Numico buys Valio's baby food business
Leading formula maker Royal Numico is to buy the baby food business of Finland's Valio for €57 million in cash, the companies revealed yesterday.
Archives for May 24, 2004
Vaccines to fight food pathogens
Vaccines to combat a number of foodborne pathogens such as Listeria could be commercially available in the near future, a breakthrough which would "greatly enhance human health and wellbeing worldwide," according to US researchers.
Buhler installs new milling concept
Dutch feed manufacturing firm De Heus-Brokking-Koudijs recently installed two new high-tech roller mills at its Ravenstein plant with the aim of producing poultry feed more efficiently. To carry out the project, engineering firm Buhler took the...
Coca-Cola goes low-carb
Coca-Cola is launching a modified version of the world's best-selling drink to target the millions of Americans following a low-carb diet.
Polish businesses combine to attack new markets
Polish trading company Uno Fresco Tradex has announced an initiative that combines nine medium-sized food and beverage companies aiming to export their products to other eastern European markets. Simon Pitman found out how the integration of...