Hershey develops 'improved' method to detect cocoa flavanols
Hershey has filed a patent for a new method to purify and detect levels of cocoa flavanols and procyanidins.
Archives for November 27, 2013
Deal to create flour milling giant Ardent Mills delayed until Q1, 2014, says ConAgra
A major new player in the flour milling industry will not now emerge until early next year, as regulators continue to scrutinize the proposed merger of ConAgra Mills and Horizon Milling (a joint venture between Cargill and CHS) to create Ardent Mills.
High-protein snacking: Hormel’s REV snack wraps sales approach $30m in first few months on market
Initial sales suggest that Hormel’s new high-protein REV snack wraps are proving a big hit with consumers, said Hormel CEO Jeffrey Ettinger on the firm’s fourth quarter earnings call yesterday.
Senate bill excluding supermarkets from FDA menu labeling sparks debate over calorie disclosure
A proposed bill introduced last week by Sens. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Angus King (I-ME) is calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to amend the calorie disclosure requirements enacted under the Affordable Care Act to exclude grocery stores and...
Sugar-sweetened drinks linked to higher cancer risk: Study
Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages may be associated with an increased risk of developing endometrial cancer in postmenopausal women, according to new data.
Dispatches from #FIE2013
Protein has a big ‘ordinary’ future, says Glanbia
Irish dairy ingredients specialist Glanbia Nutritionals once filled its sights almost exclusively with the sports nutrition sector, but the explosion of interest in protein means the ‘ordinary’ mainstream food industry is a bigger and bigger target.
WILD Flavors Inc buys Ohio-based natural extracts and aroma chemicals maker Alfrebro
WILD Flavors Inc has acquired Ohio-based Alfrebro, LLC - a leading manufacturer of natural extracts and aroma chemicals - for an undisclosed sum.