Archives for August 17, 2003

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Cherry Coke hits Aussie market

Coca-Cola is planning to further expand its range of flavours by launching Cherry Coke into the Australian market. The move follows the somewhat mixed success of Vanilla Coke.

Better batter

Cerestar Food and Pharma Specialties have developed a bleached speciality starch range that both companies claim can improve the adhesion and setting times for a variety of foods.

DSM gets cultured

Ingredients company DSM has linked up with culture specialists CSL to offer cheese and yoghurt manufacturers 'a single source for both cultures'.

The Finnish-ed product

Finnish packaging provider Huhtamaki has supplied Unilever with a line of innovative packaging for its Carte d'Or ice cream yoghurt, recently launched in a number of European countries.

Minor setback for Carlsberg

Carlsberg's first half sales were down 7 per cent compared to the previous year, mainly as a result of the impact of exchange rates at its fast-growing subsidiary Baltic Beverages Holding.

Drinks boost for WBD

Russian dairy products group Wimm-Bill-Dann continues to go from strength to strength, with first half volume sales boosted considerably by its fruit juice and bottled water operations.