Premier Foods plc, the UK’s largest food maker, has sold its meat-free business to Exponent Private Equity for GBP205m (US$328m). The move, announced this morning (24 January), follows months of...

US spice giant McCormick & Co. has booked an increase in full-year profits, driven by product innovation and expanded distribution during the year. For the 12 months to the end of November, profits...

Cocoa prices have shot up as the president-elect of major cocoa-exporting nation Cote D’Ivoire announced an export ban amid political struggles in the country. Alassane Ouattara, the internationally...

The first global guidelines for bycatch management and reduction of fishing discards were released recently by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization. They now go to the Committee on Fisheries...

Unilever has named the head of its operations in south-east Asia and Australasia as president of its business in western Europe.Jan Zijderveld, Unilever’s executive vice president for south-east...

UK poultry and fish group Boparan Holdings has decided to table a takeover bid for Northern Foods, the maker of Goodfella’s pizza and Fox’s biscuits planning to merge with Ireland’s Greencore. On...

* Freeze, then thaw, in UK could hit UK sugar crop * ABF says UK sugar problems may “moderate” profit growth this year * UK grocery sales up 9%; weaker performance in Australia Concerns over...

Wal-Mart Stores has announced plans to reformulate thousands of its packaged food products including slashing sodium by 25% and cutting sugars by 10% by 2015. The world’s largest retailer unveiled...

A controversial dietary supplement made from fruit and vegetable juice concentrate could significantly reduce the duration of colds, according to a study at the Charité – University Medicine Berlin. The...

Kraft Foods has insisted it has “no current plans” to sell Green & Black’s amid rumours that bosses at the former Cadbury-owned organic chocolate maker are mulling a management buy-out. A...