News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
A microturbine generator that runs on methane biogas from animal manure will be evaluated as a source of electricity and heat for a research dairy farm in a cooperative project of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the US Department of Energy's...
The food unit of Mexican conglomerate Grupo Alfa, Sigma Alimentos, said on Thursday that it had acquired Costa Rica's leading producer and distributor of processed meats, Embutidos Zar, for an undisclosed amount.
A biscuit factory in Victoria, Australia, belonging to Australian company Arnott's, is set to close as part of a $100 (€54.7m) million expansion of Arnott's Sydney and Brisbane plants and upgrading of its Adelaide factory, reports IndustrySearch.com
New research from the UK has revealed that selenium (Se) levels in British bread-making wheats are 10 to 50 times lower than in their American or Canadian counterparts. The study, published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture ,...
Eighteen months ago, US meat giant ConAgra Foods, currently at the centre of a scandal concerning an E.coli outbreak, sent word that it would end its contract for poultry de-boning operations in Milan, a north-central city in Missouri, erasing more...
Arkady Craigmillar, a UK supplier of bakery ingredients and frozen products, announced this week that production of its confectionery mixes will move to its Manchester factory from a Unilever-owned facility in Suffolk.