News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Lactalis USA, a subsidiary of French dairy group Lactalis, announced earlier this week that it has acquired Rondelé Specialty Foods, a US manufacturer of spreadable cheeses, in a deal which will position it as the leading speciality cheese...
Global drawdown in cereal stocks, the essence of a raft of ingredients, may turn the corner this year as a new report from the UN food agency predicts world cereal production will hit a record 2.04 billion tonnes in 2004, an increase in inventories...
The announcement yesterday that DMV International and Arla Food Ingredients could merge is a further example of how the rising power and ongoing growth of the multiple retailers is putting constant pressure on ingredients companies to keep up with the...
Two of Britain's biggest agriculture companies, faced with an increasingly unstable market and rising costs, have announced they will merge to insulate themselves and compete more effectively through local grain markets, writes Chris Mercer.