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Cargill introduces new starch sustainability programme

Cargill introduces new starch sustainability programme

Cargill has launched a new waxy corn sustainability programme in Europe to ensure a long-term sustainable crop supply for food starch production.   The Waxy Corn Promise will see Cargill source waxy corn 100% sustainably

Events
Mind to Market through assured innovation: Dr RA Mashelkar at 19th IUFoST Congress

Mind to Market through assured innovation: Dr RA Mashelkar at 19th IUFoST Congress

The 19th World Congress of Food Science & Technology- IUFoST 2018 opened today at Navi Mumbai with the highlighted theme ’25 Billion Meals A Day By 2020- with Healthy, Nutritious, Safe & Diverse FOODS’.  

Ingredients
Activeberry Gives Performance a Boost

Activeberry Gives Performance a Boost

Activeberry, an all-natural, black currant-derived performance ingredient for athletes and consumers with active lifestyles, will be launched  by Frutarom Health Ltd. at Supply Side West in Las Vegas, stand #1163.   “With the launch of

Events
drink technology India 2018 begins on a high note

drink technology India 2018 begins on a high note

drink technology India 2018 (dti), the leading trade fair for beverage, dairy and liquid food industry in India was inaugurated on October 24, 2018 at Bombay Exhibition Centre.The trade fair covers a full spectrum of

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An NGO initiates fight against hunger and food wastage by setting up fridges

An NGO initiates fight against hunger and food wastage by setting up fridges

Dissing leftovers and food scraps into the garbage bin has become commonplace in most households these days. But what we don’t realise is that while we are binning good food, someone, somewhere a child, a

Global
Lotte Confectionery to buy Myanmar’s L&M Mayson

Lotte Confectionery to buy Myanmar’s L&M Mayson

South Korea’s Lotte Confectionery Co. will acquire Myanmar’s biggest bakery and confectionery company L&M Mayson to expand its presence in the country and further Indochina.  Lotte Confectionery announced Tuesday that its board of directors approved

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Naspers Ltd likely to surge its stake in Swiggy

Naspers Ltd likely to surge its stake in Swiggy

Naspers Ltd. is planning to increase its stake in Indian online food-delivery business Swiggy as the startup plots its third fund-raising round of the year.   Africa’s largest company by market value has indicated that it intends to support a

Allied Industry
Zydus Cadila to bag Kraft Heinz portfolio for Rs 4600 crore

Zydus Cadila to bag Kraft Heinz portfolio for Rs 4600 crore

Zydus Wellness Ltd. and its parent Cadila Healthcare Ltd. have jointly agreed to acquire the Indian portfolio of Kraft Heinz Co., which includes children’s milk drink Complan, for Rs 4,595 crore.   Zydus will fund the acquisition via

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Traditional fermented food reveals microbial diversity

Traditional fermented food reveals microbial diversity

Fermented foods from jalebi to dosa are common across India. Scientists are now focusing on them as fermented foods are not just a part of food culture but they also harbour microbial diversity. A study

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Addition of refined fiber in processed food has negative effects, finds a study

Addition of refined fiber in processed food has negative effects, finds a study

Adding highly refined fiber to processed foods could have negative effects on human health, such as promoting liver cancer, according to a new study by researchers at Georgia State University and the University of Toledo.