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Vivartia faces further price fix strife

Industry prepares to fight junk food ad watershed

UK body opens new year whisky consultation

Cloetta Fazer completes gum acquisition

Ulker makes Turkish delight out of Godiva

 
   
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Molson Coors forms Canadian import venture

Tate & Lyle invests in edible films market

Wine waste shows promise for dental health

Snack firms up marketing campaigns after Xmas binge

 
 

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Vivartia faces further price fix strife
Vivartia is bearing the brunt of a further round of fines imposed by Greece's competition regulator on a number of the country's leading dairy processors and retailers for their part in alleged anti-competitive... Read


Industry prepares to fight junk food ad watershed
As phase two of the UK's new rules on TV advertising of unhealthy foods targeted at children came into effect this week, the food industry is preparing to lock horns with campaigners over a 9pm watershed... Read


UK body opens new year whisky consultation
It is not resolution, but regulation driving new year optimism in Scotch whisky production, as the UK government this week opens consultation on new rules to protect the liquor's reputation internationally... Read


Cloetta Fazer completes gum acquisition
The acquisition of Finnish gum manufacturer Fennobon Oy by Cloetta Fazer today comes into force, as the Sweden-based confectionery company moves to make its mark on the sugar-free and functional gum market... Read


Ulker makes Turkish delight out of Godiva
The Campbell Soup Company is set to sell its luxury chocolate brand Godiva to the Turkey-based Yildiz, parent company of confectionery and snack firm Ulker, for $850m (€580m)... Read


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Molson Coors forms Canadian import venture
Molson Coors and Mexican-based brewer Grupo Modelo have formed a new joint venture to tap growing consumer appetite in Canada for imported beer brands... Read


Tate & Lyle invests in edible films market
Tate & Lyle Ventures and Scottish Enterprise hope to prosper from the emerging market for dissolvable and edible films as a delivery mechanism for active ingredients, with the acquisition of BioFilm Limited... Read


Wine waste shows promise for dental health
Early results of a collaboration to investigate the impact of compounds from grapes could relate to oral bacteria indicate a role for polyphenols in preventing caries... Read


Snack firms up marketing campaigns after Xmas binge
The post-Christmas period often sees consumers tightening their purse strings as well as their belts; however several US food companies are coming up with increasingly inventive methods of persuading snackers to... Read

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Time for antioxidants v2.0

'Antioxidants' crop up every where, from beverage cans to cereal packets. But industry must wake up to over use of the antioxidant tag before the term loses meaning for consumers. Read



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General Mills counts cost of pizza recall
US-based manufactuer General Mills yesterday said a pizza recall in November knocked $20m off its Q2 operating profit... Read


CSM sells US bakery ingredient group
Dutch firm CSM has reached an agreement on the sale one of its North American bakery ingredients operations to Kerry Group, the company revealed today... Read


Deadline imposed on S&N acquisition
UK trade authorities have given a consortium formed between Carlsberg and Heineken a four-week window in which to outline a "firm" intention to acquire brewer Scottish and Newcastle (S&N) or cease any further... Read


Peltz threatens Cadbury, pushes for change
The Trian investment group, led by Nelson Peltz, yesterday called for Cadbury to make a raft of improvements to its operations, threatening to take matters out of management's hands if the requests are not met... Read


Callebaut extends origin chocolates range
Switzerland-based Barry Callebaut this week claimed it now offers the largest selection of origin chocolates having extended its portfolio to include more than 40 different varieties... Read

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