News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
To get an idea of how a higher prices for commodities and a competitive European food market are hurting companies' bottom lines, one only has to look at the financial results published by threecompanies this week.
Job losses at the sweetener operations of ambitious ingredients firm Cargill are imminent as the largest private firm in the US appears to feel the squeeze of "market conditions".
The latest in a series of serious accidents in UK bakeries resulted in the death of a worker at an Allied Bakeries plant in Glasgow last week, writes Lorraine Heller.
UK-based Spooner Industries has built a testing oven at its head office in Ilkley, Yorkshire as part of the company's strategy to provide customers with a better service.
Beverage fortification solutions on display at the IFT show suggest that manufacturers do not need to sacrifice clarity or taste in order to meet growing consumer demand for functional products, writes Anthony Fletcher.
China is on its way to becoming the largest exporter of tomato paste in the world as Xinjiang Production and Construction Corporation (XPCC) increases its production capacity for tomato paste to 500 million tons a year, writes Hridyesh Pandey.
ADM's promotion of two innovative ingredients at the IFT conference this week illustrates how health awareness and regulatory concerns have shot up the industry's priority list, writes Anthony Fletcher.