(News, 17 Jun 2008 )
The US Department of Agriculture today recognized 46 corporations for efforts to promote improved nutrition and fight obesity. Responding to a corporate challenge issued by the USDA Center for Nutrition ....
(News, 12 Jun 2008 )
Buoyed by positive scientific data, prebiotics such as fructans make their mark in the prebiotics market. Following in their footsteps are a new set of prebiotics, such as mannan-oligosaccharides (MOS), ....
(Top Story, 04 Jun 2008 )
Agricultural commodity prices should ease from their recent record peaks but over the next 10 years they are expected to average well above their mean levels of the past decade, according to the latest ....
(Analysis, Jun 2008 )
Thomas Bauer, head of strategic advisory and research for South-east Asia, shares in an exclusive interview with AFJ where the niches lie in Asia’s food production and Rabobank’s activities in these markets. ....
(Analysis, Jun 2008 )
Cyclical market trends and price swings are nothing new. But when the affected sector is as basic to daily survival as food, the implications of a worldwide price spiral can be devastating. Prices of ....
(Market Trends, Jun 2008 )
Building on familiar demands, package design and packaging lines will evolve to address the need for automation, sustainability, consumer convenience, product safety and rising consumer interest in health ....
(Top Story, 15 May 2008 )
Latest research from Mintel shows that sales have increased by a saucy 11% over the last two years alone, with Brits forking out almost £300 million ($583.46 million) on their beloved beans last year. ....
(Grab n Go, May 2008 )
Canned fruit is in for an image overhaul. Loved by children but frowned upon by parents for its lacking nutritional value, a new range of canned fruits hopes to win the adults over with its added vitamin ....
(Top Story, 01 May 2008 )
World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick has welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda’s call for the food crisis to be put on the G8 agenda. “Soaring food prices and their impact on hunger, malnutrition ....
(News, 01 May 2008 )
The group has decided to reallocate present portfolios of Hans ten Cate as he retires on 1 July 2008. Bert Heemskerk ahs been appointed to chair the Managing Board of Rabobank International (MBRI) as ....
