Arla invests to beat CAP squeeze
Arla Foods' new full-cream milk powder factory underlines how tight margins are forcing companies to focus on delivering value-added ingredients.
Archives for November 7, 2005
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No avoiding sustainable sourcing
Food companies do not yet face the ethical sourcing equation of the clothing industry, where brands from Nike to Marks & Spencer cannot afford a single claim of sweat-shop production. But the moment is fast approaching for food, too, when exploitative...
UK vegetarians call for Jelly Babies to be reformulated
The Vegetarian Society in the UK has publicly requested that Cadbury Trebor Bassett's reformulate it Jelly Babies product to use vegetarian, rather than animal-derived gelatine.
Cargill refinery plans underline bright future
Cargill's plan to construct a million-ton-per-year sugar refinery on the Mexican Gulf would represent an enormous boon to the regions' hurricane-hit food industry.