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New name in functional ingredients

05-Feb-2013 - A specialist ingredients supplier used the International Production and Processing Expo to announce the integration of several companies under a single new banner.

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Kerry takes seasoned approach to Russia

24-Aug-2012 - Russia’s leading provider of rubs and glazes, Kerry Ingredients & Flavours Russia, is to showcase its fermented, smoke and functional solutions at Agroprodmash.

Devro enjoys strong first-half performance

01-Aug-2012 - Devro, a leading manufacturer of collagen products for the global food industry, has announced strong sales growth in the first half (H1) of 2012.

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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.