Nocton Dairies has withdrawn a planning application for the construction of the UK’s largest dairy, which would have housed 8 000 cows and produced 250 000 litres of milk a day. In a statement, Nocton...

US food giant ConAgra Foods  announced on Monday that it has bought Elan Nutrition, a formulator and manufacturer of snack and nutrition bars, from private-equity firm Sun Capital Partners. Financial...

You may think otherwise but there is optimism in organic at the moment.After the recession whacked organic sales of the UK (down almost 13% last year), you would have thought there would have been a downbeat...

Tetra Pak yesterday opened its new Tetra Pak Technology Centre in Pudong, Shanghai. The Centre, which brings together resources from product development and engineering, technical service, training, sourcing...

Research by The Nielsen Company and the Natural Marketing Institute has shown that the health consciousness of consumers is directly reflected in their purchasing habits. The research divided US shoppers...

UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has begun using a new pest control technique to combat moth infestation by turning the insects gay. Three orchards are now established using the new technique, which...

Swiss flavours and fragrances maker Givaudan has announced that its first-quarter sales rose 9.2% on increasing demand for its ingredients. The company said that demand for its flavours and – in...

The organic market in the UK is expected to grow by 2-5% in 2010, according to statistics from the UK’s Soil Association.The Organic Market Report 2010 published yesterday showed that despite a near...

Roberto Reniero, Head of Casa Buitoni, tells us about the R&D centre and how Nestlé combines Italian and Mediterranean food traditions with contemporary know-how in nutrition and well-being. What...

Wal-Mart has launched a campaign to cut thousands of prices across its stores in the US as competition in the country’s retail sector heats up.The world’s largest retailer on Friday (9 April)...