Cargill hones beverage market analysis tools
Cargill Juice Beverage Applications believes it can help beverage companies capture new trends and develop products in categories they may not have tackled before.
Archives for November 28, 2005
EU sugar reform: producers cautious, users frustrated
The EU is confident that the sugar reforms announced last week give producers a long-term competitive future, though firms such as Tate & Lyle remain cautious.
Irish campaign to curb excessive snacking
Safefood, the food safety promotion board of Ireland, has launched a campaign aimed at encouraging parents to allow their children to eat snack foods as treats only, and not as part of an everyday diet.
APV Baker to aid product line diversification
APV Baker has developed a new co-extrusion technology that will enable food makers in the cereal and snack market to add value to their products in a number of ways including a larger variety of shapes and an even wider range of fillings.
Weekly comment
Death by food support
If the EU keeps hiding its agriculture sector behind huge pay cheques instead of devoting more time to food research funding, the bloc's whimpering and wailing will only get worse.
Crown to build beverage can plant in Kazakhstan
In a bid to follow the growth of the beverage market eastwards, Crown will build a new can production plant in Kazakhstan.
Coty targets teens with new Chupa Chups fragrance line
US fragrance company Coty has again teamed up with Spanish confectionery group Chupa Chups for the creation of a new perfume line that targets teens with its metallic colours and lively images.