Recapitalization and streamlining will position embattled ingredients provider Rice Bran Technologies for future growth, company executives said recently.
Kellogg Company, Post, PepsiCo, Unilever, General Mills and ConAgra Foods are some of the suppliers to have joined with Walmart in its ‘Fight Hunger. Spark Change’ program in the US and Puerto Rico.
PepsiCo-owned Quaker Oats has collaborated with South Korea snack maker Lotte Confectionary to enter the fast-growing Korean cereal market currently dominated by Kellogg’s and Post in JVs with local producers.
Tech and venture development company TechAccel has contributed an undisclosed amount to fund protein engineering research being conducted by The Siegel Lab in the Genome Center of the University of California Davis.
Kellogg’s, PepsiCo, PZ Cussons and Kraft Heinz are among the companies listed by Greenpeace that are allegedly dragging their feet in eliminating Indonesian palm oil from their supply chains.
tna has released its latest bagging system, robag 5, which is able to operate 300 bags per minute for chips, pretzels, popcorn and some confectionery products.
Total Corbion PLA, based in The Netherlands, has successfully started a 1 kTpa PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) pilot plant in Rayong, Thailand, producing various Luminy PLA resins.
General Mills has signed an agreement with Gunsmoke Farms to convert more than 30,000 acres of conventional farmland into certified organic acreage by 2020, in order to capitalize on growing consumer demand for natural and organic foods.
The University of Wisconsin was awarded first place for its freeze-dried cake bites in this year's Bimbo-sponsored baking contest at the Baking Tech Conference held in Chicago on February 27 and 28, 2018.
Scientists from the University of Southern Denmark have developed a technique to turn jellyfish into a crunchy chip, potentially creating a market for aquatic snacks.
Startup Mount Mayon has developed a special method for processing the pili nut for packaged goods - it enters the market as its raw material grows next to an erupting volcano that has displaced thousands.
There have been an increasing number of stories in the media recently about the growing amount of plastic waste and one supermarket in the UK has vowed to ban all of its own-brand plastic by 2023.
