General Mills announced it will eliminate approximately 850 jobs worldwide as part of a productivity and cost savings plan designed to improve organizational effectiveness and focus on key growth strategies. ...More
After scouring the far corners of the Earth for exotic superfruits, it seems all this time we’ve had one of the best right in our own backyard—the blueberry. ...More
Two cultured dairy products—an apple parfait from YoCrunch and a fruit-and-fiber yogurt from Sensient Flavors LLC—were named the most innovative dairy products of the year during the IFDA Milk and Cultured Dairy Products symposium that took place April-24-26. ...More
Denali Ingredients developed a line of Greek frozen yogurt concepts to provide dairy manufacturers with the complement formulas, stabilizers and flavor ingredients necessary to begin manufacturing Greek frozen yogurts. ...More
The number of U.S. consumers using private-label food and beverage products continues to rise with 27% of Americans choosing to purchase private-label products in 2011 compared to only 18% in 2000. While that is good news for some, a new report from the NPD Group warns ...More
Research shows foods and beverages like cheese, wine, chocolate, beer, frozen yogurt and coffee actually have a number of healthful properties, elevating them to paradoxically healthful status. ...More
MicroThermics has named E2PS as its full-service distributor of small-scale ultra-high temperature processing (UHT), high-temperature short time (HTST), aseptic and bio-pharm processing equipment to the food and beverage industries for Brazil. ...More
Chr. Hansen released its first half of 2011-12 0 financials, reporting solid performance with revenues of €333 million, up 9% compared to first half 2010/11, and 11% organic growth. The company also announced a share buy-back program of up to €80 million to adjust its ...More