News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
Nestlé is to buy almost half of German frozen pizza firm Wagner so it can tap into the lucrative German market and expand Wagner's brands abroad, as competition hots up in the European frozen pizza sector, reports Chris Mercer.
The UK is likely to miss its self-imposed target for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, but the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has urged the government to acknowledge the contribution business has made in addressing the problem of climate change.
The Aston Group, which has ambitions of becoming the biggest raw vegetable oil manufacturer in Eastern Europe, has begun supplying retailers with refined deodorised oil from its $60 million extracting plant MEZ Volshebnii Kray, writes Angela...
Russia's OST group, one of the country's biggest alcohol producers, has built a new bottle plant near Moscow which will supply it with up to 600 million bottles a year - and save it more than $10 million, writes Angela Drujinina.
Lightweight conveyor belt manufacturer Habasit has launched a plastic modular belt that offers the largest high friction rubber contact surface available in the industry.
Breakthrough science for the popular fruit ingredient, the strawberry, as UK scientists construct the world's first molecular map for the wild strawberry, opening up opportunities to create market leading varieties with improved flavours.
Canadian food giant E.D. Smith & Sons claims to have made a 50 per cent reduction in day-to-day output processes by automating the production and delivery of business documents across its supply chain.
The controversial issue of nutritional profiles will remain one of the biggest hurdles for EU legislation on health claims but recent reports suggest that Germany may be ready to concede some elements of profiling, reports Dominique Patton.