Italian companies are reportedly not preparing a counter-bid for Parmalat, the country’s largest dairy processor and owner of Australian milk brand Paul’s, which is subject to a EUR3.4bn takeover...

Fonterra has recorded its highest ever month for exports with 229,000 tonnes of its dairy products leaving New Zealand shores in March.Gary Romano, Managing Director of Fonterra Trade & Operations,...

Ricegrowers Ltd has released a scheme booklet for its shareholders, with the board unanimously recommending that they vote in favour of a takeover by Ebro at a shareholder meeting at the end of this month. The...

Dunkin’ Brands’ ice-cream flagship, Baskin-Robbins, has announced a special ice-cream cake in honour of the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton – the ‘English...

With the increase in numbers of overweight children and young adults, Canada and other developed countries are facing an obesity epidemic, according to a new article in the Canadian Medical Association...

Meat giant JBS, owner of Australia’s JBS Swift and Rockdale, has rebuffed allegations that it illegally purchased cattle in the state of Acre, Brazil. Brazilian prosecutors have brought a civil lawsuit...

Cereal Partners Worldwide (CPW), a joint venture between General Mills and Nestlé, plans to invest CHF35m (US$39.8m) over the next two years to build a breakfast cereal factory in Malaysia. The factory,...

With the Easter bunny looming large, comedian and Jenny Craig ambassador Magda Szubanski, who has shed 25kg with the program, offered her tips this Easter for avoiding overindulging in the season’s...

Bright Dairy, one of China’s major dairy manufacturers, is to invest about CNY1.4bn (US$214.5m) to build a new plant in Shanghai.The plant, which will make fresh milk, UHT milk and yoghurt, is scheduled...

Coffee made in espresso makers, above all that made from capsules, contains more furan — a toxic, carcinogenic compound — than that made in traditional drip coffee makers, although the levels...