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Eevia gets Euroleaf certification

Eevia gets Euroleaf certification

27 Apr 2016

Eevia, a new Finnish-Norwegian producer of organic-certified plant extracts, has announced that it recently received the Euroleaf organic certification. The company’s entire product portfolio of wild Arctic plant ingredients is now organic.

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Nestlé reformulates US ice cream

Nestlé reformulates US ice cream

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.

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Hormel to go clean-label

Hormel to go clean-label

21 Apr 2016

Hormel Foods has announced a company-wide clean label initiative to simplify the ingredient statements of many of its retail products through the removal or replacement of ingredients, while still delivering great-tasting items that consumers expect.

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Prinova to distribute for Lycored

Prinova to distribute for Lycored

21 Apr 2016

Prinova is to become the exclusive distributor of Lycored’s lycopene- and beta carotene-based natural colours in the U.S.A. and Canada.

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Sensus welcomes EFSA opinion

Sensus welcomes EFSA opinion

20 Apr 2016

Sensus has announced that the new health claim authorised by the European Commission confirms that chicory root fibre contributes to better blood glucose management, as it supports a lower rise in blood glucose response.

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Strawberries top Dirty Dozen

Strawberries top Dirty Dozen

19 Apr 2016

Conventional strawberries top the Dirty Dozen list of the US Environmental Working Group’s 2016 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce, displacing apples, which headed the list the last five years running.

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Cornelius, Milne join forces

Cornelius, Milne join forces

18 Apr 2016

Cornelius Group and Milne Fruits have joined forces to supply the European food and drink industry with what they say is an innovative new concept in dried fruit products.

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PURISPea gets GRAS status

PURISPea gets GRAS status

15 Apr 2016

World Food Processing has announced that it received a “letter of no objection” from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for PURISPea un-hydrolyzed and hydrolyzed pea protein.

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Purecircle to invest in India

Purecircle to invest in India

14 Apr 2016

PureCircle is to invest in India's stevia infrastructure over the next five years. The company plans to partner with thousands of Indian farmers to plant 5,000 hectares of stevia and eventually build a stevia processing facility in India.

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USDA: organic on the rise

USDA: organic on the rise

11 Apr 2016

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced a significant increase in the number of certified organic operations, continuing the trend of double digit growth in the organic sector.

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Vitae Naturals gets RSPO certification

Vitae Naturals gets RSPO certification

6 Apr 2016

Vitae Naturals has announced that it has recently obtained RSPO certification through strict verification of the production process under the stringent “RSPO Principles & Criteria”.

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Colouring Foodstuffs Threaten Natural Colour Dominance

Colouring Foodstuffs Threaten Natural Colour Dominance

12 Nov 2015

John George, Ingredients Analyst at Euromonitor International See John George Speak at Day 0 ‘Natural Colour and Colouring Foods 2015’ at Fi Europe -http://www.figlobal.com/fieurope/conference/day0

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