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CHS, a US-based energy, grains and foods company, has signed an agreement to acquire Solbar, an Israeli company that manufactures specialty soya proteins and soya isoflavones, in a deal worth...
Swiss food company Nestlé has opened a beverage facility in Três Rios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with an investment of CHF83m ($90.67m).
The total production of milk in 23 major US states was up 2.5% year-on-year this October, totalling 15.2 billion lb, according to the latest Milk Production Report released by the...
US-based Campbell Soup reported that its net earnings for the first quarter of 2011 declined 5% to $265m, compared with the same period in 2010, due to lower volumes and...
US-based producer of functional ingredients Nu-Tek has developed a new product, the Nu-Tek Potassium Chloride, which can lower the amount of sodium required in baked foods by 30%.
New Zealand-based dairy company Synlait has opened an infant formula plant in Dunsandel, Christchurch, New Zealand, with an investment of NZ$100m (US$75.20m).
Researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de València in Spain have developed a technique that reduces the amount of salt in already desalted cod by 50%, an innovation that could help...
Swiss food giant Nestlé is investing €45m ($60.73m) in the expansion of its Wagner facility in Otzenhausen, Germany, with the aim of strengthening its pizza business.
Danone-Unimilk, the Russian subsidiary of French dairy company Groupe Danone, plans to invest RUR2.2bn ($71.4m) in the expansion of its Labinsk facility.
Barry Callebaut and PT Comextra Majora have entered into a joint venture (JV) to establish a new cocoa products company named PT Barry Callebaut Comextra Indonesia.
