News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
The Louisville Metro Council has suggested a rewards system for food manufacturers that stop using trans fats in their products, after a proposed ban in the city failed to attract support in February.
After the soaring highs of 2008, weaker wheat prices continue to bring welcome relief to food makers’ bottom line.
Banning artificial trans fats in the UK could prevent 11,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths a year, according to two senior doctors writing in the British Medical Journal.
The second instaltment of the Baking Industry Exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham had a record number of attendees and proved to be particularly effective for small to medium businesses, with huge interest recorded at the craft baker stands, claimed the...
The takeover of UK plastics packaging company Sharp Interpack by French multinational firm Groupe Guillin was announced yesterday.
The bakery and confectionary division of Vivartia, Greece's largest food production company, is being bought by a group led by Saudi Arabia's Olayan in a move that is claimed will reduce the firm’s exposure to risk in a turbulent Greek economic climate.