The Nestlé Board of Directors says it will change the organisation of its infant nutrition to enhance the company's ability to 'win' in the category. The company also announced changes to its executive board.
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Japan-based food and functional ingredients player Taiyo has relocated its European ingredients storage facility to outside Hamburg in Germany to provide the industry with a smoother supply and better product safety.
Danone has announced its entrance into the FTSE4Good Index, a global responsible investment index designed to measure the performance of companies demonstrating strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices.
GEA has received a major order from Danone to equip a new state-of-the-art facility for its international Early Life Nutrition brands with several production lines.
First Milk has appointed Mike Gallacher as its new chief executive, following Kate Allum’s decision to quit the co-operative after five years in the role.
Dr Pamela Byrne, currently director of regulatory policy and intelligence for firm Abbott Nutrition, is to become the new chief executive for the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI).
Contamination concerns mean most athletic and sporting federations advise against them despite near-ubiquitous use among top athletes and sportspeople. Busted doped athletes continue to finger them. But sports nutrition products are in a better place...
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is backing Dr Bernhard Url to be its next executive director after its management board selected the acting chief from a shortlist.
Aker BioMarine has expanded its team in Australasia by hiring Alex Tomlinson as its business development manager. Tomlinson will help lead the region's new office in Melbourne, Australia, with a focus on nurturing existing business relationships...
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is restructuring its GB and Ireland consumer healthcare business with Ribena and Lucozade consolidated as a separate business under new management ahead of a sale.
Yakult has brushed aside claims by a number of former employees that its Argentinian business was dissolved as a result of poor management in recent years.
Neptune Technologies and Bioressources has announced a plan to recover from an explosion and fire at its processing plant in Sherbrooke, Quebec that put a halt to production of the company’s krill oil products.
Cargill and DSM have entered exclusive discussions that may result in the acquisition of Cargill’s cultures and enzymes business by DSM, the firms have confirmed.
Diána Bánáti, the recently resigned chair of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) management board, says she was not forced to depart by the Parma-based agency’s hierarchy – rather resigning herself after taking a new industry post.
Frost & Sullivan 2011 Global Product Differentiation Excellence Award for Lutein and Zeaxanthin Eye Health Ingredients has been awarded to OmniActive for its Lutemax 2020 ingredient.
The international weight management market was worth a whopping US$ 7.3 billion last year, and is expected to grow by up to 8 per cent for the next five years, according to Leatherhead.
The main consumer trends in Russia are parallel to those in Europe, says Fortitech Europe’s managing director: Health and nutrition are of prime concern, and baby boomers bring opportunities in bone health, skin health and mental acuity.
The omega-3 marine-sourced supply chain is changing as the success of the ingredient attracts new players. Bjorn Refsum, managing director of leading supplier, EPAX and sales manager, Baldur Hjaltson, discuss how these changes are affecting the market...
Decision News Media, publisher of NutraIngredients.com, NutraIngredients-USA.com and 16 other websites serving the international food, nutrition, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, has been acquired by the leading UK business-to-business publisher,...
Bjørn Refsum, chief executive officer at leading omega-3 supplier EPAX talks to Shane Starling about the benefits vertical integration has brought to the Norwegian supplier.
German ingredients giant, Cognis, has signed up two ingredients from its biotech partner, InterMed Discovery (IMD), that have demonstrated weight management and heart health benefits.
DSM's global marketing manager Martijn Adorf explains why the company has launched its new Quality for Life seal and what it means for food manufacturers.
Benecol-owner Raisio has signed a deal with analytical specialist
and fellow Finnish company, Eurofins Scientific Finland, that will
see it take over Raisio's laboratory operations in September.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) expects to process
applications for 1000-2000 health claims, 900 food additives and
2800 flavours in the next 12 months, according to EFSA executive
director, Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle.
DSM announced today that it will help sponsor and set up a
laboratory together with the Dutch RSM Erasmus University - a move
which signals yet more commitment to innovation.
California-based Renaissance Herbs has announced its acquisition by
Bangalore-based Avestha Gengraine Technologies Pvt., allowing
Renaissance to expand into the EU and Middle East.
Belgium-based Orafti has announced an internal restructuring of
management as the company seeks to come into like with its parent
company, and better serve its customers.
Integrating social and environmental concerns into business
practices ultimately benefits a firm's bottom line as well as the
environment, according to the CEO of energy bar manufacturer Clif
Bar.
A meeting between the EC's directorate general for health and
consumer protection and the UK's food safety watchdog was 'positive
and constructive', according to FSA chair Deirdre Hutton.
Freshly-formed Solbar subsidiary NutriCognia targets quality
control for the dairy industry, launching a rapid lactoferrin
glyco-analysis kit that claims to control production process and
product development.
French grape extracts firm Burgundy has raised its focus on quality
by entering into a long-term agreement with one of its raw material
suppliers, giving it greater control over the production process.
New Zealand deer velvet extract maker BioProducts has been sold to
a group of employees and directors in a management buy-out, giving
it increased flexibility in its plans for growth.
Directors at Swiss fine chemicals group Lonza have appointed a
former BASF manager as their new chief executive, after major
losses led to the resignation of Markus Gemuend earlier this year.
Ultra Premium Brands (UPB), the developer of leading energy drinks
brand Red Devil, has been bought out by its management, who are
hoping to develop it as the number two energy drinks business in
the world.
The chief financial officer of health food and supplement group
Wessanen is to stand down following an investigation into the
balance sheet that started in August 2003, the Dutch company said
yesterday.
Biopharmaceutical company SCOLR is to sell its probiotics
development and manufacturing business for around $2.72 million to
a firm formed by its current manager of the probiotics unit, Steven
Moger.
Dutch firm Wessanen is to lay off managers at its Tree of Life
health food and supplement operations as part of a major
costcutting drive announced in the summer.
Following the completion yesterday of its acquisition of the Roche
Vitamins business, DSM says it has already identified over €150
million improvement potential in the acquisition, in addition to
more than €75 million in savings expected...
Despite good performance from its Tree Of Life business and
continued restructuring, Dutch wellness foods group Wessanen still
feeling the heat as profits slip into the red for the first half of
2003.
Dutch health foods group Wessanen could be split up to restore its
performance, according to reports from the general shareholders
meeting held yesterday.
The Food Standards Agency in Scotland is seeking comments on its
draft Diet and Nutrition Strategy, first presented to the Scottish
Food Advisory Committee (SFAC) in April 2002.
Health Strategy Consulting (HSC) is continuing its global
conference series with a Pan-Pacific event in Sydney, Australia, in
July and another in Tokyo in October.
Balchem Encapsulates said it will now be offering only USP-grade
choline chloride and choline bitartrate to customers. The company's
products have received a quality recognition from the United States
Pharmacopeia (USP) which...
