Malt Products Corporation (MPC), which manufactures malted barley extract and sweeteners, has seen increasing demand for non-GMO and natural, nutritious ingredients.
French grain cooperative Axéréal will acquire Cargill’s malt business under the Axéréal malt subsidiary Boortmalt, affecting 15 global facilities and more than 500 people.
GSK has announced it intends to sell its Horlicks brand in the UK, and is proposing to close the associated manufacturing site in Slough. It also intends to sell its Maxi Nutrition brand in the UK.
California startup ReGrained is using barley grains leftover from brewing to make sustainable granola-based cereal bars – such as Honey Almond IPA – high in dietary fiber and protein.
Rabobank says it is critical that brewers with limited access to malt barley in emerging markets such create strategic and secure malt supplies to protect beer margins, and hints that India could be key.
A dry spring in much of Europe has sent malting barley prices shooting upwards – adding to the woes of brewers already under pressure from weak beer demand, according to analysts.
A new study suggests that beers containing plenty of hops or pale barley malts could promote better bone health thanks to their dietary silicon content.
Enzymes can help reduce costs and increase productivity for brewers in the wake of a merger or acquisition, says Novozymes, which has a pipeline of new solutions nearing launch.
The Guinness brewery in Dublin is used to dealing with large numbers of tourists on a daily basis, though was yesterday inundated with grain farmers angry over the company’s payments for their grains.
German malting company Weyermann is posed to tap the trend towards
organic colourings by introducing an organic version of its Sinamar
natural liquid malt colour.
Accreditation by an international organisation has given a malt
tracking scheme the backing it needs to assure its customers
they're getting the correct supplies.
A new variety of winter malting barley could provide brewers with a
better quality and more stable barley supply, say scientists who
have been developing the variety for the past decade.
The world's largest barley storage and malting plant combination
has installed innovative technology in order to realise cost
savings and real-time quality control.
A newly opened malting facility in the Netherlands has installed a
Buhler high-capacity cleaner in order to achieve safety without
compromising processing efficiency.
Ukraine's largest malt house is to receive more than €9 million in
outside funding to double its production capacity - helping French
company Soufflet to dominate the region and make the factory a
stable source of income for...
Baltika,
Russia's leading beer brewery, has announced the start of
production at its newly constructed malt processing facility in
Tula, central European Russia. The project aims to up the company's
own supply of...
Azucarera Ebro, the Spanish food group, and its compatriot
Intermalta, a malt producer, have created a new company called
Maltacarrion which will specialise in the production of malt for
the brewing industry.
With cereal growers having benefited from increased prices this
year, attention is being paid to predictions on the 2004 crop amid
fears that the world cereals stocks could suffer because of an
over-reliance on weather and conditions.
Consulting agency Market Advice carried out an in-depth review of
the Russian brewing industry this month, with an emphasis on the
country's malt market. The findings reveal that imported malt is
consistently seen as being superior...
Scientists across the globe continue their mission to map the
genomic sequence of crop varieties. A team in the US could now have
the solution to a rogue fungus that is the enemy of beer brewers.
Soufflet has bought the Ukrainian maltings Slavuta from brewing
group Baltic Beverages Holding, strengthening its position as the
leading supplier of the European brewing industry.
