Sugar reform: food makers to enjoy cheaper sugar ingredients?
Food and drink makers could soon expect cheaper sugar ingredients with Brussels expected to publish its proposals on EU sugar reform today, writes Lindsey Partos.
Archives for June 21, 2005
France poised to overhaul AOC system
VinExpo may have begun under a gallic cloud in Bordeaux, but French agriculture minister Dominique Bussereau has entered the lion's den to assure wine makers that reform is coming, reports Chris Mercer.
Device packs cheese with thin, tough wrap
Under an agreement with Aviso Packaging, Outlook Group will market a new technology designed for the wrapping of cheese with a thinner, tougher material, the company claims.
Dairygold invests in food science to build up value-added foods
Irish dairy and food group Dairygold flags up high-margin value-added food products, pouring €15.6 million into a new R&D centre that will double its food scientists.
EU sugar quotas costing jobs
Proposals to slash EU sugar prices make sense, but jobs will continue to go in UK food and drink firms unless bolder moves to abolish quota systems are introduced, says the UK Soft Drinks Association to Chris Mercer.