United Biscuits (UB) has announced a 50 per cent saturated fat reduction across its McVitie’s range, which it says responds to both consumer and government agency demands for healthier products.
SunOpta is continuing its march into the organic vegetable oils sector as it announces a new deal with Daabon Organic USA to distribute organic palm oil products.
Fats and oils supplier ADM Pura steps up solutions for bakers,
opening a new R&D test bakery at its production site in
Purfleet, Essex to look into reformulation and novel fats.
Vegetable oil prices are expected to remain high into the coming
2008/09 season as surging demand from the developing world outpaces
production, predicts the US agriculture department.
Malaysian multinational Sime Darby is to channel €34m into
expanding its value-added oils and fats presence in Europe,
including upgrading its existing Unimills facility and setting up
new palm oil facilities.
Cognis is extending its non-hydrogenated fat range of Lamequick
whipping agents with three new versions suited to a broader range
of technical applications that meet consumers' healthy
requirements.
Cognis has developed a new whipping agent under its Lamequick brand
using vegetable oils that are free from lauric acid, thus avoiding
the soapy taste that can result from interactions with herbs and
spices.
Archer Daniel Midland has announced plans to build a European
R&D Centre in Germany to develop new oil and fat technologies
for the food and bio-fuels sectors and help improve existing ones.
Fat and oil manufacturer AarhusKarlshamn (AAK) yesterday announced
an increase in interim net sales, but the recently merged firm says
it is still working on streamlining its operations.
A newly developed citric acid ester of mono- and di-glycerides
promises to replace lecithin in chocolate applications where the
main functionality is to lower the viscosity and yield value.
Two leading European manufacturers of oils and fats for the food
industry last week joined forces in a move the companies hope will
allow them to significantly expand their businesses in the US and
Northern Europe.
Competition continues to bite for Swedish speciality fats and oils
business Karlshamns with the firm announcing it will pour Euros
6.68 million (SEK60m) into cost-cutting measures.
Swedish speciality fats and oils firm Karlshamns builds up supplies
of pumpable fats and liquid margarine as industry spikes demand for
convenience fats, reports Lindsey Partos.
Russian edible oils producer Solnechnie Produkti has reported sales
growth in excess of that for the market as a whole, the second
major producer to do so in as many weeks. As with market leader
NMZhK, Solnechnie Produkti's growth...
Russia's biggest producer of oils and fats, the NMZhK group, has
steadily increased its output over the last year, an indication of
the steady growth in a sector where local and foreign players are
vying for dominance.
Squeezed margins from 'fierce competition' have hit profits at
Swedish oils and fats firm Karlshamns, which this week announced
job cuts in the context of a cost saving programme.
The majority shareholder in Danish vegetable oil firm Aarhus United
could soon place its considerable stake on the market, citing a
potential difference in long-term investment interests.
Swedish oils and fats firm Karlshamns, which saw its profits slip
at the end of 2003, has acquired UK flaked fats company Kelanco,
and with it a drive into value-added speciality fats for the
booming UK convenience food market.
Intensified competition in the ingredients marketplace and
disappointing orders for Cocoa Butter Equivalents (CBE) following
the new chocolate rules leads to job losses at Danish fats and oils
firm Aarhus United.
Leading Japanese emulsifier supplier Riken Vitamin is set to boost
production at its subsidiary in Malaysia with the opening of a new
plant this week. High hopes to increase market share.
Our run up to the Food Ingredients Europe exhibition in Frankfurt
continues with a look at some of the dairy ingredients nominated by
the jury for the most innovative food ingredient award.
Small batch crisp manufacturer Jonathan Crisp claims to be the
first UK crisp manufacturer to produce cholesterol-free crisps,
looking to gain market share in the 'healthier' foods market.
Yesterday we reported on a UK bread product which can help pregnant
women increase vitamin levels. Today we cross the Channel to
France, where a Nimes-based company is set to expand sales of its
slimming baguette to the capital.
Armfield, the UK processing equipment manufacturer, has teamed up
with US counterpart RBD Technologies of Los Osos, California, and
compatriot Ebortec, to offer a full range of small scale edible oil
processing equipment.