Latest News in the food Industry

20 May 2016

Dannon has announced what it describes as substantial progress across all four components of its nutrition commitment to the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA).

19 May 2016

Farmer-owned Arla has taken the decision to start to incentivise more farmers to convert to GM-free feed. The market is increasingly willing to pay a price premium, the company says, and Arla believes it is in a favourable position to capture this new ...

18 May 2016

DuPont Nutrition & Health is launching a new, clinically tested probiotic, HOWARU Protect EarlyLife, as part of its premium ingredient range. It has been formulated specifically for expectant mothers and their infants.

13 May 2016

Fonterra Australia has revised its farmgate milk price, meaning that the full 2015/16 season price will be reduced from A$5.60 per kgMS to A$5.00 per kgMS.

12 May 2016

Following Fonterra’s recent announcement that it plans to introduce a market-linked organic milk price for its organic milk farmers, it has forecast an opening market-linked organic milk price of $9.20 per kg milk solids for the 2016/17 season.

2 May 2016

Kerry has issued an Interim Management Statement for the first quarter ended 31 March 2016. The company reported 2.9% growth in business volumes, with Taste & Nutrition up 3.1% and Consumer Foods up 2.1%.

2 May 2016

Nestlé and UK ice cream company R&R have agreed to set up Froneri, a joint venture with sales of around CHF2.7 billion in over 20 countries employing about 15,000 people.

2 May 2016

Dannon has announced a pledge to its farmers, retail customers and consumers to further improve sustainable agriculture practices for its milk supply, to increase transparency for its portfolio of products and evolve to more natural and fewer ingredien...

29 Apr 2016

Glanbia has issued its Interim Management Statement for the three month period to 2 April 2016, noting that the outlook for the remainder of 2016 is positive and reiterating its full year guidance of adjusted earnings per share growth of 8% to 10%.

27 Apr 2016

A new range of stabilisers for acidified dairy beverages based on soy-polysaccharide fibre has been introduced by Spanish company Premium Ingredients, part of the Blendhub Group.

26 Apr 2016

Nestlé Dreyer’s Ice Cream has announced key ingredient improvements to six US brands including Dreyer’s, Häagen-Dazs, Outshine, Skinny Cow, Nestlé Ice Cream and Nestlé Drumstick.

25 Apr 2016

For 1Q16, Danone has reported like-for-like sales growth of 3.5%, with solid underlying trends in all four businesses. Reported sales growth was down 3.0% reflecting a negative currency impact of -7.2%.