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Kellogg builds snacks plant in Malaysia

Kellogg builds snacks plant in Malaysia

Kellogg Company, the world’s leading cereal company, announced that it will build a new snacks manufacturing facility in Malaysia, as part of its recently announced Project K four-year efficiency and effectiveness program. Project K is

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Nestle` USA one of 16 firms which cut calories sold by 6.4 trillion

Nestle` USA one of 16 firms which cut calories sold by 6.4 trillion

Nestlé USA is among 16 leading US food and beverage companies which sold 6.4 trillion fewer calories in US in 2012 than they did in 2007, according to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Robert Wood

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Consumers like bread with less salt

Consumers like bread with less salt

Consumers can’t tell the difference between regular bread and bread with 10% less salt, according to taste tests by Oregon State University (OSU).Researchers at OSU’s Food Innovation Center in Portland asked nearly 200 people to

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USFDA increases permitted levels of Acacia Gum in food following Nexira petition

USFDA increases permitted levels of Acacia Gum in food following Nexira petition

Following a request by Nexira, a global natural ingredients supplier, the US-FDA (United States Food and Drug Administration) has expanded safe use of acacia gum (known as gum Arabic or Babul in India) across the

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French dairy giant Lactalis acquires Tirumala Milk Products

French dairy giant Lactalis acquires Tirumala Milk Products

Groupe Lactalis SA (Lactalis), the world’s largest dairy player based in Mayenne, France has acquired 100% of the shares in Tirumala Milk Products, the second largest private dairy company in South India.Tirumala was founded in

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Nestle Institute of Health Sciences signs pact with human cell supplier for nutrition research

Nestle Institute of Health Sciences signs pact with human cell supplier for nutrition research

The food-giant Nestle’s Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS) has signed a long-term agreement with a US-based Cellular Dynamics International (CDI) for supplying variety of human cells which will be employed in NIHS’s research on maintaining

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Tesco launches new healthy food brand

Tesco launches new healthy food brand

Leading hypermarket brand Tesco has launched a new range of healthy foods under a new brand, “Tesco Healthy Living”. This brand will replace Tesco Light Choices and Tesco Eat Live Enjoy. It aims to give

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India’s cold chain industry doubles by 2017

India’s cold chain industry doubles by 2017

While India is the second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world, the country’s integrated cold chain industry is nascent and is witnessing a wide demand and supply gap. Cold storages at production

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Nutranomics expands in Asia

Nutranomics expands in Asia

Nutranomics, a publicly traded company engaged in research and development of nutritional food products in Utah had announced that it plans to open a new sales operations office in Tokyo, Japan.Dr Tracy K Gibbs, CEO,

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Global cold chain market to grow by 15.94% by 2018

Global cold chain market to grow by 15.94% by 2018

The analysts of Research and Markets forecast that the Global Cold Chain market would grow at a CAGR of 15.94% over the period 2013-2018. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is