
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10 October 2011
Toyota Tsusho, MFM and FKS to establish flour mill in Indonesia
Toyota Tsusho, Malayan Flour Mills and Indonesia's FKS Capital have agreed to invest 5.2bn yen ($66m) to set up a flour mill company in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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10 October 2011
New yeast strain reduces acrylamide in food
Canadian Functional Technologies has developed a proprietary yeast strain that could cut the fermentation time of acrylamide, reducing it to undetectable levels within food.
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10 October 2011
UK food exports continue to grow
UK food and non-alcoholic drink exports increased to £5.8bn in the first half of 2011, up 13% year-on-year, according to the latest figures released by the Food and Drink Federation...
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10 October 2011
ADM Cocoa develops fillings with long shelf-life
US-headquartered ADM Cocoa, a producer of cocoa, chocolate and confectionery ingredients, has developed a range of fillings that combine an ‘indulgent taste’ with a shelf-life of between six and nine...
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7 October 2011
Potato waste could produce new food ingredients
Danish researchers have developed a new method, which uses potato waste for the extraction of rhamnogalacturonan I (RG-I), a pectic polysaccharide, that could be used to produce new ingredients and...
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7 October 2011
Cristal Union to acquire Vermandoise for $1.3bn
French sugar cooperative Cristal Union has agreed to acquire Vermandoise in a deal valued at nearly €1bn ($1.3bn), which would create France's second largest sugar group.
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7 October 2011
Sara Lee set to close sale of North American Fresh Bakery business
American consumer goods company Sara Lee said it is finalising discussions with the US Department of Justice over the sale of its North American Fresh Bakery business to Grupo Bimbo.