Acquisitions: Amcor, Gualapack, Constantia and Aurelius
It has been a busy time in the food and beverage processing and packaging arena for acquisitions. Let FoodProductionDaily guide you through some of the more notable ones this week.
Archives for July 16, 2015
Aske Stephenson mixing up a stir with Bibby lab equipment
Bibby Scientific’s Rotary Evaporator is helping alcoholic beverage manufacturer Aske Stephenson produce pre-bottled cocktails.
Beverage Bites: News up to July 17, 2015
Glass fragments prompt wine recall, Bacardi cuts carbon emissions, and more beverage bites
Bacardi says a biomass boiler at a whisky distillery has cut its carbon footprint by 90%, while SodaStream is running a $2.75m advertising campaign on the streets of three US cities. Meanwhile, Corona is gearing up for its next Sunset festival… read on...
France goes off-piste with caffeine, carnitine, creatine, lycopene law? EFSA safe caffeine limit halved
France has proposed new legal daily limits for carnitine, creatine, lycopene and caffeine in supplements – the latter of which was half that defined as safe by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
UK ketones firm contacted by pro cycling teams
Ketones get rough ride at Tour de France
The use of potentially performance enhancing ketones at the Tour de France cycling race has raised questions about their efficacy, legality and scale of usage.
Convenience is key, says US university, as bottled water sales ban backfires
The University of Vermont says it will keep its bottled water sales ban in place, after a study suggested the policy increased sugary drink consumption and failed to reduce waste.
PepsiCo's Brazilian sugar sourcing audit falls short of expectations: Oxfam
PepsiCo’s new report on its sugarcane supply chain in Brazil and the impact it has on land rights has been welcomed with caution and some critique by Oxfam.