News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
The packaging sector is becoming increasingly important in the accession countries, according to a new report from MINEFI - DREE elargissement. And leading the way is the agrofood and mass retailing industry - the mainstay of the food and drink sector.
A real cross-section of product launches reflects the growing importance of healthier processed foods which have just arrived on Polish and Czech shop shelves, as we look at the most significant offerings from the Mintel GNPD this week.
Frito-Lay, the snack food arm of giant US food and drink group PepsiCo, was one of the main drivers of growth for the company last year, not least as a result of various new product launches designed to tap growing demand for low carb products.
Gostomel Glass Factory, Ukraine's largest glass-bottle producer, is borrowing €13.3 million from the EBRD to build a new facility that will enable it to produce 600,000 beer bottles a day.
Health conscious consumers that wish to avoid additives in their diets are finding it difficult to recognise the ingredients and the health risks associated with them because of a confusing labelling system.
Consumers in the UK can eat their porridge safe in the knowledge that their oat products are free from harmful toxins - mycotoxins - after an extensive survey in the UK found very low traces, if none at all, of the contaminant in a range of food products.
In a move to protect home markets Chinese corn processor Global Bio-chem will link up with Japan's Mitsui & Co to develop, manufacture and sell the bulk reduced calorie sweetener sorbitol in China under a new joint venture company.