Archives for March 5, 2004

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Black 'super-sweet' tomato hits London shelves

You say tomato…and Sainsbury's says 'kumato'. Six years in R&D, the super-sweet, nutritional black tomato has arrived on the supermarket shelves to meet increasing consumer demand for novel, exotic food products.

Weighing up food allergen ingredients

Countdown to new rules for the labelling of allergen ingredients begins with national governments and stakeholders in Europe getting to grips with the small print before enforcement next year. The Scottish food watchdog updates the food industry this...

Burns Philp to sell US herbs and spices unit

Chipping away at heavy debt the Australian ingredients firm Burns Philp & Co will spin off its US herbs and spices unit - Tones North American - following 'expressions of interest' for the division, the company said yesterday.

Freight costs to cut US wheat exports by half

The US could see its share of the wheat market in Indonesia, southeast Asia's biggest buyer, cut by half this year as a result of surging freight tariffs. Rocketing prices are transforming global food export markets as importers look for the cheapest...