Archives for September 16, 2015

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Silver Fern board backs China tie-up

By Chloe Ryan

A partnership between Silver Fern Farms and China’s leading meat processor Shanghai Maling, a listed company based in Shanghai, has been unanimously recommended by the board of New Zealand’s biggest meat processor.  

Special edition: Sports Nutrition

Protein powders: The heavyweight in the $16bn sports nutrition market

By Stephen Daniells

The US market for sports nutrition plus energy/nutrition bars and sports drinks is set to cruise past $20 billion by 2020, says Euromonitor International, but which segments are driving growth, and how is the ‘regimentation of fitness’ influencing...

Tyson Foods accused of abuse at Texas plant

By Chloe Ryan

Tyson Foods has been accused of using “cruel and illegal” practices at a chicken abattoir in Texas by an animal rights group that filmed undercover at the plant in Carthage.

Poultry could help address Brazil’s economic woes

By Mauricio Savarese, in São Paulo

Poultry exports could help halt Brazil’s economic slump, experts have claimed, as its gross domestic product (GDP) looks set to sink by more than 2% this year. 

'The frozen smoothie packs have been generating triple-digit growth for the past three years'

PITAYA Plus outlines mission to turn America’s smoothies hot pink

By Elaine Watson

It’s flaming pink, packed with fiber and magnesium, fruity, but not too sweet, and growing like crazy in the frozen smoothie pack market, says Chuck Casano, who is on a mission to do for Pitaya what Sambazon did for açai berries and KonaRed is doing for...