H.J. Heinz Company and Kraft Foods Group, Inc. announced on March 25 that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement to create The Kraft Heinz Company, forming the third largest food and beverage company
BENEO, a leading manufacturer of functional ingredients, announced that based on a 13.5 health claim application it has gained a positive European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) evaluation for its prebiotic fibre inulin improving the effect
With the ambition to multiply its business in Australia fivefold, Arla has entered a joint venture with Australia’s largest cheese importer, F. Mayer Imports. The partnership will help Arla build on decades of success ‘Down
BASF increases its production capacities for vitamin A by 25 %. The company has expanded an existing plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany, which is part of BASF’s Citral Verbund. With this capacity extension, BASF reacted to
Heinz, one of the worlds’s leading marketers and producers of healthy, convenient and affordable foods specializing in ketchup, sauces, meals, soups, snacks and infant nutrition, has opened its largest infant cereal production plant in Foshan
Nellson Nutraceutical, a North American formulator and manufacturer of branded and private-label nutritional bar and functional powder products, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Le Groupe Multibar, a Canada-based manufacturer of nutritional and
The more than seven out of 10 consumers who are looking to add more protein to their diets have a new, old option to consider – bone broth. Top-selling organic broth brand Pacific Foods is
Regions Hospital, Minnesota, has introduced a new, carbohydrate-rich preoperative beverage designed to improve comfort and reduce anxiety for patients heading into surgery. Developed and patented by anesthesiologist, M Lou Marsh, MD, of BevMD, Clearfast is
Humanetics Corporation, a leading researcher, developer and marketer of pharmaceuticals, medical foods and branded nutraceutical ingredients, announced recently that it has sold its 7-Keto dietary ingredient brand to InterHealth Nutraceuticals, Inc. of Benica, CA (InterHealth).
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that bacteria that aid in digestion help keep the intestinal lining intact. The findings, reported online in the journal Immunity, could yield new