Karlshamns extends Swedish plant to up pumpable fat supplies
Swedish speciality fats and oils firm Karlshamns builds up supplies of pumpable fats and liquid margarine as industry spikes demand for convenience fats, reports Lindsey Partos.
Archives for December 7, 2004
Topaz voted top Russian vodka
Russian vodka brand Topaz has beaten off prestigious competition to emerge as the country's best-tasting vodka brand, according to a recent taste test by the Russian alcohol producers' association. But the company has been criticised for making the...
Tate & Lyle controls supplies on Splenda success
Tate & Lyle, the world's only maker of the increasingly popular sweetener sucralose, must prioritise needs of existing customers as demand for the additive 'far exceeds our expectations.'
Ketera launches spend analysis software for SMEs
Procurement solutions provider Ketera Technologies has launched its first spend analysis solution specifically targeted at the SMB segment.
China builds up green tea supplies
At 3.15 million tonnes world tea production in 2003 beat 2002 supplies but prices remained firm reflecting season variability, reports the UN food and farm body, adding that China has pushed up green tea supplies.
KWV pours away 67,000 litres of tampered wine
Cape Town wine business KWV has revealed that two of its winemakers added illegal flavourants to their 2004 vintages. The company will stand to lose an estimated €130,000 from the lost wine but the damage to its reputation could cost millions, writes...