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Kraft takes larger slice of snack pie with Danone buy

Kids ad restrictions are ineffectual, finds Which?

Crush candies to crack Europe, predicts Beneo-Palatinit

Danisco consolidates Lithuanian sugar production

Premier Foods defies bakery price challenge

 
   
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Black cohosh stops breast cancer growth in the lab

UK grappling again with bird flu outbreak

Consumers look to heal through functional foods

EU food contact directive to apply from next month

 
 

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Kraft takes larger slice of snack pie with Danone buy
Kraft Foods is set to take an even larger share of the global snack market after receiving conditional approval by the European Commission to purchase the biscuit, cereals and snack division of Danone... Read


Kids ad restrictions are ineffectual, finds Which?
New UK restrictions on television 'junk' food advertising to children are ineffective, says consumer watchdog Which?, since a survey has shown that half the most popular programmes watched by the under-10s fall... Read


Crush candies to crack Europe, predicts Beneo-Palatinit
Beneo-Palatinit is predicting that crush candies, hard-boiled sweets with fine cracks, could be a new confectionery trend in Europe and open up a new market for its Isomalt sweetener. ... Read


Danisco consolidates Lithuanian sugar production
Danisco has announced that it will close its sugar production plant in Panevezys, Lithuania, as part of a plan to give up a slice of its quota. ... Read


Premier Foods defies bakery price challenge
UK-based Premier Foods had an organic sales gain of three per cent in the four months to the end of October and said its is on course to meet its market forecast for the full year... Read


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Black cohosh stops breast cancer growth in the lab
Extracts from black cohosh may stop breast cancer cells in their tracks, suggests a new laboratory study involving scientists from French botanicals supplier Naturex... Read


UK grappling again with bird flu outbreak
Bird flu, in the form of the H5 virus, has hit the UK again, serving as further warning that the poultry supply chain is still vulnerable to the disease... Read


Consumers look to heal through functional foods
US consumers are increasingly consuming functional products with the intention of preventing or treating disease, the Natural Marketing Institute's (NMI) Steve French told SupplySide West attendees last week... Read


EU food contact directive to apply from next month
New EU regulations governing what types of packaging materials can be used with which foods will come into effect next month... Read

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Meat, cancer and credibility

The big 'Cs' got the meat industry in trouble last week - cancer and credibility. Read



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News briefs: Pepsi, Pernod and space age hangover cures
In this week's briefs, PepsiCo targets Ukrainian juice demand, Pernod Ricard shakes up its management, and hangover cures go intergalactic... Read


Sara Lee Q1 profits plunge
Rising commodity costs and increased media and promotional spend have led to a massive 40 per cent drop in profits for US food giant Sara Lee... Read


Unilever to take weight management to shots
The global number-one player in the weight management foods market, Unilever, has indicated it will be expanding this functional category into drinkable shots... Read


News briefs: Healthy chocolate and gum
With heart disease and obesity levels booming in Western Europe, manufacturers and scientists are increasingly trying to make a link between health and confectionery, traditionally seen as a 'naughty' treat... Read


Manufacturers make big sales growth for Callebaut
Barry Callebaut has reported growth in full year 2006/7 that outstrips the chocolate sector at large, largely driven by sales to food manufacturers with which it has several big new deals... Read

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