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Constellation Brands outlines plans for Ballast Point and overall beer business
Constellation Brands made headlines last year when it purchased craft brewer Ballast Point Brewing for $1bn. The focus this year will be on expanding distribution of the craft brews nationwide, while an east coast brewery is also on the cards.
O-I to pursue arbitration award against Venezuela thanks to World Bank ruling
The World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has ruled a subsidiary of Owens-Illinois (O-I) is free to pursue the enforcement of a prior arbitration award against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Heard of soursop, ditakh or cashew apple flavour? You'll need to if you want to break into Africa, says Aromatech
French flavour firm Aromatech has developed a range of flavours specifically designed to appeal to African consumers based on local fruit - but European consumers looking for new, exotic tastes will also love them, it says.
80% of surveyed products don't pass WHO nutrient profile
Survey blasts industry & EU for allowing unhealthy foods to make health claims
What’s the difference between a chocolate bar and an apple? Not much if you go by the misuse of health claims on food in Germany and the Netherlands says campaign group FoodWatch, after evaluating over 600 products making prominent claims to be healthy, finding that 80% were high in sugar,...
This week Down Under
NZ academics push cabinet for sugar tax, industry advocates soft force
Plus: Australians’ tastes in tipples in terms of different liquor segment; Natural health industry lobbies for more inclusion in Australian health policy; Beston beats import prohibition through Chinese distribution deal; and World’s first EpiCor yeast fermentate lozenge launched in New Zealand.
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Enzymes specialist DeutscheBack ramps up activity in China and Latin America
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