News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Following a decline in the share of coir (coconut husk) materials used in packaging, the Asia Pacific Coconut Community, representing coconut producers in the region, has formed a strategic alliance to develop the industry.
Anglo-Dutch food and consumer products giant Unilever is putting its Malaysian palm oil estates up for sale, according to a report in the Malaysian publication, Business Times.
Starch ingredients company Cerestar formally launched a bio-organic sweetener at Health Ingredients Europe in Paris this week. CBio-Sweet is derived from bio-organic wheat and hydrolysed with non-GMO enzymes.
The EU competition authorities have approved the formation of a joint venture within the flexible packaging industry in Northern Europe between Danapak, Denmark and Teich Aktiengesellschaft, Austria.