Sugar industry peak body CANEGROWERS said today that the sugar industry has been severly impacted by the rain during the 2010 harvest, with some 20%, equating to some 5.7 million tonnes of sugarcane, left...

The rising cost of raw sugar ate into the bottom line at US sugar refiner Imperial Sugar during its fourth quarter, the company has reported.Imperial posted a net loss of US$2.3m for the three months to...

The Singapore business arm of US agribusiness giant Bunge has made an offer for the purchase of Australia-based Tully Sugar. The off-market takeover offer by Bunge Agribusiness Singapore, announced yesterday...

CSR Limited announced today that it has successfully completed the sale of Sucrogen to Wilmar International for a total payment of $A1.843 billion. The underlying enterprise value of Sucrogen remains at...

Changes in diet have been linked to a reduction of abnormal behaviors in mentally ill people or animals, but a Purdue University study shows that diet might also trigger the onset of mental illness in...

US food manufacturer General Mills has said it has reduced sugar in cereals advertised to children by an additional 8% during 2010. The Big G manufacturer said it has achieved sugar reductions of 14%...

Kellogg’s today received some tough news to swallow as it was named as having one of Australia’s worst junk food marketing campaigns to target children, for the fourth year running. Parents...

International community must be aware of possibility of even higher food prices in 2011 International food import bills could pass the one trillion dollar mark in 2010 with prices in most commodities up...

The EU is to lift import duties for 666,000 tonnes of sugar from any exporting non-EU country to counteract the effect of high sugar prices. EU member state representatives have backed a European Commission...

Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan yesterday announced the Foreign Investment Review Board’s approval of the sale of CSR Ltd’s sugar and renewable energy business, Sucrogen, to Singaporean food giant...