News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
A court in Illinois, USA has rejected Quaker Oats’ motion to have a deceptive advertising case against it dismissed and has halted proceedings until four similar actions in California are resolved.
Economic downturn and a drop in demand have led to masterbatch producers ‘cutting back activity’ and seeking ‘wider markets’ such as Russia and Ukraine, a plastics market research consultancy has found.
Proprietary yeast technology may help reduce acrylamide levels in finished foods that do not usually include yeast to ‘near non-detectable levels’, say the developers of the ingredient.
Americk N.I has announced the takeover of Primopost, a UK supplier of printed and plain flexible packaging solutions for the food and non-food industries.
International Paper is to open a new factory next year with the aim to strengthen its position in the Spanish food and beverage industry.
Food processor Maple Leaf Foods intends to further increase prices across all segments to offset the raw materials price hike that affected earnings in final quarter of 2011.