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Meat ingredients company posts strong half year results

23-Apr-2012 - Denmark-based ingredients firm Chr. Hansen has posted organic growth of 11% in the first half of the financial year 2011/12, with a revenue of €333m, up 9% year-on-year.

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UK ingredients company gets halal certification

19-Apr-2012 - Meat ingredients specialist BHJ UK Protein Foods has secured halal certification for its SCANPRO Beef 95 functional protein ingredient.

Tensions grow as Taiwan strengthens beef controls

21-Mar-2012 - The Taiwanese government has created confusion among meat importers by increasing ractopamine controls on imported beef, two weeks after proposing to relax the ban on the controversial additive.

US unsatisfied with Taiwan’s ractopamine proposals

07-Mar-2012 - US exporters are not satisfied with the Taiwanese government’s proposal to partially lift the ractopamine ban, hindering US meat imports.

Kerry posts positive growth, despite challenges

21-Feb-2012 - Global ingredients and food group Kerry has reported solid earnings growth in 2011, despite significant cost inflation.

Industry rejects EU decision on labelling

03-Feb-2012 - The European meat industry has criticised a decision by the European Parliament not to introduce food labelling that would display percentages of cuts in salt, fat and sugar.

Chr. Hansen shows new solutions for the meat industry

30-Mar-2004 - Leading Danish ingredients provider is about to showcase its latest offerings for the meat industry at the IFFA trade fair in Frankfurt, which includes a system which allows the easy shaping of meats.

Chr. Hansen launches new yoghurt culture

13-Dec-2003 - Inspired by the burgeoning health trend a collaborative research project between Danish ingredients company Chr. Hansen and dairy manufacturers has resulted in a new yoghurt culture - Yo-Flex - for products aimed at less fat and fewer additives.

Solbar launches Solpro 900

17-Sep-2003 - Israeli soy ingredients company Solbar Industries has launched a new product called Solpro 900, a soy protein isolate that has important implications for emulsified meat and poultry products.

Ingredients firm to attend Eurocarne

20-May-2003 - Global ingredients giant Chr. Hansen is to attend Eurocarne, the 22nd International Exhibition of Meat and Meat Processing Industries. The event will be held in Verona, Italy, from 22 to 25 May 2003.

Fighting Listeria, the natural way

02-Apr-2003 - Danish scientists announce a breakthrough in the battle against the harmful Listeria bacterium, with the discovery of a common lactic acid bacterium that fights Listeria efficiently in foods.

Test breakthrough for peanut allergen

07-Feb-2003 - Life for people allergic to peanuts might just have got easier with scientists in the UK announcing this week that they have developed a test to detect tiny amounts of peanut in processed food.

Soy disguised as meat

29-Oct-2002 - The food exhibition SIAL in Paris last week was a clear opportunity to witness current, and future, trends and innovations in the global food and drink industry. New products with a health twist are launched on a seemingly daily basis. One clear trend that appears to be gaining pace is the use of soya as a meat substitute. Long used as a vegetarian alternative and relegated to the chilled vegetarian area, companies today are pushing soya meat substitute products into the meat cabinets.