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Wrigley files mouthwash-style gum patent for bad breath
Wrigley has filed a patent for a mouthwash compound-based chewing gum composition to combat bad breath.
Archives for February 18, 2013
Monster Energy ‘beverage’ switch slashes regulatory red tape: Top Attorney
One top food attorney says he is not wholly surprised by Monster Beverage Corporation's decision to reclassify its energy drinks as beverages rather than dietary supplements, and that it will actually remove many US regulatory complications.
K-Cup sales will approach $300m in 2013, up 70% vs 2012, says Smucker CEO
Jif peanut butter to Folgers coffee maker JM Smucker says sales of K-cups will approach $300m in fiscal 2013 (ending April 30), up 70% vs 2012.
Burcon: We’re encouraged by overall market conditions for protein
Launching high quality protein ingredients is ‘timely’ as the world seeks out sustainable, plant-based protein, said the COO of Burcon, as the Canadian protein specialist records its first revenues in its history.
AquaBounty remains confident of FDA approval for GM salmon, despite 60-day comment extension
AquaBounty Technologies - which has already spent years waiting for the FDA to decide whether to approve its genetically engineered (GE) salmon - will have to wait a little longer as the agency plows through almost 30,000 comments submitted since it gave...
Molson Coors shies away from major M&A in short term
Molson Coors does not contemplate making any major acquisitions in the short term but says it may examine small portfolio ‘in fills’ if the right transactions present themselves.