Friday, September 7, 2007

Handbook on discolourations provides easy reference

04/09/2007 - Black, brown, red, yellow, green and white are everyday colours, but on foods they may indicate problems with manufacturing processes or storage.
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Young consumers responsible for growth in functional drinks

9/5/2007 - Younger consumers are driving the functional beverage market, according to a new Mintel report, which indicates the market grew by up to 30 percent over the past five years.
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Mars to add more patents to Natraceutical case

9/5/2007 - Mars has announced it is adding more patents to its suit against Natraceutical so as to both strengthen its case and protect cocoa flavanol technology.
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Food prices and the death of the productionist model

9/4/2007 - Last week saw a string of communications about food price rises: first warnings were aired about wheat, then meat, then dairy. It's a vertiginous view from the heights of the commodity markets, and it's clearer than ever before that we need to re-jig our basic food supply systems if we are to feed the world in the future. [Full Article]

News brief: Coca-Cola, Carlsberg and Kraft

06/09/2007 - This week' industry round up finds Coca-Cola finalising distribution for Glaceau, the latest appointments at Carlsberg, and SABMiller bringing a little taste of Italy to the Japanese market.
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Thursday, September 6, 2007

Coca-Cola reports progress on environment, workers rights

06/09/2007 - The environment, corporate governance and workers rights are transforming the way managers oversee their global manufacturing operations, as demonstrated in Coca-Cola's second report on its progress in these areas.
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Philippines targets US$ 4B worth of food exports by 2010

To attain its target of US$ 4 billion food exports worldwide by 2010, the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) intensifies its international promotions, especially in mainstream markets like the USA, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and China.
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